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I wasn't kidding! TONS of photos. I wanted to give a lot of visual. Some have flash on and some have flash off so you can see the detailsss! You will be able to tell I researched a lot based on my picture choices. lololol I've done so much research that I should get a cat PhD.
I found myself with A LOT of time on my hands so I started "investigating" different "breeds" and colors/patterns of cats to figure out how similar our kitten is to them. There are TONS of strays here so this kitten with a "heart" on his butt could be any type of mixture. I also have been told cats don't really have "breeds". That's kind of confusing. Every time I think I get it, I don't. xD I get it but I don't get it. No breeds but there are colors and patterns. I guess it just sounds too easy and too difficult at the same time. Can a cat be Harlequin and Tabby at the same time? I know torbies exist so that means tortoiseshell and tabby. I read all cats have tabby markings but some colors (white) mask it. Is this true? After all this confusion...how do you name what kind of cat you have? Is there a special way to "say it". Red Harlequin something something with white. Do you even have to say "and white" if your cat is already "harlequin"? Isn't that obvious enough?! xD It's not super important but I feel like it's cool to be able to identify a cat you see. I've been able to do it 2 times with random cats. Everyone around me is like....
Back:
Skin/Fur:
Belly:
Tail:
(A dog followed me home and stuck around...he got really mad. xD
You can see his tail and and upper back are spiked. When I went to pet him, he was super fluffy!)
I found myself with A LOT of time on my hands so I started "investigating" different "breeds" and colors/patterns of cats to figure out how similar our kitten is to them. There are TONS of strays here so this kitten with a "heart" on his butt could be any type of mixture. I also have been told cats don't really have "breeds". That's kind of confusing. Every time I think I get it, I don't. xD I get it but I don't get it. No breeds but there are colors and patterns. I guess it just sounds too easy and too difficult at the same time. Can a cat be Harlequin and Tabby at the same time? I know torbies exist so that means tortoiseshell and tabby. I read all cats have tabby markings but some colors (white) mask it. Is this true? After all this confusion...how do you name what kind of cat you have? Is there a special way to "say it". Red Harlequin something something with white. Do you even have to say "and white" if your cat is already "harlequin"? Isn't that obvious enough?! xD It's not super important but I feel like it's cool to be able to identify a cat you see. I've been able to do it 2 times with random cats. Everyone around me is like....
Back:
Skin/Fur:
Belly:
Tail:
(A dog followed me home and stuck around...he got really mad. xD
You can see his tail and and upper back are spiked. When I went to pet him, he was super fluffy!)
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