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Anonymous
Hey, /an/. This is my cat, Jasmine. When we found her, she had been living outside for about a week, being fed by neighbors. She had a collar with nametag, complete with a phone number - which was disconnected. We did our duty and put up a flyer at a local vet's office, but there was no response, thankfully. The vet said she was about 3-4 years old. She is the absolute sweetest cat I've ever known, hands down.

Here's the odd part - she had been declawed front AND back, but not spayed. Who would do that?? It is my understanding that because male calicos are so rare that some people think they are therefore valuable (and possibly magical, depending on who you ask), so could it be that her previous owners had been trying to breed her to get a male calico to sell? I really can't fathom why someone would declaw totally but not spay.
>> Anonymous
No, the person was probably just a dipshit who wanted to share "the miracle of life" with their kids and OMGZ KITTYENS!!11 I dislike front declawing as is, but back declawing is 100% unneccessary. So her previous owners were just human filth all around. It's a good thing they didn't get her back.
>> Anonymous
I KNOW THAT CAT! THATS MY OLD CAT, SHE RAN AWAY WHEN SHE WAS 3 YEARS OLD! Her real names fluffy! jk seriously, thats the greatest cat on the planet. And I know, I've met her.
>> Anonymous
Come to think of it, perhaps she was named by a little girl, after the Disney Princess.
>> Anonymous
>>she had been declawed front AND back

I thought that was illegal?
>> Anonymous
Not in America, unfortunately.
>> Anonymous
Don't let her outside without any way to defend herself!
>> Anonymous
Male calicos are rare because the only way for it to happen is the cat gets two X chromosomes plus the Y to make it male. This makes the cat sterile so it is a single generation thing. It is rare because it involves the proper color parents breeding and the combination of that genetic error.
>> Anonymous
Breeding with a calico cat, even if you do happen to find a male one who isn't sterile (it happens, but it's extremely rare), is risky because you could STILL end up with just a bunch of tabby kittens. LOL GENETICS!
>> Anonymous
When my cat got knocked up I figured out what color her kittens could be before they were born.

Cat color/pattern genetics is interesting since there are essentially three genes that are in affect.

#1 is color
#2 is white spotting
#3 is tiger pattern or solid

Lot's of partially dominant genes so my all black cat who got banged by a Turkish Van mix produced a large variety of kittens; 3 B&W, 1 G&W, 1 Gray Tabby, 2 Brown black and white Tabbies.
>> Anonymous
>>83347
I don't let her outside at all, don't worry about that!