All the orange Tabby's I have ever known were Males. Are all orange Tabby's male like all Calicos are female?
2007-02-26 03:55:03 · 17 answers · asked by KathyS 7 in Pets ➔ Cats
Not all of them, but most. Female orange tabbies exist, but they're few and far between.
Conversely, there are a few male calicos - but they're even rarer than female orange tabbies, and they're always sterile (unable to have children).
Here's an article about cat color genetics. It's a bit technical, but very well explained.
http://www.messybeast.com/self-solid.htm
2007-02-26 04:06:57 · answer #1 · answered by Ms. S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had a female orange Tabby for 18 years, a very sweet kitty that died very old. I am sure there are male calicos out there, just not as common, I guess.
2007-02-26 12:04:48 · answer #2 · answered by Krazzykay 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hey I never really paid attention to that but it is soooo true! I've never met a female orange tabby or a calico male either.
2007-02-26 11:59:22 · answer #3 · answered by Kim♥♥Fl♪☼☺▪♦♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The color pattern for the orange cat is statistically about 75% male and 25% female. That's just a roll of the dice - like humans statistically can be male or female. You still have families that are all boys or all girls or any mixture of that.
We had four kittens once at the shelter from the same litter - they were all female and orange.
2007-02-26 12:51:50 · answer #4 · answered by old cat lady 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No there are females too just that the male gean domanates most of the times but callicos can make males too but the odds are slim like 1 million to .01 I have 3 tabby females and I know this is true but if you ever find a male callico they are worth 10's of thousands very very rare and they don't live long natures freak but it happens
2007-02-26 12:06:55 · answer #5 · answered by MrMike 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have two orange tabbies that are brother and sister and they are almost identical. But it seems that orange males are more popular than the females.
2007-02-26 13:27:16 · answer #6 · answered by Britni 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
our freind has a female orange tabby.
although they are not common, orange female tabbies are not as rare as a male calico.
2007-02-26 11:59:38 · answer #7 · answered by bearfox_traders 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, an orange tabby can certainly be female, I've seen, or is that meet one.
2007-02-26 16:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by lochmessy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thats what i thought for the longest time until I met my husband and he said he used to have a female orange cat. I told him he was probably wrong (cuz im such a know-it-all) Until he told me she had kittens:) Ooops! But I have never seen a male calico cat....
2007-02-26 12:29:02 · answer #9 · answered by melindah83 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I had a beautiful, sweet female orange tabby until last year when she died.
2007-02-26 12:00:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋