So, I have a beautiful mixed breed cat I received from someone giving them away about a year ago. This girl was almost solid black when we got her, except for a white patch on her chest, a white strip down her chin, and a few scattered brown hairs on her cheek and rump.
Fast forward ten months, and now she's still almost completely solid black, except she's got tortoiseshell markings on her cheek and on one side of her butt. I mean, SOLID black on her whole body except these tortoiseshell areas and the white spot on her chest and stripe on her chin.
I've looked and looked online, yet have found no cat like her. Is she a normal tortoiseshell, or is there a different name for this coloring?
Here are some pictures, but it's hard to see the tortoiseshell because she's so dark.
Fast forward ten months, and now she's still almost completely solid black, except she's got tortoiseshell markings on her cheek and on one side of her butt. I mean, SOLID black on her whole body except these tortoiseshell areas and the white spot on her chest and stripe on her chin.
I've looked and looked online, yet have found no cat like her. Is she a normal tortoiseshell, or is there a different name for this coloring?
Here are some pictures, but it's hard to see the tortoiseshell because she's so dark.