So is there a specific amount of each color (orange, white and black/brown) a cat should have to be considered a calico? I have a male kitten who's primarily black and white but he has small patches of orange on his head tail and foot.
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Male Calico?
- Thread starter fyreflair
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Calicoes are predominantly female. Your kitten is male with only small patches of orange in certain spots so I probably wouldn't describe him as calico.
If he has true red, he's a tortie/torbie/calico (all basically the same thing---a cat with both red and dark coloring---just different ways of describing the different patterns). If it's just reddish shading of brown coloring then he isn't really tortie. Hard to say without seeing him, any pics?
Usually a calico has large, well-defined patches of color. A tortie is more mixed, kind of brindled. A torbie has tabby stripes in the dark coloring (all of them have tabby stripes in the red bits).
Usually a calico has large, well-defined patches of color. A tortie is more mixed, kind of brindled. A torbie has tabby stripes in the dark coloring (all of them have tabby stripes in the red bits).
