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Just rescued this tiny girl. Her eyes are still baby blue so guessing she is about 8-10 weeks old. Could she possibly be a Chimera? 2 colored face and opposite colored legs!
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Chimera? Or Calico?
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Lovely cute little girl 
In my opinion she's a calico. All chimera cats that I have seen have their faces split in two different solid colors.
Your kitty has a dark mark on her nose, but both sides of her face are the same ginger color.
In my opinion she's a calico. All chimera cats that I have seen have their faces split in two different solid colors.
Your kitty has a dark mark on her nose, but both sides of her face are the same ginger color.
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Sooooo adorable! That face! 
I also vote calico.
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She is adorable
I would say a calico too. Or a torbico (my made up word 
) a mixture of a calico and a tortoiseshell.
Both my tortie girls had that blaze down their face and different color, paws, etc. strictly speaking tortoiseshells are only supposed to have red and black, but some of them have a little white too.
I would say a calico too. Or a torbico (my made up word ) a mixture of a calico and a tortoiseshell. Both my tortie girls had that blaze down their face and different color, paws, etc. strictly speaking tortoiseshells are only supposed to have red and black, but some of them have a little white too.
She probably is just a very pretty calico - but oh my goodness she is SO cute. I can't handle it
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Thank you all so much! I am now wondering if she could be a bit younger that what I was told. Her eyes are still blue. Have you seen the "bug eyed" look in other cats? my other rescue did not have this alien appearance. I am absolutely IN LOVE with sweet Petunia, but am concerned. The initial look over from my vet was good.
Kitten's eyes normally change from blue to their adult color at around 6-8 weeks, along with how small she looks I would say younger then 8-10 weeks.
Also I did have a kitten that had a similar big "bug eyed" look, she grew up to look normal, lol. She was the only one in the litter that had such over sized looking eyes, she just needed time to grow into them.
Here is a photo of her and with her mother when she was 6 weeks old.
