smokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.today to cats@lemmy.world · 4 months agoBello! Am I Tortoiseshell?lemmy.todayimagemessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1249arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1246arrow-down1imageBello! Am I Tortoiseshell?lemmy.todaysmokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.today to cats@lemmy.world · 4 months agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-text
Shelter paperwork only said Tortoiseshell but a friend told me her hair is too long to be, any thoughts?
minus-squareRegalPotoo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up40arrow-down1·4 months 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-squareFuglyDuck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·4 months 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-squaresmokebuddy [he/him]@lemmy.todayOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·edit-24 months 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-squarevivavideri@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months 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.