@[email protected] to cats • 1 month agoBello! Am I Tortoiseshell?lemmy.todayimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1270arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1267arrow-down1imageBello! Am I Tortoiseshell?lemmy.today@[email protected] to cats • 1 month agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Shelter paperwork only said Tortoiseshell but a friend told me her hair is too long to be, any thoughts?
minus-square@RegalPotoolinkEnglish44•1 month agoTortoiseshell is a colouration, not a breed - you get long hair tortoiseshell cats, same way you get long hair tabbys. Fun fact: due to the way the genetics works out, male tortoiseshell cats are incredibly rare - less than 1 in 100,000 iirc
minus-squareFuglyDucklinkEnglish17•1 month agoand the male cats that are torties are… how shall we say, a bit extra? (generally. the male torties or calicos have XXY chromosomes. though it’s also possible they’re a genetic chimera.)
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink6•edit-21 month agoAwesome, I did some looking into it but never saw any discussion of hair length. I was reading about the lore of them and wanted to ask before getting any deeper
minus-square@vivaviderilink3•1 month agoShe gon’ be fuzzy. And a little bit nuts. Enjoy. Also smooch her head for me.
Tortoiseshell is a colouration, not a breed - you get long hair tortoiseshell cats, same way you get long hair tabbys.
Fun fact: due to the way the genetics works out, male tortoiseshell cats are incredibly rare - less than 1 in 100,000 iirc
and the male cats that are torties are… how shall we say, a bit extra?
(generally. the male torties or calicos have XXY chromosomes. though it’s also possible they’re a genetic chimera.)
Awesome, I did some looking into it but never saw any discussion of hair length. I was reading about the lore of them and wanted to ask before getting any deeper
She gon’ be fuzzy. And a little bit nuts. Enjoy. Also smooch her head for me.