As some may know, my cat Buttons just had six beautiful kittens two weeks ago today
This is about three kittens in particular.
Three were born "solid" black, one black and white, but the black was still a solid black.
Three of which are female, one male.
Now here comes the part I'm not familiar with! I thought black kitties only got darker!
They were all born a sleek black, where you could see on three of them very faint tabby stripes as you can with a lot of black cats and kittens.
Over the past two weeks, two of those black kittens (a boy and girl) have become an even darker black, very solid, very sleek yet still so fluffy! Which is what I expected.
But the other two (two girls, one has white patches) have gone from dark black to a very "muted" black! They seem a dark dark "blue/gray" all over, except the center of the back. The stripes on them have started becoming more obvious.
I guess my question is, are these two kittens going to darken back up, are they going to lighten up? Is it because they are "smoke" kittens? I'm not sure. The father is a smoke, the mother is a mackerel tabby.
I will post higher quality pictures showing the differences when I can, but for now these are what I have!
Kitten in question at a few days old, you can see she has a few bald spots, which are now gone. All black fur.
Kitten in question a few days ago, you can see she is getting random gray hairs on her body, it isn't pictures very well but her siblings are OBVIOUSLY way darker than her!
Here is a picture of one of her siblings who has become darker rather than lighter:
And here is the second kitten in question a few days after birth
and a few days before 2 weeks old:
The lighting in the two pictures are different, so it doesn't capture the differences as well as it is in person, again, I will upload better pics when I can take more, but I just couldn't wait for possible answers as to why, or what colors they may become
I do have another question that isn't related to the black kitties, but to the gray tabby boy! His color has faded a bit, his back doesn't really have any stripes anymore, when he was born he looked just like a completely gray tabby, and his tummy has turned white. His back is not pictured but I will take a picture! He was born with obvious gray stripes and now only has obvious stripes on the sides of his tummy, his head, and his tail. You can see here however that is has faded slightly from his face, and that stripes are nearly all but gone from his legs. What do you think lies in his pattern future?
Here is is:
<-- a few days after birth
a few days before 2 weeks old -
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This is about three kittens in particular.
Three were born "solid" black, one black and white, but the black was still a solid black.
Three of which are female, one male.
Now here comes the part I'm not familiar with! I thought black kitties only got darker!
They were all born a sleek black, where you could see on three of them very faint tabby stripes as you can with a lot of black cats and kittens.
Over the past two weeks, two of those black kittens (a boy and girl) have become an even darker black, very solid, very sleek yet still so fluffy! Which is what I expected.
But the other two (two girls, one has white patches) have gone from dark black to a very "muted" black! They seem a dark dark "blue/gray" all over, except the center of the back. The stripes on them have started becoming more obvious.
I guess my question is, are these two kittens going to darken back up, are they going to lighten up? Is it because they are "smoke" kittens? I'm not sure. The father is a smoke, the mother is a mackerel tabby.
I will post higher quality pictures showing the differences when I can, but for now these are what I have!
Kitten in question at a few days old, you can see she has a few bald spots, which are now gone. All black fur.
Kitten in question a few days ago, you can see she is getting random gray hairs on her body, it isn't pictures very well but her siblings are OBVIOUSLY way darker than her!
Here is a picture of one of her siblings who has become darker rather than lighter:
And here is the second kitten in question a few days after birth
and a few days before 2 weeks old:
The lighting in the two pictures are different, so it doesn't capture the differences as well as it is in person, again, I will upload better pics when I can take more, but I just couldn't wait for possible answers as to why, or what colors they may become
I do have another question that isn't related to the black kitties, but to the gray tabby boy! His color has faded a bit, his back doesn't really have any stripes anymore, when he was born he looked just like a completely gray tabby, and his tummy has turned white. His back is not pictured but I will take a picture! He was born with obvious gray stripes and now only has obvious stripes on the sides of his tummy, his head, and his tail. You can see here however that is has faded slightly from his face, and that stripes are nearly all but gone from his legs. What do you think lies in his pattern future?
Here is is:
<-- a few days after birth
a few days before 2 weeks old -
->
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