Shelter paperwork only said Tortoiseshell but a friend told me her hair is too long to be, any thoughts?

  • @RegalPotoo
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    445 months ago

    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

    • FuglyDuck
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      175 months ago

      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.)

    • smokebuddy [he/him]OP
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      5 months ago

      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

      • @vivavideri
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        35 months ago

        She gon’ be fuzzy. And a little bit nuts. Enjoy. Also smooch her head for me.