All her kittens were adopted out before her, and she was laying in her pod looking sad and lonely. She let me pat her right away when the volunteer opened the door.She had a sign on her pod door saying she gets really stressed out by the noise and activity in the shelter. My home is quiet and peaceful so I brought her home and she let me give her some more pats when I let her out of the crate in the bath. Now she's hunkering down in a quiet dark corner getting her bearings. Her full name is Margarine.
I just adopted Marge today. She was found homeless with a nest of kittens
9 Comments
daannii@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 183d
Hold on. A female ginger?
That's incredibly rare. http://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cwywdjjgvqqo.amp
FooBarrington@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 183d
Apparently it's roughly an 80% chance that a ginger is male, so not quite incredibly rare. Male calicos are, though!
RebekahWSD@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 182d
Male calicos are in the "you really sure that's a male cat or a calico cat cause it's that rare better check again"...rareness
HornedMeatBeast@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 183d
I've only seen two in my life.
When I was very young we had a female ginger and then a friend of mine had one when we were about 12 or so.
Whenever I see a ginger I just assume they are male.
It's the same with calico cats as well from what I understand, almost all are female.
CreateProblems@corndog.social · 3 pts · 182d
Yep, to get calico coloring, cats must have two X chromosomes, so they will be female. If a male calico is born, it will be XXY. So that's a rare mutation to encounter, and those cats are always sterile too, so they're not passing along their mutation to any kittens either.
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 182d
Torties are almost always female, also. My family are big fans of Torties.
NutinButNet@hilariouschaos.com · 18 pts · 183d
Poor girl, I’m glad she’s with you and warming up to you! Hopefully her kittens went to good homes too.
LemmyShemmy@aussie.zone · 11 pts · 183d
ickplant@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 182d
Congratulations on your new kitty! She looks beautiful, and it sounds like she will be so happy with you. I’m wishing you both the best!
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 182d
Once she figures out that you're not going to eat her, she'll be a very grateful and happy kitty.
Unless you work at home, you might want to get her a companion.