Very cool! Color genetics are super interesting.
And thank you! He’s actually chocolate, believe it or not! Just a really dark one. I do have a black kitty though and love them too :)
I’m thinking silver tabby calico for the first kitten you posted in this thread, smoke/silver smoke tabby for the darker one, regular grey tabby for mom and a few of the other kittens, and no fever coat. Time will tell!
No problem! You can tell the difference of the contrast in her coat compared to her littermate in the first of the pics you just posted. Her littermate has brown undertones in comparison to her silvery undertones. I agree a couple of the other kittens appear to be silver and/or smoke colored.
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He looks like he could be what I believe is called black smoke? Not particularly common but I have seen it pop up a few times in rescues and feral populations!
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