can female calicos have kittens?
2007-02-05 05:00:07 · 9 answers · asked by mi4ree 2 in Pets ➔ Cats
Hi there...certainly as with all other female cats.
2007-02-05 05:07:18 · answer #1 · answered by ♪ Seattle ♫ 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Of course, just like any other cat. A high percentage of male calicos are sterile and will not produce offspring and the percentage of male calicos is as low as 1% of calico births.
The female calico will not necessarily produce calico kittens though. It is just a recessive gene on the X chromosome and the color of the kittens will be influenced by the color of the male she mates with and how the genes "sort" when the egg is formed.
2007-02-05 13:33:36 · answer #2 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Absolutely. The thing with calico cats is with the MALE. The gene for calico is female, and so if you have a male calico he will likely be sterile. But, if you do have a male calico, it's a one in a million cat.
2007-02-05 13:07:46 · answer #3 · answered by Theresa A 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yes. Males can't get females pregnant as they are sterile.
If you find a male Calico cat with all the colours of the female, it is bcause he may be cross-gendered which would mean that he is sterile....
2007-02-05 14:48:58 · answer #4 · answered by MomOf2Girls 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can.They say that all calicos are female.The calicos that I have had and have seen were female.
2007-02-05 13:07:17 · answer #5 · answered by CNT 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
all female cats can have kittens, the question should be why let her have kittens when the shelters are overrun with them. Get her spayed.
2007-02-09 06:56:23 · answer #6 · answered by desert_kats 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, it's the males that are almost always sterile.
2007-02-09 11:41:54 · answer #7 · answered by Jenny-fer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they can. So get her spayed.
2007-02-08 22:18:25 · answer #8 · answered by portarico2007 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Our's have.
2007-02-05 13:02:51 · answer #9 · answered by wizjp 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋