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What kind of cat is it? Anonymous
Okay!, I found a kitten and it was polaying in the edges of the street. This thing was young, I mean REALY young, like less than week old. Anyways I could not just leave this thing to get run over and it was very hungry too. Thinnest cat ever. So I took it home and fed it. it is a chubby kitten now.

Can anyone tell what kind of cat is it? I was just wondering.
>> Anonymous
it's a lucky cat
>> Anonymous
Looks like a calico.
>> Anonymous
It is the cute kind.
>> Anonymous
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Calico! Yes! I went online and all these Calico cats look just like it! Thanks alot. Here is another pic. It caught me as I was trying to take a pic of it sleeping. =)
>> Anonymous
She's a cutie! (If it's a Calico, it'll most likely be a she.)
>> Anonymous
Cute just remember when you take it to the vet to get it checked for a microchip it might have loving owners that miss it.
>> Anonymous
>>97702
People microchip week-old kittens?
>> Anonymous
he's adoooooorable!
>> Anonymous
>>97703


Well they MIGHT, its a fast and likely free scan :)
>> Anonymous
I doubt its that young if its eyes are open.

Looks more like 2-3 weeks
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>> Anonymous
>>97699
and if its a male you just won breeders pay much for males
>> Anonymous
Cute kitty
>> Anonymous
SO CUTE

O__O
>> Anonymous
Taste its poop chute.
>> Anonymous
>>97765

Only stupid ones.
>> Anonymous
looks calico.
>> tigerfeather !CrwtTbFNxQ
>>97781
You don't understand the female/male calico thing, do you?
>> Anonymous
Aren't male calicos usually sterile? How would they breed?
>> Anonymous
>>97916
Asexually, kinda like a fungus.
>> Anonymous
>>97923
So, they don't lay eggs like dolphins do, then?
>> Anonymous
>>97865

Better than you do, tripfag.

As stated by

>>97916

Male calico cats are usually sterile.

A calico is a tortie (black and red) with white spotting, right?

M'kay, forget about white spotting; it's not important here.

What's important is what makes a tortie. You know what makes a tortie a tortie, right? There's a gene on the X chromosome that determines whether or not black stays black. Dominant allele (let's call it O, for orange) tells pigment cells to convert black to red, recessive lets it stay. A male will only have one chromosome, thus only one allele telling all of his pigment cells what to do. A female has two, which means she has two separate alleles. Every cell of a female switches off one of it's X chromosomes and lets the other take command, and every cell chooses which one individually. If a female that has O on one X and o on another has the X with the O switched off, the cell will make black pigment. If the X with the o is switched off, the cell makes red pigment.

This is what's responsible for every tortie cat having a unique pattern of red and black.

So, yes, males who are torties in this way are special, seeing as most males only have one X chromosome. Unfortunately, all males with two X chromosomes are sterile, making them completely useless to a breeder. Actually, not too long ago on a certain forum, breeders were shitting themselves over whether somebody who had pick-of-the-litter had chosen a male tortie or not. Bound to be a gorgeous kitten, but the very possibility that it could be a male tortie nearly drove her away from it.

There are two other ways you can have a tortie male, and in both he would normally be fertile.


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>> Anonymous
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>>97941


First, there's a chimera (Interesting stuff, by the way. Make for a nice thread. Go look it up, Anon), which is when cells from two kittens-to-be collide and work together make one kitten. If they're both boy kittens-to-be of different color, the resulting kitten will have patches of each color where each different group of cells are. These cells are still normal cells, though. Gametes produced by a chimera will only be from one colony of cells, just like if you split those two kittens and bred only one of them.

Second would be somatic mutation, which is just like a mole on a human. One patch of cells just up and decided it would want to make black instead of red, is all. Can't be passed on to young, either.

So, while tortie toms have...collectors value, I guess you would call it, breeders have no use for them.

Next time, do further research before you spout of bullshit, and remember THAT I NOSE MY NAGAS, TRIPFAG.

Sorry for the tl;dr, but my mother is a breeder, and it outright pisses me off to see people buying in to this shit.
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interesting
>> Anonymous
That Kitty = Cutest Kitty I Have Seen in the Past Three Years!!!
>> Anonymity
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If you want to be specific, I think it looks like a dilute torbie and white domestic short hair (or medium hair.. I can't tell). Looks like she will be a very pretty one too :3