Very Rare Male Calico

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Very Rare Male Calico

Postby Superluminal » Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:56 am

Two years ago our cat had kittens. One was a male calico. When it came time to get rid of them, my wife wanted to keep it. I told her that since it is so hard to determine the sex of a cat, to take it to the vet and make sure it is male. She took it and sure enough it was male.

[spoiler]Well, the other day, it had kittens. :shock: [/spoiler]

Anybody want he/she? Come and get him/her. Before I take him/her to our local Chinese restraunt. :twisted:
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Re: Very Rare Male Calico

Postby Lance » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:07 am

Superluminal wrote:Before I take him/her to our local Chinese restraunt. :twisted:


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Postby Superluminal » Fri Jul 15, 2005 1:17 am

:glp-rofl: :glp-applause:
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Re: Very Rare Male Calico

Postby Bob B. » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:31 am

Superluminal wrote:One was a male calico.

I've been told that calico markings only occur on females. (Or maybe male calicos are just really rare.)
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Re: Very Rare Male Calico

Postby umop ap!sdn » Fri Jul 15, 2005 2:36 am

In cats, the gene for black or red fur is on the X chromosome. Male kitties get one or the other, resulting in either a black (or gray) or an orange (or cream) cat. Females can inheret two of the same or one of each; if they also get the gene that black & white cats have, the result is 3 colors of fur, hence calico.

My guess is that what you have here, Superluminal, is some kind of intersexed cat, in which case it is surprising that (he? she? ey? ze?) is able to have kittens at all.
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Postby Disinfo Agent » Fri Jul 15, 2005 11:33 am

i bet it come as a shock to the cat
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Postby Candy » Fri Jul 15, 2005 12:07 pm

This reminds me of a Dean Koontz book (can't remember the title) where the mother, an hermaphrodite, of the main character gave birth three times. Each time she impregnated herself. :shock:
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Postby MM_Dandy » Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:00 pm

Candy wrote:This reminds me of a Dean Koontz book (can't remember the title) where the mother, an hermaphrodite, of the main character gave birth three times. Each time she impregnated herself. :shock:
Ew.

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And are all calico cats females? Well, the majority of them are. For very complicated genetic reasons, it takes two X chromosomes for a cat to be a tortoiseshell or calico cat. A male would have to possess two X and one Y chromosomes to be a calico cat. This can happen, but very rarely. According to a study at the College of Veterinary Medicine in Missouri, one out of 3,000 calico colored cats is male. This oddity occurs in humans, too. The males, in both cases, are usually sterile.
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