I have two cats, a male and a female, and they’re both in heat. The problem? My poor clueless boy has absolutely no idea what he’s doing. Instead of, you know, finding the right spot, he just keeps awkwardly pressing his foot on her back while she waits patiently (and increasingly frustrated, I assume).

I’m not necessarily looking to breed them, but I also feel bad watching this painfully awkward attempt at nature taking its course. Is this normal? Will he eventually figure it out, or is there something I should be doing to help (besides giving him a roadmap)? Any advice or similar experiences are welcome!

So I was trying to figure out some stuff about a Warriors character’s genotype and how to make their descendants possible and I thought of a black minkpoint tabby cat and I was like ‘okay, let me find one to compare the design’ so I searched up ‘black minkpoint tabby cat’, and instead of getting any actual results, here are some of the things it showed me:

•Cold black Siamese

•Burmese/Sepiapoint

•Ragdolls

•Seal points (I still can’t figure out what the fuck that means)

•Devon Rex cats for some reason??

•Just normal black smokes

So yeah. And this isn’t the first time either. I couldn’t find ANY homozygous ticked cats without Somali/Abyssinian levels of rufosing that I was sure was the right genotype, I couldn’t find a blue mochapoint a few months ago but that is fairly new, I could only find ONE example of a solid blue caramel with y’all’s help last week, and basically any search for anything that isn’t common in a popular breed (thank Starclan for British shorthairs they have so many colors) is just nothing. Especially things relating to colorpoints? Ragdoll, ragdoll, ragdoll, over and over and OVER again. I’m actually so sick of breeds. They usually are the main cause of bad problems like brachycephalic syndrome and Manx syndrome, they’re breeded into oblivion, and they make it impossible to find basically anything that isn’t up to ‘breed standards’, let alone multiple photos of a genotype to cross-reference and see what they’ll usually look like and a range of differences.

Anyways, have you guys shared this problem? Idk, maybe I’m just some weird autistic teenager who cares too much about cat breeds and specifically the pug dog breed and constantly gets downvoted when I say something dumb but I needed somewhere to rant

I don’t care too much about genetics with my ocs, but this girl bothers me and also I’m interested in these weird modifiers and mutations. Anyone know?

registered ethical breeder. I know base line what to expect for some colors, but a girl I got recently I’m excited (when she’s ready and cleared) to pair her with a shaded silver male given her dilute patterns. I’m interested to see if anyone has done this pairing before and has pictures of kittens or cats that have fur patterns that look like what their offspring would be. She has spots specked in her fur as well, mixing with the stripes.

I recently got a kitten..he was a rescue! They never told me where he came from,,

(I assume he could have been dropped off by the mothers owners or found abandoned etc)

I’m not exactly sure but he’s currently 5 months. I adopted him at 4 months old, he was sad and weak..

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I noticed recently that :

• he’s been getting longer but not much fatter

• his ears are a bit longer than norm(I feed him small 3 meals a day)

• he’s super intelligent and follows my schedule pretty easily without much effort. (Mimicking me and my every move.)

I came to the conclusion that he may have a classic spotted / domestic shorthair mix hair tabby coat? His coat is definitely one a kind! I tried looking for similar coat via google and reddit but..I can’t find much :(

Let me know!

(Yes I’m changing his collar soon!)

I got two kittens from a breeder that had a litter of 6. I saw the mother and father and both looked like what they were claimed to be (ragdoll mom, Russian blue dad). The kittens had a variety of coats and one was fully blue. We got a male and a female, the male appears to me to be a blue lynx point and the female looks like a blue tortie point. the first few pics with the mottled color on the face and the orange/grey/white striped tail are the female. Any ideas?

Every torti I've seen (including my own) has eyes that are too big for their skulls. Do all torties have a genetic for freakishly large eyes? I studied cat color genetics and I never heard anything about the torti gene being linked to large eyes, but it seems that all torties have large eyes. Why?

I picked up my orange girl Sunny from the shelter because she has pretty coloring. Now I’m trying to find out how uncommon her coloring is.

First, she is an orange tabby female. (Had a litter at the shelter, but since has been spayed.) She has no white or black fur, just gold and cream.

Second, is she a dilute cream? Her stripes are mostly faded and disappear in some kinds of lighting. Thanks, Kati

I added a blerp in the Torbie chat thinking that maybe Roux was a black mackerel tortoiseshell but it looks like he might just be a brown tabby with rufousing. Adding here for any other options!

So my cat Mac went missing 6 years ago, he got out and never came back. Me and my dad would go around looking for him everywhere but we never found him. However a couple nights ago this random cat that non of us and ever seen before in our neighbourhood showed up. My dad is convinced this is Mac, but he’s markings on his face are different and his eyes look a little different. I’m just wondering if it is possible for the markings of my cat would change over 6 years. The first two picture of the post is the one my dad saw, and the last ones are my cat from 6 years ago

I know my guy is a DSH with brown and black classic/mottled tabby markings. He's about 6 months old now and his coat is very dense and soft, not shedding much. In the sunlight, his hair gives this rainbow reflection that I have read is part of Bengal genetics.

Wondering if anyone can give insight? Is it normal light reflectiveness or is this what a Bengal's hollow hair shafts look like?

He was found as a starving stray at around a month old, so no idea what his parents look like.

I've posted more pics at various angles to show his various markings just in case it'll help. You can see that he has multiple cheek stripes that intertwine, two colors of stripes on the bottom of his cheeks/jowls, some of his left stripes appear to be flames, his tail has very little color on it (mostly black other than the bottom where it's lightened up and the two hazy bands that have started to develop closer to its base), he has some light spots mixed in with the stripes on his shoulders, a freckle on each side of his nose (where the hair transitions from his base color to the tan color), prominent racing strips down his back, and black freckles on the tan parts of his interior leg joints.

Thanks for any insight!

(I'll fix them)

Somewhere in Africa when a buddy of was on mission.

Her fur is or appears black but she has like a dark brown type of color more towards her body. I’ve also noticed in the sun she isn’t like black black.. idk if that makes sense

I did rescue her as a kitten almost 3 years ago from the inside of a cars dash so I never seen her parents or anything I just assumed she’s just black but seeing the brown makes me wonder… I will say I know nothing about cat genetics

I read a few research articles in cat color genetic encoding and the scientist discovered a new color mutation. So instead of a tuxedo or a black cat, they are salt and pepper colored… My question pertains to my kitten Maisey. From what I understand, she is a Calico Mix with Bengal and Tabby? She has all the markings of a Bengal and the color of Calico. So with that said, I have seen a few images of kittens that look exactly like Maisey. Color and markings to boot.

Based on genetic patterns, what will the hair length and colour of the kittens of a seal bicolor ragdoll dad and British blue mom be? For example, since black colour is their dominant gene their kittens will be very likely be black and white or simply black. But what are the other possibilities? Please share your experiences and knowledge with me, thank you!

1. Black

2. Long haired

3. Possibly white chin

Am I right?

Are the breed usually so delicate and slim, my boy looks skinny but he definitely eats a lot

So my cat Mac went missing 6 years ago, he got out and never came back. Me and my dad would go around looking for him everywhere but we never found him. However a couple nights ago this random cat that non of us and ever seen before in our neighbourhood showed up. My dad is convinced this is Mac, but he’s markings on his face are different and his eyes look a little different. I’m just wondering if it is possible for the markings of my cat would change over 6 years. The first two picture of the post is the one my dad saw, and the last ones are my cat from 6 years ago

I’ve been a very big cat enthusiast ever since I read my first warrior cats book back in 4th grade. I have around 6 years of studies on cat genetics alone.

That being said, I have an oc that is quite the anomaly, I made him before I really started to get into genetics, and his design was just to iconic to change up.

I know he must me a chimera of some sort, but other than that, nothing.

I was thinking MAYBE silver torbie x cream but I don’t really know.

So if anyone here can help me figure out the phenotype of my kitty, (or even the genotype of your feeling it) that would help a ton.

I said it before and I'll say it until I'm blue in the face - this is a SERIOUS, GENETICS-CENTERED SUB.

I get it - we all think cats are adorable and wonderful (that's why we're here). But the constant nothing comments make some threads bloated with no substance. There's nothing worse than asking a question on here and seeing 100 comments, but all of them are nothing relevant nor providing information.

Commenting "nice," "adorable," "cute," etc. without any other genetic information or even a comparison to your own cat is not what the sub is for. If you think a cat is cute, but you can't help answering the OP's questions then upvote and move on. This sub is supposed to be a research and information hub, and hopefully can be referenced by people in the future. These comments will be removed as spam and I've updated the rules to reflect this.

Reggie