My kids brought a kitten home from school and I assumed it was male because its a orange tabby But the other day we noticed he was a she. She has the basic tabby markings here's a pic of her, it's not great but it shows the rings on her tail and frount legs. http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b50/witchgirl415/cats/orangepeel2.jpg
Can any one tell me how common a orange female tabby is? Just incase, No, I am not going to breed her, I know orange on orange can produce orange females but what is the chance's? 50%, 20% etc...
2007-12-23 17:08:40 · 18 answers · asked by candy w 4 in Pets ➔ Cats
Thats the thing, she has NO WHITE. Just orange with darker orange stripes. No other colors. I am ashamed to say I have had this poor little kitten for almost two months thinking it was male....HA HA
2007-12-23 17:17:21 · update #1
Don't feel bad about the gender issue. Sometimes it's very hard to tell. Even cat breeders have problems like that.
I don't know how "rare" a female orange tabby is, but I had a "red" tabby female (in the world of cat breeders, orange is called red) Scottish Fold we called Ramona. Your kitty looks so cute. Out of 5 orange kittens we've had, only one was female, which would be 20%. However, we have had a lot of cream colored females, I think closer to 60% of them were female. The cream colored ones are considered "dilute" form of the red. This is over about 10 years. We don't breed a lot of cats so this probably isn't a big enough number to start with.
By the way, the stripes around her neck are called "necklaces" and around her legs are called "bracelets". The spots on her tummy are called "buttons". Not really important, just fun.
2007-12-23 23:05:19 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
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How common are orange tabby female cats?
My kids brought a kitten home from school and I assumed it was male because its a orange tabby But the other day we noticed he was a she. She has the basic tabby markings here's a pic of her, it's not great but it shows the rings on her tail and frount legs....
2015-08-17 02:00:46 · answer #2 · answered by Gram 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are less common, yes. But far from rare. I'd say it's about 80/20 male to female (according to most statistics found). It's not like with calicos or tortoiseshell where they're almost always female and very, very rarely males. The genetics that make orange cats can occur in both males and females.
2016-03-22 16:36:16 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Female cats that are orange tabbies aren't common but they do occur. As for a color that is truly sex related, nearly all calico cats are female. The few males that do occur are usually sterile.
2007-12-23 17:59:01 · answer #4 · answered by RoVale 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
80-85% chance that orange cats are males.
I had a female like your pic,.. only a darker red orange tabby.
Even rarer is when the orange tabby females have NO WHITE.
2007-12-23 17:14:58 · answer #5 · answered by deltadawn 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I think an orange tabby is usually a male. I've had 2 and known quite a few, and now that I think of it, I don't think I've ever seen a female orange tabby.
2007-12-23 17:34:52 · answer #6 · answered by karenhjones 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
That is VERY rare considering only male cats get that sort of coloration when they have there mother was a patched tabby which is a three colored tabby and only females can be patched tabbys so by all means if she really is a pure breed tabby she shouldn't look like that but have 3 colors instead.
2007-12-23 18:10:28 · answer #7 · answered by Ben 2 · 2⤊ 3⤋
i just lost my cat of 10 years a few days ago..she was a beautiful orange tabby...she had a little white on her cheeks...and an white vneck...rest was orange...didn't realize she was rare until i was just looking up random cat info to take my mind off losing her...
2013-11-01 17:51:19 · answer #8 · answered by kaptainkrylon 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In order to get an orange female you need a mating between an orange male and a tortie female (or an orange female). If it is to a tortie female half the female kittens will be orange and the other half tortie. If you mate orange male to orange female all are orange.
The inheritance is sex-linked as the gene for orange/red series colouration is on the XY sex chromosomes. That is also why you don't get male torties.
2007-12-23 22:16:48 · answer #9 · answered by fordicus 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
my orange tabby mated with my tortie we got 4 kittens male oange tabby, female tortie and oddly enough a male seal point Siamese complete with blue eyes, at least it looks just like one, I have seen other litters from torties with sel points, seems odd to have kittens with that coloration including eyr color, both parents had hazel eyes btw in my case.
2014-06-21 14:57:48 · answer #10 · answered by jimquillen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋