Another color question?

[railntrailcwgrl]

What is she?

She has less color on the front part of her body, most of the redish/orange color is on her back, hips, tail, and paws. She also seems to be getting oranger as she ages. When I got her as a kitten her paws and stomach were a very light creamy color, they've darkened up considerably since then.

A baby pic:

October/November:

December:

I have some pictures of her paws but PB is being stupid so they'll have to wait a little while.

 

[sarahp]

I'm pretty sure she is considered a Patched Tabby (also known as a Torbie). She's gorgeous

 

[addiebee]

Originally Posted by sarahp

I'm pretty sure she is considered a Patched Tabby (also known as a Torbie). She's gorgeous

And ditto on how pretty she is!

 

[railntrailcwgrl]

Thanks guys, I was pretty sure that she was a Torbie after reading the other thread but wasn't 100%. Yeah she's pretty I

her so much!

 

[goldenkitty45]

Wow - she's a SILVER Patched Tabby (I think) - the first two pics look very silver looking (silver background with black markings). But the last picture is off color making her look like a Brown Patched Tabby.

What is her eye color? Silver Tabbys should have green - darker the green the better; however I've seen some Silvers with gold eye color.


She is NOT a torbie - go to the other thread and read my description of the terms and the colors. Torbie is NOT the same thing as a patched tabby!

 

[wellingtoncats]

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Wow - she's a SILVER Patched Tabby (I think) - the first two pics look very silver looking (silver background with black markings). But the last picture is off color making her look like a Brown Patched Tabby.

What is her eye color? Silver Tabbys should have green - darker the green the better; however I've seen some Silvers with gold eye color.


She is NOT a torbie - go to the other thread and read my description of the terms and the colors. Torbie is NOT the same thing as a patched tabby!

She's not silver - my Nana has a Silver Tortie Tabby and it's a lot different, don't have pics on hand. In my cat fancy silver tabbies can have gold-copper eye colour

 

[nekochan]

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

She is NOT a torbie - go to the other thread and read my description of the terms and the colors. Torbie is NOT the same thing as a patched tabby!

I'm confused, in the other thread you said torbie and patched tabby are the same thing?

 

[nolia]

ROFL wait is that painted claws I see?

 

[northernglow]

Originally Posted by Nolia

ROFL wait is that painted claws I see?

I think she is wearing soft paws (or is it claws? we don't have those here so can't remember).

Here is a comparison pic of a silver tortie classic tabby
(GIC Ferme And That's It, BSH of course

)

 

[railntrailcwgrl]

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Wow - she's a SILVER Patched Tabby (I think) - the first two pics look very silver looking (silver background with black markings). But the last picture is off color making her look like a Brown Patched Tabby.

What is her eye color? Silver Tabbys should have green - darker the green the better; however I've seen some Silvers with gold eye color.

You're right she was much lighter as a kitten but unfortunately I don't have many baby pics.

Originally Posted by Nolia

ROFL wait is that painted claws I see?

NortherGlow's right she's wearing soft claws/paws (they are called different things if you buy retail vs. a vet/groomer). She's wearing pink and black right now in honor of Valentines Day.

http://www.softclaws.com/

They are the only thing that save my poor linen dresser from the rage of Storm Cat. lol

FOUND SOME PICS HERE YA GO GoldenKitty

 

[northernglow]

Not a silver, but a brown/black tortie classic tabby.

 

[goldenkitty45]

No way is it a brown tabby - that cat is a SILVER tabby - maybe a poor quality shade, but the red in the coat make some patches that appear to be brownish. Its a SILVER.

 

[wellingtoncats]

Originally Posted by NorthernGlow

Not a silver, but a brown/black tortie classic tabby.

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

No way is it a brown tabby - that cat is a SILVER tabby - maybe a poor quality shade, but the red in the coat make some patches that appear to be brownish. Its a SILVER.

Martice - did you ever breed silvers? She's definitely not silver.

Look at Baby Ghost on this link - http://www.ixidixi.se/females.htm

We'll have to agree to disagree

 

[goldenkitty45]

Ok Sam - then explain to me why its NOT a silver and you say its brown. It doesn't look like any brown color I've seen.

 

[nekochan]

Keep in mind that in a DSH you are not necessarily going to see the clarity of color you would see in a purebred where they are bred for color (partially anyway...)

I once found a cat who looked quite a bit like an Egyptian Mau, she had the color and pattern-- she was silver spotted BUT being a DSH her silver color was darker/less clear than what you would see on a silver Mau. She also had some areas of "tarnishing" which I've been told is sometimes seen in (purebred) silver cats when only one parent is silver.

 

[goldenkitty45]

Which is sorta my point - its a poor quality silver color (maybe with tarnishing), but IMO its a silver from the pictures. I've seen poor quality purebred silvers who are pets - not show cats.

 

[nekochan]

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Which is sorta my point - its a poor quality silver color (maybe with tarnishing), but IMO its a silver from the pictures.

I know, I was agreeing with you.

 

[missymotus]

I'm seeing brown not silver, not even a low grade silver

in regards to tarnishing, it can happen even with 2 silver parents.

 

[goldenkitty45]

Then its my screen, cause it does not look brown to me - or its your sceen. Probably would help if we all could see the cat in person.

I have seen photos of silvers that for some reason look brown in the pictures.

 

[wellingtoncats]

Originally Posted by GoldenKitty45

Which is sorta my point - its a poor quality silver color (maybe with tarnishing), but IMO its a silver from the pictures. I've seen poor quality purebred silvers who are pets - not show cats.

That's not tarnishing, lol.

Just like there are different grades of silver, there are also different variations of Brown Tortie Tabby.

You can see different variations here:

Brown Tortie Tabby, Molly Coddle

http://www.moonwalkers-exotics.co.uk/females.htm

Special Charm (this cattery is where a lot of my stock comes from)

http://willangi.com/willexot.htm