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Bello! Am I Tortoiseshell? (lemmy.today)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Shelter paperwork only said Tortoiseshell but a friend told me her hair is too long to be, any thoughts?

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[–] [email protected] 44 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 17 points 2 months ago

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.)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 months ago

She gon' be fuzzy. And a little bit nuts. Enjoy. Also smooch her head for me.