Anyone seen this before?

[fostersrule]

have a 3 week old kitten with an interesting coat and I was wondering if anyone knows what he'll end up looking like as an adult. He was born black and white. The black was very solid. Recently it began looking different. The black seemed a bit lighter and his tail looked almost like it was losing hair. After further inspection I realized his undercoat is white under the black. The black is really thinning out. Has anyone seen this before? Will the black spots end So solid or peppery?

 

[fostersrule]

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• fostersrule
• Aug 19, 2015

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• fostersrule
• Aug 19, 2015

 

[fostersrule]

I realize it looks like it may have to do with the lighting but I promise it looks like that. When I part the black hairs it is white underneath. I'm sure you probably noticed the size difference in the kittens. Chase was tiny when I got him. He's a healthy boy now still smaller than his sister but he's always been a fighter.

 

[handsome kitty]

I think that's called smoke.  You could post on Describing cats - what does my cat look like? forum

 

[red top rescue]

SMOKE is related to SILVER.  In both cases the base coat is basically white and the hairs are tipped with black (or grey if it's a blue smoke).  Here is a good article about them although it's rather technical.  Scan down where they describe the variations and you'll see it more clearly. 

http://messybeast.com/chinchillas.htm

here is a picture of a tabby smoke kitten which may be the direction yours is going in.

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• red top rescue
• Aug 20, 2015

 

[fostersrule]

Thank you!!

 

[fostersrule]

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

Still changing. Now where the solid black was he has black, white, black. When I blow on his fur there is a definite alternating pattern. So each hair is black, white, black.

 

[fostersrule]

So here is the comparison. I've emailed Sarah from messybeast and she asked me to send another pic in a week. The pic on the left is a few days old. The top one is 3 weeks. Bottom is 4 weeks.

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

 

[red top rescue]

So it sounds like he is a smoke tabby and white, very pretty!

 

[biancavd]

Do you happen to have more pictures from both kittens mentioned in this topic? Preferred his face and more from the side+tail ^^

Also, what color are mom and dad?

 

[fostersrule]

Do you happen to have more pictures from both kittens mentioned in this topic? Preferred his face and more from the side+tail ^^
Also, what color are mom and dad?

I'll try to get better pics. His mom is black and white. Absolutely no idea who the dad is and 0 way of finding out.

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

 

[fostersrule]

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

 

[fostersrule]

His sister is much more solid and a puff ball

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• fostersrule
• Aug 27, 2015

 

[biancavd]

Very remarkable ^^ Dad must have been a black silver tabby or black smoke. Both kittens seem to be smoke kittens. Very pretty <3 I hope you'll share a picture of them again when they are a little older!

 

[fostersrule]

Very remarkable ^^ Dad must have been a black silver tabby or black smoke. Both kittens seem to be smoke kittens. Very pretty

 

[fostersrule]

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• fostersrule
• Sep 1, 2015

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• fostersrule
• Sep 1, 2015

Here he is at 5 weeks

 

[biancavd]

Very cute, he's growing into a very handsome young man!

 

[fostersrule]

Chase is now 6.5 weeks old and has a white stripe down his back that goes to the tip of his tail. I did a google image search of this and found 1 cat with a similar stripe. He had been solid black then the stripe came in. The only difference is that Chase is black and white with the stripe.