are pure orange female cats rare? who else has one?

Answer 1

Orange tabby females (without any white markings) are rather rare, just as male calicos are rare.

The reason red females are "uncommon" is that, statistically, the number of red males is equal to the number of tortoiseshell/calico, patched tabby, and red females. Red males and tortie/calico/patched tabby females can be produced when only one parent has the red gene, but to produce a red female, you must cross a red male with a red/tortie/calico/patched tabby female. That is why red females are uncommon. But not "impossible", in the sense that a male calico is "impossible."

Answer 2

Are Orange Female Cats Rare

Answer 3

It is somewhat rare. But it doesn't mean that an orange female is worth money. She is still just a domestic cat. It is possible to have an orange female. Unlike the orange male, who only needs one copy of the O gene to produce an orange coat, the female requires the O to be on both chromosomes. If she has only one O, the resulting coat color will be calico.

Answer 4

orange coloration in cats is dictated by an autosomal recessive allele on the X chromosome. A male only needs one copy of the gene to express the orange phenotype while females need both X chromosomes to have the allele to express the orange phenotype.

So yes! it is rare from a genetic standpoint.

Answer 5

Extremely rare, and if she is able to breed, she is very valuable I hear. They say 1 in 5000 orange tabbies are females, the rest are males. I have only ever seen one female orange tabby, and she looked just like my poor old cat Boo-boo, who died some years ago.

Answer 6

I had a female orange cat.

Answer 7

Yes female orange tabbies are rare. They are almost always males.

Answer 8

Since males only need to have the orange gene on one chromosome to become ginger, and females have to have it on two, ginger males outnumber females 3 to 1.

Answer 9

Well, since I am very attracted to orange cats (I was susceptible to the Morris advertising gimmicks as a child) and have sought out orange cats all my life, and seeing as how all that I have encountered have been male, I would tend to agree they are rare.

I have one right now. He sure is cantankerous. :)

Answer 10

Yes they are rare . My mom used to have 1 couple of years ago.