So here are the pictures
ThanksWell, the orange one, def has tabby markings. The other two is what call "peach" but they are not even overly that. In the photo above, they almost appear to have a fever coat. (white tips) You may find they change in the coming weeks. Beautiful mama!
Thank you,i was told they were lilac, i will post more pictures as they grow olderI'm not seeing the kittens in person or in very good lighting ( and you don't want them in bright lights at this age) .
The one definitely is Red Tabby. The pattern looks like what is called a broken mackerel tabby pattern. but is sort of borderline between Red Mackerel Tabby and Red Spotted Tabby. and I would want to wait and see how it looks as the kitten gets older. then see photos from the side view of the body.
The other 2 are probably Cream Tabbies. Cream is the dilute of Red. It would make sense they could be Cream since the mum looks like Blue Tortie and White ( which is also called Blue Cream and White ).
(but as Levi68 says, it's barely cream. It's a sort of in-between color. It is a dilute color, and appears to have a rather warm tone,
Another possibility is Cream Smoke. For that to be possible, at least one of the parents must be a silver or smoke ( It can be hard to tell a smoke sometimes, but if you part their fur, it is white at the roots.
It can take some months to tell if a kitten is a smoke.
It tells a bit about it here http://www.cfainc.org/Breeders/CatColorsGenetics/HintsforDeterminingColor.aspx
ThanksAww so sweet! Sorry I can't help you but they are beautiful!
Wow! That was really informative and helpful.Thanks a bunchYes! Lilac was my other possibiity, in fact I had written that they might be lilacs. but i now do not see it in the post ! I guess I might have accidentally deleted that paragraph in editing.
The part I wrote about lilac was right after the sentence "It is a dilute color and appears to have a rather warm tone." Then I said that with it looking rather grey , that certainly may be lilac. And that could explain the apparent absence of tabby markings ( which I was not able to tell so well from the photos but now I have heard it from you that you see no tabby markings on those 2. ( though creams can also be very subtle in the tabby pattern, but red-based pigment usually does show tabby markings more. ) .
The only thing is, lilac is less common. It would be EASY for them to be some kind of creams, just based on what I see in the mother and other kitten. We know they can have got Red from the mother, and we know they DID get 2 copies of dilute , since they are obviously dilute. The mother cat also obviously has 2 copies of dilute, which turned her Black into Blue and turned her Red into Cream. The father must not be a dilute ( since one of the kittens is non-dilute), but clearly he carries one copy of it since he gave it to those 2 ktitens .
so for Lilac there is something else they need to inherit. A Lilac coat color is produced by the combination of 2 sets of recessive genes. Lilac is abbreviated bb dd. they have to get 2 d's ( dilute) one from each parent -- . and we know they DO have that.
But they also would have to get 2 "b's" ( brown , also called chocolate) Most cats don't have Chocolate. It is more common in some breeds though. We know the mom does not have 2 copies of b , or else she would be Lilac Tortie instead of Blue Tortie. But we can't tell just from looking at her if she might carry one copy of chocolate, since it is recessive and can be hidden by the dominant Black allele. (upper case B). Cats who are not chocolate or lilac themselves can "carry" one copy of b and still pass it on to a kitten.
Is the sire chocolate ? Or is there anything in the pedigrees of the parents that would give a clue? For example if there is a grandparent who is chocolate or lilac?
Or do you know of any siblings of the parents who were chocolate or lilac? If so , that would at least strengthen the chance. If not, it still does not rule out the possibility that THESE kittens could be lilac, since it could be hidden for many generations by cats until 2 cats carrying "b' are bred together and both give it to one or more kittens.
Anyway, yes I will enjoy seeing more pictures of these lovely kittens as they grow up. :heart3:
If you really want to be sure whether they are lilac there is a genetic test for whether they carry brown (chocolate) here is a list of veterinary genetic labs. you can check and see if they do cat color tests. http://www.wsava.org/testing-laboratories-dna-based-and-other-genetic-tests
If they have both b/b and d/d , they are lilac.
That is one beautiful kitty, im sorry i cant help, i hope maewkaew will be able to help youWow those kittens are adorable!! I just got a cat during the summer and I was wondering if anyone could tell me what breed she might be? Sorry if I'm "intruding" on this forum.. I'm on my phone and I can't seem to start a new one.