I recently adopted a gorgeous little kitten called Seth, he was abandoned by his owner when he was a newborn on an industrial site and when the RSPCA found him, his littermates were all dead and he was the only one alive, all skin and bone. Fast forward 13 weeks and despite still being slightly skinny, he is now healthy and very very naughty. But he has unusual fur and I haven't come across another cat with fur like him - the vet even asked if he'd had an accident with some white paint when he saw him. He's not any specific breed (to my knowledge) but I would just like to know a bit more about what could cause the pattern. The cat resue we adopted him from simply said that nothing is known about his parents and that he's a standard black cat.
Here's a close up of his head, it's a bit difficult to see but he has silvery patches on his body (which you can see slightly underneath his chin). And if you haven't have guessed, he is such a poser for the camera.
Here's a photo of him in natural sunlight. The front of him has an orange hue as well as having little clusters of silvery fur which you can see under his chin as well (although you can't see this very well) around his eyes and up his forehead.
Sorry about my other cat Heidi sneaking in the photo, But here's another photo showing the markings which caused the vet to say the paint comment. He has two parallel lines of white fur that starts around his shoulder blades and runs right down to the base of his tail. His fur is black but he has a silver colour to him when he walks around, and when you part the fur he has short fur underneath that's white in colour, while he has longer hair that is pure black. Also the fur on his belly is more silver than black, I don't know if this helps but he doesn't have sleek fur but instead his fur is always sticking up in all directions. I'm guessing he's mixed with tabby from the stripes on his back?
Hopefully I've provided enough information, and sorry if there's any mistakes as this is my first post on this site - thank you
Here's a close up of his head, it's a bit difficult to see but he has silvery patches on his body (which you can see slightly underneath his chin). And if you haven't have guessed, he is such a poser for the camera.
Here's a photo of him in natural sunlight. The front of him has an orange hue as well as having little clusters of silvery fur which you can see under his chin as well (although you can't see this very well) around his eyes and up his forehead.
Sorry about my other cat Heidi sneaking in the photo, But here's another photo showing the markings which caused the vet to say the paint comment. He has two parallel lines of white fur that starts around his shoulder blades and runs right down to the base of his tail. His fur is black but he has a silver colour to him when he walks around, and when you part the fur he has short fur underneath that's white in colour, while he has longer hair that is pure black. Also the fur on his belly is more silver than black, I don't know if this helps but he doesn't have sleek fur but instead his fur is always sticking up in all directions. I'm guessing he's mixed with tabby from the stripes on his back?
Hopefully I've provided enough information, and sorry if there's any mistakes as this is my first post on this site - thank you
