Comments on: Five Fantastic Felines

By: Mo

Mo — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:26:00 +0000

Not all calico’s are female.My son has a black,grey,and white one,that is male.His name is Taz

By: Susan

Susan — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 21:54:00 +0000

One of these cats–Scarlett (Wellen) is my modern day hero!

She performed one of the bravest acts I’ve ever seen and she did it FIVE times–rescuing all her babies from an enferno. She was horribly burned but it didn’t stop her from saving her kittens!

How many human mothers would do that? So many are irresponsible and do things like leave their children unattended in vehicles, sometimes forgetting them altogether and they die of heat stroke.

Yes, Scarlett was a hero and I hope to meet her one day in Paradise!

Bless your sweet heart, Dear Scarlett!
Your mother loves you and misses you so much!

By: Karen

Karen — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:55:35 +0000

I had a beautiful female red tabby. I’d meant to adopt a male kitten, but I’d always heard that red tabbies are male, so I didn’t look too closely at my new pet! I only realized my mistake when I took the cat to be sterilized, and the vet took one look and said, “Um, I can’t neuter this cat.”

By: Em

Em — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:41:49 +0000

if you do happen to find a male calico-they’re quite often chimeras. it’s possible for them to also have Klinefelter’s syndrome- having two X’s and a Y.
if i’m not mistaken, you can actually fetch a lot of money for a male calico. i don’t really want to know what a researcher might do to the poor thing, but it might be some crazy cat collector who wants one as well.

By: Kieran

Kieran — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:59:41 +0000

Kellie is generally correct, but there are VERY rare male calico cats. They, unfortunately, are sterile.

By: kellie

kellie — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:55:17 +0000

Calico Lover is correct. Calicos are generally the female of the red tabby. Red tabbies are mostly, but not exclusively, male. Female red tabbies exist, but are rare. OTOH, all calicos are females, because the gene that makes fur black and the gene that makes fur brown both appear on the X chromosome. So only females (XX) can be calicos.

By: 8rustystaples

8rustystaples — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:08:58 +0000

Last night, our 19-year-old cat attacked and killed his first mouse.
Bastard’s on his ninth life, and he finally starts earning his keep.

By: Calico Lover

Calico Lover — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:35:26 +0000

Tama is a calico, not a tabby. Tabbies are striped. Calico cats are tricolored (usually a combo of white, orange, black although other colors are possible).

By: andiscandis

andiscandis — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 13:02:35 +0000

The last thing my fantastic feline saved was his treats when the baby tried to steal them. It wasn’t brave, but it was a good thing.

By: Em

Em — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:04:38 +0000

i think this is my favourite mental floss entry ever.