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Cat Forum / General Topics / January 2005Puzzled
I thought my husbands kitten sasha was a tabby cat but now i wonder, at last vet check she weighed in at 14.7 lbs and is about 14 inches long (with tail she would be about 17 inches long) she is only 5 months old the vet says she is not fat just a big girl. Isnt this unsual for a tabby cat? >I thought my husbands kitten sasha was a tabby cat but now i wonder, at last vet check she weighed in at 14.7 lbs and is about 14 inches long (with tail she would be about 17 inches long) she is only 5 months old the vet says she is not fat just a big girl. Isnt this unsual for a tabby cat? Tabby is a color pattern (stripes) - it has nothing to do with size.  SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches wonder what she could be? > oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches > wonder what she could be? A panther? goodness i hope not. LOL she is the sweetest thing a definant lap cat. If she gets much bigger I wont be able to hold her. sounds like may be a "tortous shell." you might google tortous shell cat and see what comes up. Think i will try it and see if i get anything. lee/leo > sounds like may be a "tortous shell." > you might google tortous shell cat and see what comes up. Think i will > try it and see if i get anything. > lee/leo Sorry to disappoint you leo, but, like the tabby cat, a tortoise shell cat is just the markings/colouring of the cat. It is not a definitive breed. Holly, is the cat long or short haired? Do you have a picture of the "little" one? I went to the binary site that you said that you posted pictures on, but I won't use the site, as it contains a lot of openings for spyware and viruses. If you want you can email me personally, and send me a pic that way. I would have to see Sasha in order to possibly figure out what her breed would be. I would love to send you a picture of her but I donot have your email, I would love to know exacctly what she is >oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark >black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches >wonder what she could be? She's a tabby. :) Tabbies can have broken stripes, which look like spots. Play a mental game of 'connect the dots', and if you get a cat with vertical striping, you have a tabby cat. Other than that, she's a Domestic Shorthair (DSH), aka 'moggy'. :) Orchid See Orchid's Kitties! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/bengalpage Want a Purebred Cat? Read This! -- http://nik.ascendancy.net/orchid >oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches >wonder what she could be? A red (brown, tan), black, and white female cat is a calico. Calicos can also be tabbies - my Maryweather is a calico tabby: <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/03.jan/mary.267x400.1.jpg>. SignatureT.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) | >oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches | >wonder what she could be? | | A red (brown, tan), black, and white female cat is a calico. Calicos | can also be tabbies - my Maryweather is a calico tabby: | <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/03.jan/mary.267x400.1.jpg>. Ted, she's beautiful! Is she on the small side? Still youngish? She looks a bit like a rascal, is she? Carola >| >oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is >basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >Is she on the small side? Still youngish? She looks a bit like a rascal, is >she? She's one of my smallest females, but she is sweet. Her only annoying habit is sleeping on top of me, but since she's not very heavy (~7 pounds in the summer, maybe a bit more in the winter), I usually don't notice until I wake up for some other reason. Now, Tigger (~18 pounds) and Fleagor (~15 pounds) are another story: I notice them when they try it because they crush my chest and interfere with my breathing (Fleagor's so big that he has trouble staying on top when I'm on my side). T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. >>oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches >>wonder what she could be? > > A red (brown, tan), black, and white female cat is a calico. Calicos > can also be tabbies - my Maryweather is a calico tabby: > <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/03.jan/mary.267x400.1.jpg>. What a striking cat your Maryweather is! I have never seen such markings on a calico before. She is indeed unique. > What a striking cat your Maryweather is! I have never seen such markings > on a calico before. She is indeed unique. I'd second that. You name the gene, it appears she got it! > >oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking splotches > >wonder what she could be? > > A red (brown, tan), black, and white female cat is a calico. Calicos > can also be tabbies - my Maryweather is a calico tabby: > <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/03.jan/mary.267x400.1.jpg>. Wow, what a cool looking cat! Is she a petite female? And what is her story? I love to hear the stories. >> >oh well I guess she is not a tabby either she as lots of spots. she is >basically dark black with LOTS of brown tan and a few whiter looking [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >Wow, what a cool looking cat! Is she a petite female? And what is >her story? I love to hear the stories. She is one of my smallest females, but she bulked out this fall, presumably for the winter, so she isn't so petite any more. The first part of her story is at <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/dandy.mary.1.html> - since then she's had a pretty quiet life. Recently, she has taken to sleeping on top of me, but that may also be winter related. Oh, and she currently has a tiny spot of ringworm on one ear - four of the cats came down with it at the same time, but hers is by far the mildest. My main cat page is at <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/>. T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu) SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D." somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected. The first > part of her story is at > <http://gearbox.maem.umr.edu/tdavis/cats/dandy.mary.1.html> - since [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > cats came down with it at the same time, but hers is by far the > mildest. Great story, thanks. Wonderful cats. Maryweather is the most unusual looking cat I have ever seen, and she is gorgeous. |
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