Cat Pics

Cat's don't care what the coloration is on a potential mate.

80% orange tabby cats are male.

99.99% calico and tortie (tortoise shell) cats are female (the X chromosome controls color- female has XX, male has XY, X can be either black or red [white, in cats is the absence of color]).

Calico's are really torties with the "white spotting gene"

The only way to get a "male" is a hermaphrodite (XXY).

Ewww.

There is also a "torbie" that is a tabby pattern over or under a tortie pattern.

Cats can have 3-4 "layers" of coloration on their hairs, and can be very different patterns.

Our Valentine is a torbie.

Again, 99.99% female.