My little brother had an orange cat at his dad's house named Chloe for 10 years or more, only to find out he was a boy! At that point, though, he was Chloe lolOh no! Poor baby, we have been calling it Layla!
People keep saying that, but I've had 4 orange cats, three of which were female.Oh yeah, boy. As an orange cat it was only about a 20% chance it was a girl to begin with.
Could be more common in your area. Color in general is linked to the X chromosome so a female has to get the orange gene from both Mom and Dad to be solid orange; otherwise she ends up a tortie or calico. Also why boys are only one color because theytonly have one X. Since many cats found in shelters and rescuses are unwanted litters from strays, ferals or unspayed females allowed to waunder you often will see waves or groupings of specific colors. This is based on what the current population is and them intermixing. Unless you get fresh genetic material in the area natural selection and such will make it so the population sends up being pretty similar after a while.You could always change the name to Derek or Domino or even Eric, since that's who sang Layla.
People keep saying that, but I've had 4 orange cats, three of which were female.