Bello! Am I Tortoiseshell?
Bello! Am I Tortoiseshell?
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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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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
43 1 Replyand 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.)
18 1 ReplyAwesome, 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
7 1 ReplyShe gon' be fuzzy. And a little bit nuts. Enjoy. Also smooch her head for me.
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