Which Cat Breed?

[biscuitandwe]

I don’t need to explain much, due to the photos. I will give some traits, etc., though.
She is an intelligent cat, and very friendly. Although she does swat away the males if they either get too close to her prey or just annoy her. Biscuit (the cat in the photo, and the cat I’m talking about), is a bit skittish at times though. She trusts some people, and with others, she’s terrified. Well, not exactly terrified, more like protective. She is a sorta skilled hunter. Her fur feels not really thick, but not short and thin, either. It’s medium-length, I would say.
I am also aware that some images are not the best, so I’m sorry about that.

 

[StefanZ]

Which country are you in?

 

[biscuitandwe]

Which country are you in?

I live in the US

 

[jefferd18]

Is she your pet cat or is she a feral kitty? She is an orange tiger tabby with a lot of brown mixed in with her orange. And she has one of the best proportioned bodies I have seen in a cat. Very sleek, with her head being the same way. What a stunning looking little feline. I love her eyes.

 

[biscuitandwe]

Is she your pet cat or is she a feral kitty? She is an orange tiger tabby with a lot of brown mixed in with her orange. And she has one of the best proportioned bodies I have seen in a cat. Very sleek, with her head being the same way. What a stunning looking little feline. I love her eyes.

She's a stray that I feed

 

[lutece]

She is indeed a beautiful cat

As far as her breed, she would be described as a domestic shorthair; most cats aren't any particular breed. The biggest question is about her color. If she had tabby markings, she would be either red (orange / ginger), or dark cream. However, in these pictures she doesn't appear to have tabby markings or even shading. It's possible that she's red or cream and her tabby markings are unusually faint... but she looks more like a solid. Very faint ghost markings on tail and legs are commonly seen in solid colored cats. Even the darker lines on her forehead look more like shadows from the sunlight, rather than differently colored hairs.

It's possible that she might be cinnamon, or another color caused by a rare recessive allele. It's hard to tell her exact color due to the difference in lighting in the various pictures, but cinnamon would be my first guess. Rare recessive traits like cinnamon do not often appear in domestic cats, but are more likely to show up when inbreeding is present (such as parent to child, grandparent to grandchild, siblings, etc.) because this increases the chance of doubling up on a rare allele. Inbreeding can easily happen in feral or barn cat colonies, where unaltered cats grow up alongside their parents and siblings.

If you are really keen to find out her exact color, you could run some genetic tests, but it might not be easy or practical to do that if she's a stray you feed.

 

[jefferd18]

She's a stray that I feed

Thank you for feeding her. Or you two making plans for the future? From the first photo I can see that she has some stripes, like she is wearing soccer socks.

 

[biscuitandwe]

Thank you for feeding her. Or you two making plans for the future? From the first photo I can see that she has some stripes, like she is wearing soccer socks.

I'm hoping I can adopt her soon, and once her kittens are old enough, I'll see if I can adopt one from the litter myself
Thanks!

 

[lutece]

I'm hoping I can adopt her soon, and once her kittens are old enough, I'll see if I can adopt one from the litter myself

If she's due to have a litter, you may learn more information about her genetic color from her kittens, depending on if they are red or not.

 

[jefferd18]

I'm hoping I can adopt her soon, and once her kittens are old enough, I'll see if I can adopt one from the litter myself
Thanks!

Sounds like she is almost there. When you can, please send pics of the babies.

 

[AnSDRfanhere]

A rare mutation! This one, although a domestic cat, is a red blueprint. They're always genetically red though!

 

[AnSDRfanhere]

She might be a Sable (aka burmese)