Personally, I love the orange tabbies we have here in Canada.
Personally, I love the orange tabbies we have here in Canada.
Why does it bother me so much when people call red cats "orange"? Orange is not a recognized cat color, but so what. Either is gray. Gray is called Blue. Either is brown, for that matter, which I only recently found out. Brown is actually officially called chocolate or seal. But I just hate it when people call red cats "orange". WHY? Why does it annoy me so much? It makes no sense for me to be so bothered by this. There is no such thing as an "orange" cat. The ginger shades are red.
But who cares, right? I do, for some unfathomable reason.
I assume horse owners know much better what color their horse is than a cat owner seems to know the color of their cat. If horse people know correct terms for the animal they have/are interested in, why isn't it so with cat people? It makes me think the lower appreciation to cat as a pet (they get dumped much more often than a horse or dog for example, so people just don't seem to be really interested in the animal they chose to live with. I see it as a lack of research which should have been done before getting the animal in question, what ever species it is, excluding random rescue cases).The other is a bit like yours - I feel mildly annoyed when people talk about 'white horses' because such a thing is actually very rare in nature and what most people see as a white horse is genetically a grey, and has almost certainly started as a darker colour and matured into 'white'. But why should people who are not horse peole know that, just as why should people know about 'orange' cats not being orange?
You know, you could be right! One of the reasons he stood out at the shelter was because he was a lighter "orange" than the other kittens. Sometimes he looks a bit darker, though. :dk:
Nope, a cream is much lighter. He is ORANGE. So sez I. Or red as the cat fancy goes.You know, you could be right! One of the reasons he stood out at the shelter was because he was a lighter "orange" than the other kittens. Sometimes he looks a bit darker, though.
Well, I think one of the main differences between a horse and a cat is the cost. Horses cost a lot more than a cat (both to purchase, and to take care of), so probably more research is done on breeds simply based on the cost. I looked at getting a horse a few years ago when we first moved to the country and decided we just couldn't afford it. But some of them cost more than my car, and that was just to bring it home.I assume horse owners know much better what color their horse is than a cat owner seems to know the color of their cat. If horse people know correct terms for the animal they have/are interested in, why isn't it so with cat people? It makes me think the lower appreciation to cat as a pet (they get dumped much more often than a horse or dog for example, so people just don't seem to be really interested in the animal they chose to live with. I see it as a lack of research which should have been done before getting the animal in question, what ever species it is, excluding random rescue cases).
I don't have a clue how much a horse costs, but all cats aren't free/cheap either. But you got the point: because horse=money, it means much more to it's owners, whereas free/cheap cat="it's just there" for it's owners and can be easily gotten rid of when it's not fun anymore/becomes a burden=starts costing something (not meaning people on here obviously, this is generally speaking). That is sad. Something becomes interesting enough only if it's worth a lot/cost a lot to get.Well, I think one of the main differences between a horse and a cat is the cost. Horses cost a lot more than a cat (both to purchase, and to take care of), so probably more research is done on breeds simply based on the cost. I looked at getting a horse a few years ago when we first moved to the country and decided we just couldn't afford it. But some of them cost more than my car, and that was just to bring it home.
Now, for me, all my cats have been "random rescue cases" and I did my research, but I was more concerned with nutrition for kittens, epilepsy, feline herpes, etc, rather than worry about the proper term for their coloring. I can understand why its a pet peeve for breeders like you, and if I ever decide to show my cats I would use the correct terminology. But, since they are just my personal love bugs they are my orange tabby, my grays and my torties.
You don't call natural red head humans orange haired either, so why cats?
Yup! He's a cream tabbyNorthernGlow, you have a point there about calling people redheads not orangeheads....
I am aware that "orange cats" are called red cats. (You'll really hate me for this one otto!) I still call them orange. If of course I was filling out some kind of registration form I would put "red tabby", but if I'm just referring to what color my cat is, I say orange. Because:
THIS is red:
THIS is orange:
Out of those two colors, what color is this cat closer to?
If my eyes see right, I think it's closer to orange. As to help on how to get rid of your pet peeve, I don't know if you can.
Me being one of them..most Brits say "ginger"