Can Anyone Help Me Figure Out What Color/pattern These Babies Are?

[DragonsNKitties]

Meet Luna (the lighter gal) and Nox (the darker gal). They're 12 weeks old, and I'm wondering what colors they are!

 

[abyeb]

It doesn't look like Luna has stripes or spots, so I'm thinking she's a brown ticked tabby. Nox is a tortie. They are both very cute!

 

[Mystikal kitten]

The lighter one is a tiger Tabby seeing how she has the "M" marking clearly on her forehead. Not sure of the darker one though. I am going to say even though they are only 12 weeks old they are very beautiful.

 

[DragonsNKitties]

It doesn't look like Luna has stripes or spots, so I'm thinking she's a brown ticked tabby. Nox is a tortie. They are both very cute!

Can Nox be a tortie even though she has no red/orange?

 

[DragonsNKitties]

The lighter one is a tiger Tabby seeing how she has the "M" marking clearly on her forehead. Not sure of the darker one though. I am going to say even though they are only 12 weeks old they are very beautiful.

Thank you!

 

[abyeb]

I looked at the pic too quickly. I thought I saw some red around her face, but upon enlarging the picture, I realize that she is a smoke. Sorry about that!

 

[Mystikal kitten]

That's where I'm stuck at and hoping that one of the staff advisors are able to assist you better than I am. I have to be honest with you I'm really not familiar with all the different cat breeds.

 

[Mystikal kitten]

There's another forum entitled, "What other animals do you have?" That's for all of us animal caretaker/lovers to post pics of the other creatures/animals in our lives.

 

[Mystikal kitten]

Take a closer look at Luna's front legs. It looks like she has stripes around them up towards her body. That's why I think she is a Tiger Tabby even though some of the features of a tiger Tabby aren't clearly defined.

 

[abyeb]

Ticked tabbies also have stripes on their legs occasionally. The breed standard for the Singapura, allows for this: http://cfa.org/Portals/0/documents/breeds/standards/singapura.pdf

 

[Mystikal kitten]

Ok. Now you're sounding aggravated with me that I'm trying to give suggestions so I'll just unwatch this thread. I apologise for any harm I've caused while attempting to help.

 

[DragonsNKitties]

Luna has stripes on her legs, a little striping on her head, very faint striping on her tail, and spots on her belly (visible right now because she's shaved from her spay). No defined stripes on her back, though.

 

[DragonsNKitties]

And Luna's got brown on her head, back, and tail, but her legs are grey and she's got a patch of cream on one paw.

 

[DragonsNKitties]

And here's another couple pics of Nox, where you can see her body more. She has greys, blacks, whites, and creams.

 

[abyeb]

Ok. Now you're sounding aggravated with me that I'm trying to give suggestions so I'll just unwatch this thread. I apologise for any harm I've caused while attempting to help.

Mystikal kitten, I was not in any way upset or aggravated with you. This is a discussion board where members can talk and agree or disagree in a respectful manner. I deeply apologize if it sounded in anyway like I was being irritable. You are a very lively poster, and I can tell that you are very committed to cat care and knowledge. I really hope to continue to see you around the forums. Please realize that just because we may have differing opinions, does NOT mean that I don't appreciate and respect you as a member of TCS. I am a scientific-minded individual, so my posts are usually more dry and factual, so please note that I am not attempting to convey any aggression or resentment towards you, or any other posters, through my lack of emotion. Again, I deeply apologize.
Kindest regards,
Abyeb
P.S. I'll PM you this message, as I'm not sure you'll see it if you unsubscribe from this thread.

 

[abyeb]

And here's another couple pics of Nox, where you can see her body more. She has greys, blacks, whites, and creams.View attachment 177569View attachment 177570

Back to my original idea, Nox is a tortie. The cream is simply the dilute of the red. Torties are technically just two colors mottled together. I'll attach a link for you to see the wide variety of colors in torties: 10 Colors, note that this website shows pics of EBurms, but the colors apply to all cats.

 

[weebeasties]

Just wanted to say that your kitties are too adorable for words!

 

[DragonsNKitties]

Back to my original idea, Nox is a tortie. The cream is simply the dilute of the red. Torties are technically just two colors mottled together. I'll attach a link for you to see the wide variety of colors in torties: 10 Colors, note that this website shows pics of EBurms, but the colors apply to all cats.

I was thinking maybe a smoke tortie (since she has the grey/white undercoat), but I was reading that a tortie can't be both dilute and non-dilute at the same time. Cream is dilute but black isn't. So then I was just left confused again.

 

[DragonsNKitties]

Just wanted to say that your kitties are too adorable for words!

Thank you! I think so, too!

 

[abyeb]

I was thinking maybe a smoke tortie (since she has the grey/white undercoat), but I was reading that a tortie can't be both dilute and non-dilute at the same time. Cream is dilute but black isn't. So then I was just left confused again.

Her coloring is certainly very unique isn't it? I agree that smoke tortie is a good evaluation.