Will These Black Kittens Change Color?

[Jenniberrie]

My rescued cat got pregnant (accidentally) and had 5 kittens. Shes black, the dad was a black and white manx, all the kittens are black and white or solid black, but this one has lots of random white hairs and looks almost tabby. It is really cute I just wonder if that will fade with time?

 

[Kieka]

That is most likely ghost stripes and they will disappear as the kittens gets older.

 

[abyeb]

Yes, as Kieka said, often times kittens are born with faint tabby markings that fade as they mature. When I adopted Charlie, he had mackeral tabby markings. But now he’s solid orange! It’s fun to see how kittens change as they grow into adult cats.

 

[Jenniberrie]

That's what I was thinking! Their momma has tabby stripes I can see but are pretty faint, that one in particular has the most noticeable in all lighting stripes.