While my cat doesn't have as big distinct patches of color, she also has solid black fur (sprinkled with tiny red specks) and her orange head spot shows a tabby pattern. Their genetics are similar, just the expression is different.
Nah totally possible to be a normal calico, just that she has the a/a agouti gene so the black fur shows up completely black.
Orange fur always shows up tabby, regardless of the agouti gene
I can’t find any chimeras or calico cats that look anything like this, so I’m gonna go with hidden option c or d: it’s AI or someone painted their cat.
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Ed..ward...
Oh no...
Usually chimerism in cats presents as split down the middle vertically - if this is chimerism then it's exceptionally rare, even amongst chimeras.
Either chimera or calico
I've never seen a calico with such a distinct pattern like that. The cat literally looks half ginger tabby, half tuxedo. Definitely a chimera.
While my cat doesn't have as big distinct patches of color, she also has solid black fur (sprinkled with tiny red specks) and her orange head spot shows a tabby pattern. Their genetics are similar, just the expression is different.
Nah totally possible to be a normal calico, just that she has the a/a agouti gene so the black fur shows up completely black. Orange fur always shows up tabby, regardless of the agouti gene
I can’t find any chimeras or calico cats that look anything like this, so I’m gonna go with hidden option c or d: it’s AI or someone painted their cat.
C
c= Total brain cells in the catN
oc= Number of orange cats in the worldC
nc= Number of brain cells in a normal catC
c= (Cnc+ 1/Noc)/2🍊️ = orange proportion of the cat
C
c= (1 - 🍊️) * Cnc+ 🍊️ * 1/NocWe... are orange.
1.5
Mister Fluffy Pants
One and a half, maybe
Oh god, imagine the horror. To witness your orange paws behaving orangely, yet being unable to prevent them from following through.