Hey guys!
I was wondering if you can help me. I'm trying to figure out whether my kitten Church should be called a mackerel tabby or a spotted tabby? When he was younger he was more striped, but now more of his stripes have broken up into spots... He's 4 months old now. Right now he has some spots and some stripes. I am wanting to register him in TICA to show him in HHP but I am not sure what to register him as! I'm not sure if the rest of his stripes might break up into spots making him a spotted tabby or if he will stay stripe-y and should be called a mackerel tabby? I'm also wondering if he is more likely to end up with more stripes breaking up into spots since he is growing so large? He already weighs almost 6.5 pounds.
Here's a "baby photo" when he was younger (and very fuzzy/fluffy!) and had more solid stripes:
And here are the newest photos I have of him, from a few weeks ago:
I was wondering if you can help me. I'm trying to figure out whether my kitten Church should be called a mackerel tabby or a spotted tabby? When he was younger he was more striped, but now more of his stripes have broken up into spots... He's 4 months old now. Right now he has some spots and some stripes. I am wanting to register him in TICA to show him in HHP but I am not sure what to register him as! I'm not sure if the rest of his stripes might break up into spots making him a spotted tabby or if he will stay stripe-y and should be called a mackerel tabby? I'm also wondering if he is more likely to end up with more stripes breaking up into spots since he is growing so large? He already weighs almost 6.5 pounds.
Here's a "baby photo" when he was younger (and very fuzzy/fluffy!) and had more solid stripes:
And here are the newest photos I have of him, from a few weeks ago: