We had an orange boy. He was HUGE but so gentle and sweet, just a giant butterball of love. After he passed, a few months later a tiny orange kitten ran out in front of my husband's car. He rescued the kitten literally off the road and we took it to the vet. Low and behold, it was a female ginger baby! She is very small, very talkative, and VERY spicy! Yes, she is loving and quite sociable, but she has SO much cattitude! Of course, we adore her.
Our cat had kittens..ALL orange, we kept 2,one straight hair, one long hair..I called them Jacob and Esau,2 brothers from the Bible, because one was covered in hair ❤
I had a female orange cat. The first night I had her she disappeared. I was frantically looking for her and found her in my bathroom sink. She had made a nest out of a pair of my panty hose, hair brush and a knife (I had used it to cut tags off of something). Second night..She was making some awful growl walking towards me. She had a quarter in her mouth and gave it to me. Altogether, she brought me 0.55cents. Third night...again with the growl. This time she had a chain hanging out of her mouth. It was my diamond pendent necklace. After that, I had to childproof my valuables. She lived to be 18 years old. I miss her.
My orange girl does this but she bring me my sons dirty socks. If by some miracle he has them all picked up she will bring me his beanie.. or towels or whatever she can find. But the sound she makes is very distinctive to this behavior so I can always tell when she is headed my way with an item.
One of my orange girls also made it 18, now that I’m thinking about it I think she made it to 20 years old. I don’t know how old the first one was because I found her or she found me at an apartment complex.
I had this wonderful cat named Firestar, he was a big orange boy at about 18 pounds but not fat. He was the most emotionally intelligent animal I have ever had. He would know when you’re sad and knew how to hug. You could hug him for a long time and he loved it. Sadly he passed at 16 from cancer. But he was something special. I’ve never seen an animal show that level of love and intelligence at knowing when to comfort his humans. When we buried him, the sky was so beautiful with clouds surrounding a bright circular ray of light. The sky stayed like that for 3 days. I believe he was a special soul.
Orange cats definitely seem to know when you need comforting. Had a very big round ginger boy called Timmy who, when you were sad, would get up onto your chest and give the tip of your nose and your chin a lick before settling down for a prolonged cuddle. After he died another male ginger kitty turned up in my life. He started out very skinny and ended up huge and fat like my first Timmy. He did all the same things too. I know he was a reincarnation.
I went 36 years being that type of person that dislikes cats. Finally after 4 years of dating my girlfriend convinced me to get a cat and little Toby came in as a kitten but now he's about a healthy 16 lb and he has the funniest personality. He's quite independent though but he'll sneak up and cuddle at night when we're not looking. He's our alarm clock if we're not up to feed him at the right time. We take him everywhere as hes leash trained, will walk on hikes better than dogs i have owned and even rides on our stand up paddleboards (he has a little life jacket its the cutest thing). But he's such an awesome cat that he turned me into a complete Cat dad that the cat distribution system brought an adorable approx 1 to 2 yr old brown tiger dsh roaming into our yard. We immediately brought him into our house and less than a week later socks and Toby became best friends. Now we have two cats and I'm not against getting a third LOL. They made me such a cat dad i spent my 20yr high school reunion showing pics of my cats.
I have had leash trained cats throughout my life. I always start as soon as they can first into a tiny harness. First few days, they just lay on the floor/ground, like they are boneless, but soon they adjust to the harness, and then we start taking them for walks. I have also had cats who willingly would go for walks with us. All we had to say was “Who wants to go for a walk?” and they came running. Our ginger cat was a snake hunter, and was always the first of the cats cared for by our vet who was snake bit each spring, as the snakes came out of hibernation. The first year Tom T. Cat was very sick after he was bite, but each succeeding year, her reacted less, as his body built up immunity to the venom. He was usually bit by rattlesnakes.
Better late than Never. Having Kitty's for Most of My Life (l got My 1st Kitty when l was kindergarten I'm Now almost 66, My L😻VE has Only Grown, Yup that "Pawprints left on Your Heart Couldn't be More TRUE
Men often hate/dislike cats. It is a sign that they dislike what is feminine since cats are seen as feminine and dogs as masculine in many respects. It is considered a good sign when a man likes cats. He will appreciate the feminine qualities of his wife.
you're having too much fun with that cat!! lmao. Enjoy. I love my 3. Respectfully just in the event you haven't considered it, be careful/watchful. Cats on a hiking trail are more like bait, than dogs are.
Orange cats were a particular favorite of the Vikings and Viking exploration routes are known to have a higher concentration of orange cats along their migratory routes.
Orange hair was considered bad luck by so many European countries, are you sure they did this? I just watched a decent movie about a ship that sets sail off of Ireland with a scientist to do some survey. After setting sail the scientist takes off her hat and the crew discovers she is a redhead and they all go crazy. Deep sea monsters and lots of death later and I laughed at the thought of was it her red hair that caused it LOL
I heard that about the Vikings and their ginger cats. And that ginger cats were most numerous in North America before other countries landed here. I guess the cats got on shore and eventually became native kitty’s in North America.
I have heard a similar thing about reds and bad luck. But red heads come from Europe, there are alot of them there. There are alot of reds here in the states including my red beard when I was a young man. So I don’t believe in the red headed bad luck curse bunk. The only bad luck I believe in is like walking down a live RxR track with head phones on 🤣@@dealwolfstriked272
Every beloved cat stakes out their own special place in our hearts. That 'heart-claim' lasts forever and, once they are gone, we will always miss them.
I always called them ginger cats. Had one as a child. He was fearless, even the local dogs on the street crossed the road to avoid meeting him. His name was......Ginger.
Yeah in the UK they're called ginger cats the same way people with orange/red hair here get called ginger haired. Whereas Americans mostly seem to call them orange cats.
I had an orange cat years ago, he was huge and fearless and ofcourse I called him Simba. One day the Berner Senner dog of the neighbours wanted to meet him, but Simba smacked him upside the head a few times and had him running.
When I was a kid , I got an orange tabby from a neighbor who was moving. Tigger( or Tiggy as we usually called him) was a v.loyal boi who would wait for us in the carport until we were home. Tiggy lived until 16 or 17 ; I had him from 9 yrs old to my mid-20’s & so I grew up w/him around.
I have a cat "friend" named Tiggy. He belongs to the neighbor, but since I put food outside for the strays, he has been in my yard. He has a very large frame, almost as if he's part wildcat, but his bones are also very delicate, as if he's a lanky Egyptian cat. He has pretty short hair, without much undercoat, and the black and brown tiger stripes. He def looks like a cat from a warm region of the world. Anyway, because he looks so thin and lanky, I wrongly assumed he was a girl and so I named him "Twiggy," after the runway model, who I am positive now was a man. Anyway, the name "Twiggy" morphed into Tiggy, and I also finally learned that Tiggy was a boy, and I finally learned which neighbor he belonged to. She tole me she also recognized his large frame, and so his real name that she gave him was "Big Boy." I tried calling him "Big Boy" after that, but I just couldn't and had to call him Tiggy instead, lol, because it's a cuter name, and he knows I named him Tiggy. Anyway, he comes to visit quite a lot (he sleeps over), but he still lives at my neighbor's house. It's weird, but it works, and my neighbor is okay with it. All my cats have ended up with abbreviated nicknames which have evolved from their formal names, and I think the name, "Tiggy" is a natural and will stick. Glad to see someone else had a cat whose name evolved to be "Tiggy," too!!!
We have an orange boy named Tigger. He walked in to a friends house as a kitten, we adopted him, now my daughter is so in love with him. He's a good big boy. I hope she has the same experience.
I have the rarity of having an orange female. She is completely different from any cat that I’ve ever had. Her markings are absolutely beautiful. She has target like markings on both sides of her abdomen and a large, orange stripe going down her back. She is friendly to people she decides she likes, but they are few and far between. She’s very very independent very intelligent and wants her own way. She has learned the meaning of many of the words that I say to her for example, if I want to go to the bathroom when I get up in the morning, I just say” gotta pee” and she heads for the bathroom. I’ve called the kitchen window the window and she goes out through that window. I I referred to my bedroom window as the windy she sleeps in my bedroom and associates that word with that room. Some days I say “ Do you want to go window or windy? she’ll sit there and look at the door to the bedroom and look at the window, and then decide which place she needs to go, I couldgo on because her vocab is large.. It’s taken her nine years to get up in my lap even though she has always appeared to love me and loves to have me pet her but she’s not really affectionate. But she’s beautiful. She also learns extremely quickly. She’ll learn meaning of things that I say to her. She has been an experience and a half.
My flame point ragdoll baby boy (indoor) is soooo independent and absolutely chooses his people. After 5 years that’s me, my late dad and friends hubby. Nobody else. He is my absolute beauty. I’ve three Ragdolls… all special but this baby is really really special xxxx🐾🐾💯🥰🧡
The first cat my brother and I had/knew was an orange female tabby. I never realized until recently that only 20% of orange cats were female. I knew about calicos/torties being mostly female.
I had a female red tabby. A true tabby with the bullseye markings on the sides and of course the M forehead and also a complete heart shape above that. She had three stripes down the top of her spine. She was the most evenly patterned cat that I have ever seen. On top of that, she was also a tuxedo tabby. She was the most confident, funny and intelligent cat that I have ever had. She also smelled like a flower! True!!! Her purr was out of his world. Like 3 cats purring at once!!! True again! My Siamese mix was insanely jealous of her and would copy the things that my 'Tabbytha Tweetum' did. I would also say that she had an IQ of a 12 yr old human. She knew what I was telling her and she obeyed. She was very self aware and as would tell people, she knew what she wanted, when she wanted it, where she wanted it and if she wanted it!!! She pretended like she was nursing off of my thumb as she layed on my lap. If I wasnt sitting in her 'cuddle chair', she would direct me to it. If I wasn't in bed by a certain time,she would direct me to the bedroom. Not another cat like her. I could go on...... People were very impressed by her. She was an impossible act to follow. I will never get over losing her. I knew that I had something very very very special with her. She was a star!!!! Long live all kitties! They are a true gift from our Grand Creator!!!!!
I've been blessed with Three Orange Cats. Two females and one male. Such personalities! My life is better for their delightful Friendships! All were 'rescues', and emotionally, they have rescued me.
We had an orange tomcat when I was growing up named Romeo, and yes he was a loverboy😻 My husband and I have also been blessed by the Cat Distribution System with 2 male and 1 female very sweet stray ginger kitties ❤️❤️
I adopted my orange furry boy who was so special in his own sweet way. He passed away before Christmas from a thyroid disease, he knew he was leaving me because he loved to be cuddled. He was independent and didn’t want to be cuddled before he got sick. He had his own terms, he loved to pat me on the shoulder when he wanted treats and food. His name was Gallagher, we called him Goo. His urn is home with me where he’s on a shelf next to my late husband’s urn.
We have a moo (tonkinese). She is a tyrant (@ 3am in particular). I don't like like to contemplate, the void she will leave. I rescued a neighbours kitten from a drain.., it was like a Siamese, but with ginger points, instead of seal. One of he prettiest things I ever saw..an inside kitty I hope,( never saw it again ).
My orange “cat nephew” got himself adopted as a kitten by clinging to the cage door and screaming pathetically as my sister put him back and moved onto the next one. They ended up going home with two cats instead of one, and he was their cuddly baby for 18 years!
When I met my husband 14 years ago, he had an orange boy kitty he named Alfred. Alfred is now an old boy, but I noticed something-Alfred is the kind of Ginger that has swirls and stripes, and on Alfred's right side it says "Rob" and he really loves his catdad. They are like two peas in a pod!
My ginger, Gianni, wasn't a fighter. He loved all our other cats and had such a sweet, gentle soul. Gave me tiny, soft face taps to wake me for breakfast. But he was a fearless acrobat, jumping and climbing up onto shower door ledges--from ground level where he couldn't actually see the top of the doors!! RIP my sweet ginger boy. Gone at 12 yrs old due to cystitis--the only times I've ever heard him cry, in pain. Poor boy.
I had a female orange kitty. She was the sweetest thing ever. She didn't like being held, but she loved sitting next to you and being pet. She loved people, and even happily laid next to my kids when they were babies. She's been gone a couple years now, but seeing this video definitely brought back both the sadness and the happy memories.
I am a "dog giŕl" and my husband is the "cat guy." As you might guess, we have both. We've had many cats over the years, and they mostly ignore me, and I them. Except ... our current cat, our orange boy. He's exceptionally smart, funny, vocal, and friendly with everyone, includinĝ me. I firmly believe he will take over the world. Lol. High praise from this dog lover, but he is so sweet when he curls up, purrs, and then looks at me with sleepy eyes. He's pretty adorable - but don't tell my husband I said that. 😉
@@Melly01haha those orange boys can charm any non cat person 🤣🤣 and i’m not surprised you fell for him because orange cats are the cat version of labs, golden retrievers and german shepherds
My orange tabby with amber eyes was the cutest and smartest cat in America. He was very talkative and would always let me know if the phone was ringing when I was in another room. He would even come into the bathroom and put his paws up on the edge of the tub and meow at me if I was taking a bath when the phone was ringing. "Hey lady, aren't you going to answer the phone"? He liked my neighbors too and would walk into a neighbors house and spend time with them when their door was open while they brought in groceries. Another neighbor worked in his garage at night and left his door open a few inches and the next day he would tell me, "Tom came by last night". And of course he used another neighbor's pet door to socialize with their family.
I had two ginger boys. Indeed, more affectionate, more loving and so happy. I love all kitties and orange tabbies have a special place in my heart 💜 ❤.
I remember meeting my friend's and he was SO jealous and talkative. Makes me wonder if I'd like that type or my usual quiet and loving when they want :P
My cat Cedar passed away last year 9.5.23. He was only about a year and a half. I am still unsure about what exactly happened to him. I still think about him daily and miss him daily. I still cry over him a lot too. He was a very very special cat. It felt more like I lost my son than my cat when he died which hurts do I try not to dwell on it but the day he died tolls around in my head more than all the fun we had tg. I try to remember all the good times. Cedar helped me through my drug and alcohol journey. I like to thank him for 11 months clean from doc and 7 months sober. I know I could not have done it without him. Sure miss my Cedar bean. 💙
Congratulations on being clean and sober! Someday, the cat distribution center will grace you with another furball, and you will know just how to love the new one, because of Cedar. By the way, that is a great name for an orange cat!
One of our 6 cats is a long-haired orange girl . She adores my mom! If mom leaves the house without telling her, she starts exploring every room, meowing loudly. And if I tell her "Mom. Will. Return" -- she gets it and then calms down, waiting.
Spend as much time with him as you can. I have a 21 year old and a 17 year old... every evening that they don't spend with me makes me a little bit anxious
First pet growing up was an orange Tabby, ended up weighing almost 20lbs with barely a hint of fat on him. Super friendly and smart for any cat let alone an orange boy. Cat knew how to unlock cages, lift latches and open doors he even knew some basic commands. God I miss that cat.
I had an orange and white male who showed up on my porch. He was the chillest cat. I took him to the farmers market and I also took him to hospice because he would walk on a leash. He was stout and ran off with a whole raw chicken and he held onto like a pitfall when I pulled it up to my height.
I was adopted in a parking lot by my orange tabby. After an immediate bath, he stayed on my lap for nearly an hour to lick himself dry. He was super mellow, liked to flip a 240 off my lap over and over, play catch w a super ball, allow me to drape him over my arm upside down by his hind legs and swing through the yard, follow me on walks with no leash, and even wait for me outside the corner store. I’ve had cats my whole life, but he was the best. I miss him.
Wow, we had a similar orange tabby when I was five years old!! We got him from someone who was selling or giving away kittens from a shopping cart in front of a K-Mart!!! We named him Tommy and he, too, would wait for us kids outside of the little store we went to where they gave us free candy (one of us kids would always wait with him outside the store, too). To get to the store, he crossed a busy highway with us, without a leash!! And that happened several times!!! He would love to ride in the car with us to get groceries, and sit on my grandfather's shoulder as he drove. When we got home, us kids had pent up energy and so would race Tommy down the gentle slope to our house, and yes, Tommy would outrace us by a longshot. We always thought that one day, we could win the race with him, but there was just no way, he was too fast. We were always so thrilled by it, lol, thrilled to have lost a race to a cat. I think he knew it too, and so gave it all he had, instead of being easy on us, lol. He really was one of us, like a dog, but part of the family for sure.
@@cozycoffee3831 Thise are great memories. If I ever ignore my allergies and get another cat, I’ll find an orange tabby. Once he followed us into the nearby woods, a bit distressed to be outside of his territory. All was well as he trotted along the path. That is, until a woman with a 9yo boy and unleashed pit bull came along. Her pit chased my cat up a huge tree, and she dashed off after her dog, leaving us to care for her small child. I had to scoot to work, so my friend., a Dr Doolittle with animals, say at the foot of the tree for 45 min until Archie was ready to come down.
I had an orange Tabby male cat with amazing Amber eyes, he was a real carrot Top, I can attest that they're very affectionate and have such sunny disposition.
We had an oversized orange cat named Howitzer (Howie for short). He wasn't playful but was very friendly. He meowed way more than necessary which was always sweet. Lived like 15 years. Great cat.
My orange cat got another name - Menace. Such a menace. Another cat goes to toilet quietly, orange stands and digs all litter out and pees standing. Fully neutered at 6 months
Mine was a semi-feral, rescued off the streets by a shelter. He kept circling around me in the adoption room, obviously very scared but curious and attracted to me for some mysterious reason. I thought it would take 2+ years (like previous adoptees) for him to feel comfortable around me, but he quickly became the most affectionate cat I EVER had. 😸
I'm researching what happened to American Society & how that might relate to my Irish Ancestry so this is giving me a few clues decoding Irish Gangs Mentality effect on our development. I inherited an Orange Cat from Therapist Co Worker's Mom when she downsized & I can confirm they are much friendlier than other cats. Belvedere made a huge impression & gave me A LOT of love in the years we shared.🥰💞😻
My orange cat hates to be touched, is very fearful, not friendly at all, is horribly bullying to my calico female. He had a rough start to life and I love him anyway.
We have three orange cats. The first one we adopted when he was 10 months old. He is the biggest and most dominant. We think his previous owner must have mistreated him. He was very bitey and touchy at first. After years of handling him he has mellowed quite a bit. We can even kiss him on his head now-something he used to hate!
We have 2 orange boys who "adopted" us almost 6 months ago. They are so loving and very social! Our calico runs and hides when company comes but the boys have to be all up in everybody's business! We love them so much even though they are so mischievous! They will be a year in April or May, vet thought they were 3-4 months old at their first visit. We hope they settle down a little once they turn a little older!
Funny how calicos are evasive like that. My daughter’s calico, Connie, is the same. She will greet you and visit with you on her terms. Don’t get me wrong - she is a gentle and sweet soul but she has her own mind.
I see your point however, I have had three orange males. No wait a minute four orange males and two female orange. They definitely are unique with the exception of my tortoise shell snowshoe white she is so different so talkative so annoying, but she likes to cuddle.
Yes, they are a version of regular tabby and you’re correct the all cats if you really look. I found that out when I researched it a few years ago. The thing about the orange tabby is that the M is more prominent because of the colour that makes it show up so well. My cat Chelsea is not an exceptional cat to anyone except me but she’s a beautiful cat her markings are beautiful and more speculative than any other cat that I’ve had over the years Cats all have their own personality And it’s the personality that makes them individual. Certainly Chelsea my orange tabby is the most individualistic cat that I’ve had in my 86 years. There really hasn’t been a period during that time when I didn’t have a cat and I loved them all. I I loved black cats too and I’ve had several of these. I’ve had black and white cats and I love black and white cats too. To tell the truth I love all cats. However, I have to say that Chelsea, my orange tabby stands out for her intelligence, more than any other cat. I had another bobtail orange tabby that everybody called ugly and she wasn’t pretty but she could put on a show like nobody else she was in the days of carpeted walls and she would go up and retrieve anything that we put there for her to bring back she climbed my daughters jeans, sat on her shoulder regularly, and she waited for me on the top of the door to the laundry room, and when I pass through the door with a basket of laundry, she would jump into the laundry and triumphantly ride to wherever I was going. She was so different and loved by everyone that never came in contact with her, but she wasn’t as intelligent as Chelsea. They’re all different they’re all lovable.
my non orange cat has a very specific M too. i dont get orange cat trend, they are just another baby with orange coat. and ive been both female and male cats...
@@claireandcatshtx oh, I definitely noticed a difference in personalities from the orange cats versus regular gray tabby. Siamese Cats are definitely extremely vocal for example. I have a tortoiseshell snowshoe white and oh my God she talks so much and her facial expressions are unbelievable. She has so many verses, the other cats in my house, don’t even come close to all of her facial expressions.
@@picturenut oh, how wonderful that at 86 years you’re still on social media. ❤️ If I may, I’d like to offer a suggestion when you are replying, and you have multiple sentences. It’s much easier to read if you put in some paragraph breaks. Just like I’m doing here. I have the most beautiful diva in my life right now. She is a tortoiseshell, snowshoe white. She’s extremely smart and her facial expressions are just hilarious.
I adopted my orange kitty cat from a shelter. SHE decided I was going to take her home with me. I gave up on wanting a small dog. SHE wouldn’t listen when I told her that I was a DOG person, now have TWO cats… no dog 🤣
@@sharonnicholson6377 I adopted an abandoned giant brown tabby cat that I found hiding under my car. I'm NOT a dog person, but you can just talk to this cat like a dog. Only problem is, he's about as smart as a trained mobility assistance dog, just without the discipline, and with all the mobility a 17-pound powerhouse cat. I had to secure all my cabinets with 15-pound magnets. But he's a good boy.
there are many outdoor cats in my neighbourhood in various colours. But there are 4 cats that regularly sneak into my house through my dog door and they are all orange. It makes sense that ginger cats are "braver" because they're all wandering around my kitchen looking for food.
Work Of Art is an understatement! I always want to name my orange cats some variation of Vincent, Van Gogh, sunflower, I imagine he likely loved orange cats.
I have a girl tabby her name is GingerBell and she is very talkative and sassy. She doesn’t cuddle much but when she’s ready to you best not ignore her.
I had to leave my ginger kitty behind when I moved across the country. My ex wife took him in and his best friend is a big german shepherd. She sends me pics every week. They take walks together and it's freaking ADORABLE.
Sammy is my love, he's a beauty, a redhaired, with longish hair who was rescued when he was a kitten, a terribly affectionate cat and very especial, he's now 16
We had an orange boy from the time I was about three years old. He had white socks and white belly and a white lower face with an orange goatee. Mom named him _Pinky._ He was smart and generally friendly, though he had his moods. He lived to be fifteen, and he had a good life, went with us for family vacations, loved to go fishing because he knew he was going to gorge on guts and bycatch. He loved cuddling on his terms, but when he'd had it, enough was enough. Once while he was in my Mom's lap while she was crocheting, her arm stroking him while she worked, and he suddenly grabbed her with his claws and bit down on the arm with enough force to get the artery. Adter a couple of these episodes, Mom and Pop figured that the attacks had to do with Mom's change from a more subtle color yarn to red. They say cats can't see some colors, including red, but Pinky recognized red whenever he saw it and he went tense and sometimes growled at the object. His coat was more a pattern of swirls and dark orange blotches, and it was funny, but he had exactly one black whisker.
I had an orange female, Lilly. She grew to be a stunning 21 years old. She was a tall cat, and well built. Passed away two years ago. I have another male orange tabby, a solid orange male Scottish fold and a male orange/white Scottish fold. They are pretty special. I think most cat colors bear certain features on characteristics. Black cats are unique in their personality, but so are calico colored cats.
@@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653 Doesn't need to be a full tabby. If they have stripes anywhere in their coat, and that pattern touches their face, they'll have the M.
Nope. My orange tabby has six stripes on his forehead and none of them form an "M". Why try to artificially impose religion onto the cats? Why not say it's linked to Martin Luther or Mohammed? None of it's true.
I found my orange boy Schrodinger in a dumpster behind a church. He's so sweet, though he doesn't really like our dog. I have ptsd and he picked up on it immediately, and he always protects me during an episode. He's a huge boy, too, 18lbs of pure muscle.
We had an orange cat , who was the master of camouflage, I'm sure that he was laughing at us as we walked past him attempting to find him - hiding in plain site...lol...
We have 3 orange tabbies whose colors blend with furniture and the wood floors. You would think that orange fur would make them easier to see. They can be so close by and we can’t spot them right away. We call them, they won’t come, they just sit there laughing at us!
Dog Breeders: Inbreeding dogs until their nose is so flat against their face that they can't breath because they think it's "cute" Cat Breeders: Huh... It's orange. Cool.
Cat breeders are guilty of deliberately crippling cats too. Persians have the same squished face. All scottish folds have a congenital disease that causes the signature ears along with major health problems.
About the M on their foreheads, legend is that when baby Jesus was in the manger, a ginger cat climbed in and kept him warm. In appreciation, Mary kissed the cat on its forehead, and ever since, they have had the M for Mary on them.
1. red is sex linked, carried on the x chromosone, so 1 red gene means a red boy or a tortie girl 2. the M shape is standard to tabbies. 3, red is a masking colour just like white, they can have another colour under it.
Our first cat, when I was around 5 years old, was an orange striped boy which my mom got from someone who was either selling or giving away the kittens from a shopping basket at K-Mart. He ended up being fast friends with me and my brother who was a year older than I. He was very much like a dog and accompanied my brother and I and the neighbor kids on our expeditions. He even crossed a busy highway with us kids several times, when we trekked to the random mom and pop store which gave free candy to us kids. Our cat would wait outside the store with us, just as if he was a dog. His name was Tommy, because he was a tomcat, but we sometimes called him "Tomasio the Catio," because he of course had that regal air, and a bit of a lion's mane. We didn't have a car, but my grandfather would pick us up to take us grocery shopping, and Tommy would love to go with us, just like a dog!! He would sit on my grandfather's shoulder as he drove, lol, so he could look around. When we returned home, we had to walk down a gentle grassy slope to get to our house from the parking area, and my brother and I, plus Tommy, would have pent up energy and so race downhill to the house as fast as we could. Every single time, we tried our hardest to outrace Tommy, but he won every time by a longshot, to our delight, we were amazed with our friend with special powers, lol. Sadly, he passed away of pneumonia, and we were heartbroken. That was the first time in my life that I prayed an irrational prayer and asked God to bring Tommy back. I know now that prayers don't work like that, but it was just so hard to not have our beloved and loyal, noble and "regal" dear cat anymore.
The M shaped marking on the forehead is not unique to orange cats. It's generally seen on any tabby coat, and is clearly visible even on my "black tabby" female (more accurately, she has a lovely mix of very, _very_ dark brown, not black, with lighter tan markings and belly).
When I was a teen, my family had an orange cat, and he did NOT have the 'M' on his forehead. And yet, I currently have two grey tiger-stripped female cats who do.
@@kittykudos Had, would be a more appropriate word. Sadly, the pictures, for the orange cat, ended up getting damaged years ago, in a tornado, I think. If we do have others, I don't know where they're at.
God gave beautiful fur to orange cats, camouflage or fashion, maybe both. Admire the creatures around us. They are worth it. Thanks for having empathy towards animals. Lucy
I had an enormous orange cat for 16 wonderful years. Snorky Bob had the forehead M too. Most tabby patterned cats have the M, including my current companion, Floozie, who is a long haired dilute Tortie. Her strips are greyish on a peach coloured forehead. And she’s a loving, goofy gal, like most Torties. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
From what I observe from stray cats, orange cats are calm, grey cats are the ones who will steal from a dinner table, black cats are good at hunting especially at night, white cats are always ready to escape but fast to open up to humans, while the calico cats are the ones who holds big territories in the city. Idk if it's the same in other places.
I’ve had a female orange tabby for about three years now and I can tell you that she’s one of the most loving and friendly cats I’ve ever had! 😀 She’s about 11 or 12 years old now and she’s stayed very petite.
80% male is totally incorrect. As you said, it is all dependent upon on the X chromosome. That means that the mother must give an orange X as well as the father in order for the orange cat to be female. Most orange cats are male for sure, as since it is less likely there is an orange female to add another orange X chromosome, then it is less likely that the kitten can have 2 of them. However, the female does not have to be an orange cat to give an orange chromosome. There are plenty of tortoiseshell/calico females. They have both orange and black. That is why the are tortoiseshell. They've only got the one orange chromosome. They can give the orange or black X chromosome in the mating process. So a male orange cat and a female orange cat can easily produce another female orange cat. A male orange cat and a black female cat will always produce an orange or black male cat. And a male orange cat and a tortoiseshell/calico female has about a 50/50 chance of producing a female orange cat. Take that percentage and combine it with the other, and the real number is more like 60 to 70% chance of a male orange cat, rather than the 80% that you stated. I take care of about 20 feral cats. I have been doing this for years. In the past 3 years, we have had 6 orange males, 3 orange females, 5 tortoiseshell cats, 5 black cats, and 3 color point cats. The main mother is a Calico, though there are more females that have kittens. Though, I most certainly agree that the orange males are more friendly and loveable.
!y orange tabby name is Orion, got him one Aug 2 nd .my husband was out in the yard a tiny baby crawled up his leg. He brought it in a we cleanedhim,fed him and he has been with me since. My husband passed yr ago so Ori means so much to me.
We have 2 orange cats in our neighborhood and they are both super super friendly and will follow anyone. My in-laws had an orange cat that was cantankerous, he would want you to pet him but would lash out at you after just a few pets or you didn’t do it to his liking. He’s about 5he only ginger cat that I’ve known who was not a live bug.
We had a long hair orange cat a while ago. He hated everyone except his human. I was not his human, so he hated me. But, we both loved his human (my wife), so we had a mutual respect for each other.
I had a ginger girl (a stray), and currently have a ginger and white girl atm. Both are kinda grumpy and territorial, which got worse with age (tho they did grow up together). They both are pretty picky about when they like to be picked up, and I actually didn't pick up the full ginger at all for years because I was afraid of getting bitten. But she'd sit with my Mum on the arm of her chair all the time. That being said, the full ginger girl would purr every single time we were around without fail her entire life, and as the ginger and white girl has reached her senior years, she very often purrs when near us too. They are overall pretty affectionate when they want to be towards their favourite humans, but it has to be on their terms. My tuxedo cats (1 stray boy, 1 rescue girl) are far more chill
We have 2 Orange boys, from different mama's. They have got different patterns, two of the lighter ones. There is a deep dark beautiful male orange daddy cat who lives under our out building. His kits are all healthy, active cats who "allow" us to live in the house and pay their bills.
I had a rescue orange girl cat very smart and affectionate and she lived a long time. Also she was fearless. Really a wonderful companion slept with me always mostly under the covers. I do miss her.
We had a wonderful orange kitty. Tigger must have been the runt of the litter, he was a stray so we don’t know much about him. He was small, but he thought he was a lion! We loved him and miss him very much. ♥️😺
There's a significant problem with this presentation. It's impossible to concentrate on what's being said when my brain keeps yelling "kitty!" the whole time
I love orange cats, they're very well behaved and usually less aggressive, and at worst, are loners. Most of the orange cats I come across are very affectionate. I'm also allergic to cats but cats seem to like me now that I'm older, cats hated me when I was a kid (I don't blame them). Aside from knowing how to interact with cats, I just give them attention when they need it, then they walk away, and I go back to my business. If I want their attention, I let them approve my presence before I touch them. Most of the time we just need to respect boundaries of animals and that's the right amount of coexistence we'll ever need.
We had two male and one female orange cats growing up (lots of cats get dropped off on farm drives, so we adopted quite a few). They were the kindest of our cats and the best with us kids.
My friend has a large orange cat who is so talkative and jealous. I remember learning more about them and had no idea they were so different. Rowboat is awesome!
As for coat; tabbies come in 2 varieties; Mackerel and Classic. Mackerel is striped, classic is swirled. Orange kitties are so adorable! I’ve had several and they all had the sweetest purrsonalities. Oddly, most were polydactyl. Only one of them was female. She was a smol girl, but she was a brave hunter. We lived in the country, so she came and went as she pleased. When she was out at night, there was a gift on the front porch for me. She left everything from mice and birds to snakes, fish and even weasels! She was my first kitty of my own and I called her Martha🐈❤
There are two kinds brown or orange cats , one is the marmalade "M" markings intend to be a bully cat. And the "W" markings the Wallowby they intend to wallow on somebody's mint plant , catnip addict..
My sweet Zen girl was a muted orange. She was so fluffy and pretty. A total snuggle bug and in tune to our feelings. She's passed and we now have another muted orange. A boy this time named Apophis. He is so much fun. So talkative and also a total snuggler.
I had an orange cat named Tiger Kuma when i lived in China. I came home one rainy afternoon and he was sitting in the rain, by choice. The back door was open. He would do this frequently. I would like at him and say "strange boy"....
My mum's cat is an orange female and she's so friendly and talkative. She's like 8 yo but she behaves like she was 8 months. Crazy cat super funny, happiest beast I've ever seen
We had an orange and white tabby named Rusty that weighed 27 pounds. He looked like Garfield. He was leash-trained and traveled with us 17 times across the U.S in our motorhome. We adopted him at 8 weeks old, he lived to be 15 years old, and went to the Rainbow Bridge two years ago today, April 14th.
Why are black cats LOVED and HATED in different parts of the world? th-cam.com/video/-UGcE9HlAWc/w-d-xo.html
We had an orange boy. He was HUGE but so gentle and sweet, just a giant butterball of love. After he passed, a few months later a tiny orange kitten ran out in front of my husband's car. He rescued the kitten literally off the road and we took it to the vet. Low and behold, it was a female ginger baby! She is very small, very talkative, and VERY spicy! Yes, she is loving and quite sociable, but she has SO much cattitude! Of course, we adore her.
I remember the first time I met my friend’s orange cat. Biggest, most talkative sweet boy I ever met for a cat. Super jealous of other cats also lol
I love this story!
Our cat had kittens..ALL orange, we kept 2,one straight hair, one long hair..I called them Jacob and Esau,2 brothers from the Bible, because one was covered in hair ❤
I miss King
mmmm very spicy?
Full of creamy softies maybe...in the creamy of things..
I had a female orange cat. The first night I had her she disappeared. I was frantically looking for her and found her in my bathroom sink. She had made a nest out of a pair of my panty hose, hair brush and a knife (I had used it to cut tags off of something). Second night..She was making some awful growl walking towards me. She had a quarter in her mouth and gave it to me. Altogether, she brought me 0.55cents. Third night...again with the growl. This time she had a chain hanging out of her mouth. It was my diamond pendent necklace. After that, I had to childproof my valuables. She lived to be 18 years old. I miss her.
My orange girl does this but she bring me my sons dirty socks. If by some miracle he has them all picked up she will bring me his beanie.. or towels or whatever she can find. But the sound she makes is very distinctive to this behavior so I can always tell when she is headed my way with an item.
One of my orange girls also made it 18, now that I’m thinking about it I think she made it to 20 years old. I don’t know how old the first one was because I found her or she found me at an apartment complex.
I had a girl ginger named Nia. I miss her so much.
@@miriamharris-kaplan6997 I was fortunate enough to have 2 female ginger cats, but the odds are slim
Our family friend had an orange female cat who was shy. We never knew what made her so shy.
I had this wonderful cat named Firestar, he was a big orange boy at about 18 pounds but not fat. He was the most emotionally intelligent animal I have ever had. He would know when you’re sad and knew how to hug. You could hug him for a long time and he loved it. Sadly he passed at 16 from cancer. But he was something special. I’ve never seen an animal show that level of love and intelligence at knowing when to comfort his humans. When we buried him, the sky was so beautiful with clouds surrounding a bright circular ray of light. The sky stayed like that for 3 days. I believe he was a special soul.
Found the warriors fan! You got the Rusty who never left for the forest!
Orange cats definitely seem to know when you need comforting. Had a very big round ginger boy called Timmy who, when you were sad, would get up onto your chest and give the tip of your nose and your chin a lick before settling down for a prolonged cuddle.
After he died another male ginger kitty turned up in my life. He started out very skinny and ended up huge and fat like my first Timmy. He did all the same things too.
I know he was a reincarnation.
That’s a beautiful story of a wonderful boy. Thank you for sharing with us ❤️
@@CrowCoded haha yep! He was actually a reverse Rusty. He started as a feral cat that became tame. It was a wonderful journey with him
@@kittykudos of course, thank you for the video :)
I went 36 years being that type of person that dislikes cats. Finally after 4 years of dating my girlfriend convinced me to get a cat and little Toby came in as a kitten but now he's about a healthy 16 lb and he has the funniest personality. He's quite independent though but he'll sneak up and cuddle at night when we're not looking. He's our alarm clock if we're not up to feed him at the right time. We take him everywhere as hes leash trained, will walk on hikes better than dogs i have owned and even rides on our stand up paddleboards (he has a little life jacket its the cutest thing). But he's such an awesome cat that he turned me into a complete Cat dad that the cat distribution system brought an adorable approx 1 to 2 yr old brown tiger dsh roaming into our yard. We immediately brought him into our house and less than a week later socks and Toby became best friends. Now we have two cats and I'm not against getting a third LOL. They made me such a cat dad i spent my 20yr high school reunion showing pics of my cats.
Haha cats have a way of doing that. Pretty awesome you got them to be leash trained. Did you start early with that or later?
I have had leash trained cats throughout my life. I always start as soon as they can first into a tiny harness. First few days, they just lay on the floor/ground, like they are boneless, but soon they adjust to the harness, and then we start taking them for walks. I have also had cats who willingly would go for walks with us. All we had to say was “Who wants to go for a walk?” and they came running. Our ginger cat was a snake hunter, and was always the first of the cats cared for by our vet who was snake bit each spring, as the snakes came out of hibernation. The first year Tom T. Cat was very sick after he was bite, but each succeeding year, her reacted less, as his body built up immunity to the venom. He was usually bit by rattlesnakes.
Better late than Never. Having Kitty's for Most of My Life (l got My 1st Kitty when l was kindergarten I'm Now almost 66, My L😻VE has Only Grown, Yup that "Pawprints left on Your Heart Couldn't be More TRUE
Men often hate/dislike cats. It is a sign that they dislike what is feminine since cats are seen as feminine and dogs as masculine in many respects. It is considered a good sign when a man likes cats. He will appreciate the feminine qualities of his wife.
you're having too much fun with that cat!! lmao. Enjoy. I love my 3. Respectfully just in the event you haven't considered it, be careful/watchful. Cats on a hiking trail are more like bait, than dogs are.
Orange cats were a particular favorite of the Vikings and Viking exploration routes are known to have a higher concentration of orange cats along their migratory routes.
Dang that’s actually really neat. Thank you for sharing!
Creamy orange soft ones being creamed by the ginger bearded ones...
Orange hair was considered bad luck by so many European countries, are you sure they did this? I just watched a decent movie about a ship that sets sail off of Ireland with a scientist to do some survey. After setting sail the scientist takes off her hat and the crew discovers she is a redhead and they all go crazy. Deep sea monsters and lots of death later and I laughed at the thought of was it her red hair that caused it LOL
I heard that about the Vikings and their ginger cats. And that ginger cats were most numerous in North America before other countries landed here. I guess the cats got on shore and eventually
became native kitty’s in North America.
I have heard a similar thing about reds and bad luck. But red heads come from Europe, there are alot of them there. There are alot of reds here in the states including my red beard when I was a young man.
So I don’t believe in the red headed bad luck curse bunk.
The only bad luck I believe in is like walking down a live RxR track with head phones on 🤣@@dealwolfstriked272
I had an Orange male cat , and he had a lovely personality , so adorable .40 years later I still remember him and miss him .
Every beloved cat stakes out their own special place in our hearts. That 'heart-claim' lasts forever and, once they are gone, we will always miss them.
@@drunkvegangal8089 True !!!
I always called them ginger cats. Had one as a child. He was fearless, even the local dogs on the street crossed the road to avoid meeting him. His name was......Ginger.
Was he a larger cat also or just straight up confident and fearless?
What a remarkable cat. I have an orange female 🙂
Yeah in the UK they're called ginger cats the same way people with orange/red hair here get called ginger haired. Whereas Americans mostly seem to call them orange cats.
Me too 😊
I had an orange cat years ago, he was huge and fearless and ofcourse I called him Simba. One day the Berner Senner dog of the neighbours wanted to meet him, but Simba smacked him upside the head a few times and had him running.
When I was a kid , I got an orange tabby from a neighbor who was moving. Tigger( or Tiggy as we usually called him) was a v.loyal boi who would wait for us in the carport until we were home. Tiggy lived until 16 or 17 ; I had him from 9 yrs old to my mid-20’s & so I grew up w/him around.
Meaningful years to have a companion around.
I have a cat "friend" named Tiggy. He belongs to the neighbor, but since I put food outside for the strays, he has been in my yard. He has a very large frame, almost as if he's part wildcat, but his bones are also very delicate, as if he's a lanky Egyptian cat. He has pretty short hair, without much undercoat, and the black and brown tiger stripes. He def looks like a cat from a warm region of the world. Anyway, because he looks so thin and lanky, I wrongly assumed he was a girl and so I named him "Twiggy," after the runway model, who I am positive now was a man. Anyway, the name "Twiggy" morphed into Tiggy, and I also finally learned that Tiggy was a boy, and I finally learned which neighbor he belonged to. She tole me she also recognized his large frame, and so his real name that she gave him was "Big Boy." I tried calling him "Big Boy" after that, but I just couldn't and had to call him Tiggy instead, lol, because it's a cuter name, and he knows I named him Tiggy. Anyway, he comes to visit quite a lot (he sleeps over), but he still lives at my neighbor's house. It's weird, but it works, and my neighbor is okay with it. All my cats have ended up with abbreviated nicknames which have evolved from their formal names, and I think the name, "Tiggy" is a natural and will stick. Glad to see someone else had a cat whose name evolved to be "Tiggy," too!!!
@@cozycoffee3831 Aww ,sweet! ( though I highly doubt that Lesley Hornby aka Twiggy is male😅)
We have an orange boy named Tigger. He walked in to a friends house as a kitten, we adopted him, now my daughter is so in love with him. He's a good big boy. I hope she has the same experience.
I have the rarity of having an orange female. She is completely different from any cat that I’ve ever had. Her markings are absolutely beautiful. She has target like markings on both sides of her abdomen and a large, orange stripe going down her back. She is friendly to people she decides she likes, but they are few and far between. She’s very very independent very intelligent and wants her own way. She has learned the meaning of many of the words that I say to her for example, if I want to go to the bathroom when I get up in the morning, I just say” gotta pee” and she heads for the bathroom. I’ve called the kitchen window the window and she goes out through that window. I I referred to my bedroom window as the windy she sleeps in my bedroom and associates that word with that room. Some days I say “ Do you want to go window or windy? she’ll sit there and look at the door to the bedroom and look at the window, and then decide which place she needs to go, I couldgo on because her vocab is large.. It’s taken her nine years to get up in my lap even though she has always appeared to love me and loves to have me pet her but she’s not really affectionate. But she’s beautiful. She also learns extremely quickly. She’ll learn meaning of things that I say to her. She has been an experience and a half.
You know what they say... You don't train the cat, they train you!
My flame point ragdoll baby boy (indoor) is soooo independent and absolutely chooses his people. After 5 years that’s me, my late dad and friends hubby. Nobody else. He is my absolute beauty. I’ve three Ragdolls… all special but this baby is really really special xxxx🐾🐾💯🥰🧡
The first cat my brother and I had/knew was an orange female tabby. I never realized until recently that only 20% of orange cats were female. I knew about calicos/torties being mostly female.
I had a female red tabby. A true tabby with the bullseye markings on the sides and of course the M forehead and also a complete heart shape above that. She had three stripes down the top of her spine. She was the most evenly patterned cat that I have ever seen. On top of that, she was also a tuxedo tabby. She was the most confident, funny and intelligent cat that I have ever had. She also smelled like a flower! True!!! Her purr was out of his world. Like 3 cats purring at once!!! True again! My Siamese mix was insanely jealous of her and would copy the things that my 'Tabbytha Tweetum' did. I would also say that she had an IQ of a 12 yr old human. She knew what I was telling her and she obeyed. She was very self aware and as would tell people, she knew what she wanted, when she wanted it, where she wanted it and if she wanted it!!! She pretended like she was nursing off of my thumb as she layed on my lap. If I wasnt sitting in her 'cuddle chair', she would direct me to it. If I wasn't in bed by a certain time,she would direct me to the bedroom. Not another cat like her. I could go on...... People were very impressed by her. She was an impossible act to follow. I will never get over losing her. I knew that I had something very very very special with her. She was a star!!!! Long live all kitties! They are a true gift from our Grand Creator!!!!!
I just lost my beloved orange girl in December. She was with me for 16.5 years, and I have never suffered such a devastating loss. 💔
I've been blessed with Three Orange Cats. Two females and one male. Such personalities! My life is better for their delightful Friendships! All were 'rescues', and emotionally, they have rescued me.
My female orange cat, Topaz, is extra-loving! Our bond is SOOO rewarding for each of us. She's become my best friend.
We had an orange tomcat when I was growing up named Romeo, and yes he was a loverboy😻 My husband and I have also been blessed by the Cat Distribution System with 2 male and 1 female very sweet stray ginger kitties ❤️❤️
I adopted my orange furry boy who was so special in his own sweet way. He passed away before Christmas from a thyroid disease, he knew he was leaving me because he loved to be cuddled. He was independent and didn’t want to be cuddled before he got sick. He had his own terms, he loved to pat me on the shoulder when he wanted treats and food. His name was Gallagher, we called him Goo. His urn is home with me where he’s on a shelf next to my late husband’s urn.
I'm so sorry for your losses; deepest condolences, and hugs. May they both RIP 💔
We have a moo (tonkinese). She is a tyrant (@ 3am in particular). I don't like like to contemplate, the void she will leave. I rescued a neighbours kitten from a drain.., it was like a Siamese, but with ginger points, instead of seal. One of he prettiest things I ever saw..an inside kitty I hope,( never saw it again ).
I bet Goo was happy living with you
Our furry friends are family.
Sounds like they were loved dearly ❤️
My orange “cat nephew” got himself adopted as a kitten by clinging to the cage door and screaming pathetically as my sister put him back and moved onto the next one. They ended up going home with two cats instead of one, and he was their cuddly baby for 18 years!
When I met my husband 14 years ago, he had an orange boy kitty he named Alfred. Alfred is now an old boy, but I noticed something-Alfred is the kind of Ginger that has swirls and stripes, and on Alfred's right side it says "Rob" and he really loves his catdad. They are like two peas in a pod!
Wow, that's really cool on the pattern. Was he welcoming to you or just the 2 boys sticking together?
Very welcoming! Alfred likes to sleep between us. with his claws in my hair lol orange boy kitties are so absolutely lovey@@kittykudos
lol that's one way to show his affection!@@wildbutterflytiedye
We also have an orange cat named Alfred :)
dark grey cats also always have the M on there forehead
My ginger, Gianni, wasn't a fighter. He loved all our other cats and had such a sweet, gentle soul. Gave me tiny, soft face taps to wake me for breakfast. But he was a fearless acrobat, jumping and climbing up onto shower door ledges--from ground level where he couldn't actually see the top of the doors!! RIP my sweet ginger boy. Gone at 12 yrs old due to cystitis--the only times I've ever heard him cry, in pain. Poor boy.
I had a female orange kitty. She was the sweetest thing ever. She didn't like being held, but she loved sitting next to you and being pet. She loved people, and even happily laid next to my kids when they were babies. She's been gone a couple years now, but seeing this video definitely brought back both the sadness and the happy memories.
I think back to my dear cat often as well. Happy sad thoughts I understand.
As the love slave of an orange tabby, i thank you for this film.
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You have been softed... to the creams...
I am a "dog giŕl" and my husband is the "cat guy." As you might guess, we have both. We've had many cats over the years, and they mostly ignore me, and I them. Except ... our current cat, our orange boy. He's exceptionally smart, funny, vocal, and friendly with everyone, includinĝ me. I firmly believe he will take over the world. Lol. High praise from this dog lover, but he is so sweet when he curls up, purrs, and then looks at me with sleepy eyes. He's pretty adorable - but don't tell my husband I said that. 😉
@@Melly01 you have been creamed...by his orange softness...
@@Melly01haha those orange boys can charm any non cat person 🤣🤣 and i’m not surprised you fell for him because orange cats are the cat version of labs, golden retrievers and german shepherds
I had an orange boy. He was so sweet, friendly and totally insane. I miss him so much.
They are special. Is it true that the Vikings bred them into existence because they were such good mouse ers and companions?
My orange tabby with amber eyes was the cutest and smartest cat in America. He was very talkative and would always let me know if the phone was ringing when I was in another room. He would even come into the bathroom and put his paws up on the edge of the tub and meow at me if I was taking a bath when the phone was ringing. "Hey lady, aren't you going to answer the phone"? He liked my neighbors too and would walk into a neighbors house and spend time with them when their door was open while they brought in groceries. Another neighbor worked in his garage at night and left his door open a few inches and the next day he would tell me, "Tom came by last night". And of course he used another neighbor's pet door to socialize with their family.
Haha nice little social circle they had
Now I know why my vet said my female orange tabby is unusual. She was a litter of three orange females of differing shades. 🥰
I had two ginger boys. Indeed, more affectionate, more loving and so happy. I love all kitties and orange tabbies have a special place in my heart 💜 ❤.
I remember meeting my friend's and he was SO jealous and talkative. Makes me wonder if I'd like that type or my usual quiet and loving when they want :P
My cat Cedar passed away last year 9.5.23. He was only about a year and a half. I am still unsure about what exactly happened to him. I still think about him daily and miss him daily. I still cry over him a lot too. He was a very very special cat. It felt more like I lost my son than my cat when he died which hurts do I try not to dwell on it but the day he died tolls around in my head more than all the fun we had tg. I try to remember all the good times. Cedar helped me through my drug and alcohol journey. I like to thank him for 11 months clean from doc and 7 months sober. I know I could not have done it without him. Sure miss my Cedar bean. 💙
Congratulations on being clean and sober! Someday, the cat distribution center will grace you with another furball, and you will know just how to love the new one, because of Cedar. By the way, that is a great name for an orange cat!
One of our 6 cats is a long-haired orange girl . She adores my mom! If mom leaves the house without telling her, she starts exploring every room, meowing loudly. And if I tell her "Mom. Will. Return" -- she gets it and then calms down, waiting.
My 17 year old Siberian cat is orange and he is friendly and now even more human centered since his sister passed. We’ll miss him when he’s gone.
Awww, poor sister ☹
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Spend as much time with him as you can. I have a 21 year old and a 17 year old... every evening that they don't spend with me makes me a little bit anxious
First pet growing up was an orange Tabby, ended up weighing almost 20lbs with barely a hint of fat on him.
Super friendly and smart for any cat let alone an orange boy.
Cat knew how to unlock cages, lift latches and open doors he even knew some basic commands.
God I miss that cat.
I had an orange and white male who showed up on my porch. He was the chillest cat. I took him to the farmers market and I also took him to hospice because he would walk on a leash. He was stout and ran off with a whole raw chicken and he held onto like a pitfall when I pulled it up to my height.
That was not where I was expecting that story to go lol. What a lovely boy in their own way!
I had a red tabby as a kid. Henry was the sweetest cat,even my father liked him and he didn’t like pets.
I was adopted in a parking lot by my orange tabby. After an immediate bath, he stayed on my lap for nearly an hour to lick himself dry. He was super mellow, liked to flip a 240 off my lap over and over, play catch w a super ball, allow me to drape him over my arm upside down by his hind legs and swing through the yard, follow me on walks with no leash, and even wait for me outside the corner store. I’ve had cats my whole life, but he was the best. I miss him.
Wow, we had a similar orange tabby when I was five years old!! We got him from someone who was selling or giving away kittens from a shopping cart in front of a K-Mart!!! We named him Tommy and he, too, would wait for us kids outside of the little store we went to where they gave us free candy (one of us kids would always wait with him outside the store, too). To get to the store, he crossed a busy highway with us, without a leash!! And that happened several times!!! He would love to ride in the car with us to get groceries, and sit on my grandfather's shoulder as he drove. When we got home, us kids had pent up energy and so would race Tommy down the gentle slope to our house, and yes, Tommy would outrace us by a longshot. We always thought that one day, we could win the race with him, but there was just no way, he was too fast. We were always so thrilled by it, lol, thrilled to have lost a race to a cat. I think he knew it too, and so gave it all he had, instead of being easy on us, lol. He really was one of us, like a dog, but part of the family for sure.
@@cozycoffee3831 Thise are great memories. If I ever ignore my allergies and get another cat, I’ll find an orange tabby.
Once he followed us into the nearby woods, a bit distressed to be outside of his territory. All was well as he trotted along the path. That is, until a woman with a 9yo boy and unleashed pit bull came along. Her pit chased my cat up a huge tree, and she dashed off after her dog, leaving us to care for her small child. I had to scoot to work, so my friend., a Dr Doolittle with animals, say at the foot of the tree for 45 min until Archie was ready to come down.
My first cat was an orange Tom. I was 5 and fed him until he let me pet him. We kept him. Such a kind boy.
orange cats look like vannila ice cream with carmel
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Or an orange/creamsicle.
@@kittykudosalso what is with the myth that orange cats are dumber
lol I think this is a reddit thing, but it could be that the big kitties are just more "adventurous" than others and get singled out more@@nito8066
One of mine looks like a fluffernutter sandwich! (peanut butter and marshmallow fluff, for those with less sophisticated palates.)
I had an orange Tabby male cat with amazing Amber eyes, he was a real carrot Top, I can attest that they're very affectionate and have such sunny disposition.
I love orange cats, they are so sweet, friendly, curious and funny.
We had an oversized orange cat named Howitzer (Howie for short). He wasn't playful but was very friendly. He meowed way more than necessary which was always sweet. Lived like 15 years. Great cat.
All tabbies have an "M"! No matter their colour! My sis had a long haired orange and white boy named Marmalade.
When I learned about the M I thought it was really cool. Pretty cool genetic feature.
Yep!
My orange cat got another name - Menace. Such a menace. Another cat goes to toilet quietly, orange stands and digs all litter out and pees standing. Fully neutered at 6 months
lol exerting dominance in their own way. Or just a menace 🤣
Six months is a long time to wait.
One of the finest cats I ever had was Sunny girl, who helped me thru nursing school. She was amazing & sweet.
;There's nothing like having a Big, Fat Orange Tabby Cat pushing you off of your bed and demanding food or attention. They're tiny Lions at heart. : )
🤣 they trained you and not the other way around. As all good cats do!
Mine was a semi-feral, rescued off the streets by a shelter. He kept circling around me in the adoption room, obviously very scared but curious and attracted to me for some mysterious reason. I thought it would take 2+ years (like previous adoptees) for him to feel comfortable around me, but he quickly became the most affectionate cat I EVER had. 😸
Black Cats & Orange ( or Ginger ) Cats are by far my two favorites !
I'm researching what happened to American Society & how that might relate to my Irish Ancestry so this is giving me a few clues decoding Irish Gangs Mentality effect on our development. I inherited an Orange Cat from Therapist Co Worker's Mom when she downsized & I can confirm they are much friendlier than other cats. Belvedere made a huge impression & gave me A LOT of love in the years we shared.🥰💞😻
We brought in a stray that cried because he was cold. I had to gain his trust first but now he is the sweetest boy.
My orange cat hates to be touched, is very fearful, not friendly at all, is horribly bullying to my calico female. He had a rough start to life and I love him anyway.
I feel sorry for your little girl.😢
I feel sorry for your little girl.😢
We have three orange cats. The first one we adopted when he was 10 months old. He is the biggest and most dominant. We think his previous owner must have mistreated him. He was very bitey and touchy at first. After years of handling him he has mellowed quite a bit. We can even kiss him on his head now-something he used to hate!
My flame point ragdoll is mainly white with beautiful red colour and blue eyes. He’s the softest most adorable boy…. 🐾🐾🧡🧡🧡
I love my Ragdoll cat.
We have 2 orange boys who "adopted" us almost 6 months ago. They are so loving and very social! Our calico runs and hides when company comes but the boys have to be all up in everybody's business! We love them so much even though they are so mischievous! They will be a year in April or May, vet thought they were 3-4 months old at their first visit. We hope they settle down a little once they turn a little older!
Funny how calicos are evasive like that. My daughter’s calico, Connie, is the same. She will greet you and visit with you on her terms. Don’t get me wrong - she is a gentle and sweet soul but she has her own mind.
I just see them as the orange version of regular Tabbies. They all have stripes and the M, just not orange.
I see your point however, I have had three orange males. No wait a minute four orange males and two female orange. They definitely are unique with the exception of my tortoise shell snowshoe white she is so different so talkative so annoying, but she likes to cuddle.
Yes, they are a version of regular tabby and you’re correct the all cats if you really look. I found that out when I researched it a few years ago. The thing about the orange tabby is that the M is more prominent because of the colour that makes it show up so well. My cat Chelsea is not an exceptional cat to anyone except me but she’s a beautiful cat her markings are beautiful and more speculative than any other cat that I’ve had over the years Cats all have their own personality And it’s the personality that makes them individual. Certainly Chelsea my orange tabby is the most individualistic cat that I’ve had in my 86 years. There really hasn’t been a period during that time when I didn’t have a cat and I loved them all.
I I loved black cats too and I’ve had several of these. I’ve had black and white cats and I love black and white cats too. To tell the truth I love all cats. However, I have to say that Chelsea, my orange tabby stands out for her intelligence, more than any other cat. I had another bobtail orange tabby that everybody called ugly and she wasn’t pretty but she could put on a show like nobody else she was in the days of carpeted walls and she would go up and retrieve anything that we put there for her to bring back she climbed my daughters jeans, sat on her shoulder regularly, and she waited for me on the top of the door to the laundry room, and when I pass through the door with a basket of laundry, she would jump into the laundry and triumphantly ride to wherever I was going. She was so different and loved by everyone that never came in contact with her, but she wasn’t as intelligent as Chelsea. They’re all different they’re all lovable.
my non orange cat has a very specific M too. i dont get orange cat trend, they are just another baby with orange coat. and ive been both female and male cats...
@@claireandcatshtx oh, I definitely noticed a difference in personalities from the orange cats versus regular gray tabby.
Siamese Cats are definitely extremely vocal for example. I have a tortoiseshell snowshoe white and oh my God she talks so much and her facial expressions are unbelievable. She has so many verses, the other cats in my house, don’t even come close to all of her facial expressions.
@@picturenut oh, how wonderful that at 86 years you’re still on social media. ❤️
If I may, I’d like to offer a suggestion when you are replying, and you have multiple sentences. It’s much easier to read if you put in some paragraph breaks. Just like I’m doing here.
I have the most beautiful diva in my life right now. She is a tortoiseshell, snowshoe white. She’s extremely smart and her facial expressions are just hilarious.
I had an orange cat named Rusty. Loved that kitty, he was a sweetie. He lived to be 18 years old. Still miss him after all these years.
We are currently raising a FEMALE Orange cat! (We feed her dad, who's outdoor)
11 things your cat hates that you do: th-cam.com/video/GJCqLHy5cB0/w-d-xo.html
I adopted my orange kitty cat from a shelter. SHE decided I was going to take her home with me. I gave up on wanting a small dog. SHE wouldn’t listen when I told her that I was a DOG person, now have TWO cats… no dog 🤣
@@sharonnicholson6377 Haha that sounds way too familiar!
Do a video on brown tabbies now.
@@sharonnicholson6377 I adopted an abandoned giant brown tabby cat that I found hiding under my car. I'm NOT a dog person, but you can just talk to this cat like a dog. Only problem is, he's about as smart as a trained mobility assistance dog, just without the discipline, and with all the mobility a 17-pound powerhouse cat. I had to secure all my cabinets with 15-pound magnets. But he's a good boy.
Brown tabbies also have the "M" on their heads, not just orange ones. All tabbies are AWESOME! ❤
there are many outdoor cats in my neighbourhood in various colours. But there are 4 cats that regularly sneak into my house through my dog door and they are all orange. It makes sense that ginger cats are "braver" because they're all wandering around my kitchen looking for food.
Wow that isn’t something you hear everyday.! Are you in the city or more out in the country?
Got a ginger I call "No Mercy Percy." He's just a baby...with 10 tiny switchblades.
Work Of Art is an understatement! I always want to name my orange cats some variation of Vincent, Van Gogh, sunflower, I imagine he likely loved orange cats.
My orange cat blends in perfectly with our hard wood floors, especially at night when he lays RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FLOOR
I have a girl tabby her name is GingerBell and she is very talkative and sassy. She doesn’t cuddle much but when she’s ready to you best not ignore her.
I had to leave my ginger kitty behind when I moved across the country. My ex wife took him in and his best friend is a big german shepherd. She sends me pics every week. They take walks together and it's freaking ADORABLE.
Sammy is my love, he's a beauty, a redhaired, with longish hair who was rescued when he was a kitten, a terribly affectionate cat and very especial, he's now 16
We had an orange boy from the time I was about three years old. He had white socks and white belly and a white lower face with an orange goatee. Mom named him _Pinky._
He was smart and generally friendly, though he had his moods.
He lived to be fifteen, and he had a good life, went with us for family vacations, loved to go fishing because he knew he was going to gorge on guts and bycatch.
He loved cuddling on his terms, but when he'd had it, enough was enough. Once while he was in my Mom's lap while she was crocheting, her arm stroking him while she worked, and he suddenly grabbed her with his claws and bit down on the arm with enough force to get the artery. Adter a couple of these episodes, Mom and Pop figured that the attacks had to do with Mom's change from a more subtle color yarn to red.
They say cats can't see some colors, including red, but Pinky recognized red whenever he saw it and he went tense and sometimes growled at the object.
His coat was more a pattern of swirls and dark orange blotches, and it was funny, but he had exactly one black whisker.
I had an orange female, Lilly. She grew to be a stunning 21 years old. She was a tall cat, and well built. Passed away two years ago. I have another male orange tabby, a solid orange male Scottish fold and a male orange/white Scottish fold. They are pretty special.
I think most cat colors bear certain features on characteristics. Black cats are unique in their personality, but so are calico colored cats.
21 is a long time! Glad you had so many wonderful years and now another ❤️
@@kittykudos Aww 🥰 thank you!
Every tabby has an M on their forehead. There are legends linking this to St. Mary.
It's the other way around...all domestic cats with an M on their forehead, are tabbys. It's not a breed, in other words.
@@latebloomer7191 I'd never have called a tabby a "breed"- it's just the natural marking of the wild felines that domestics derive from.
I had a cat that wasn’t a tabby with an M on its forehead
@@ruthanneluvsvacuuming6653 Doesn't need to be a full tabby. If they have stripes anywhere in their coat, and that pattern touches their face, they'll have the M.
Nope. My orange tabby has six stripes on his forehead and none of them form an "M". Why try to artificially impose religion onto the cats? Why not say it's linked to Martin Luther or Mohammed? None of it's true.
I found my orange boy Schrodinger in a dumpster behind a church. He's so sweet, though he doesn't really like our dog. I have ptsd and he picked up on it immediately, and he always protects me during an episode. He's a huge boy, too, 18lbs of pure muscle.
We had an orange cat , who was the master of camouflage, I'm sure that he was laughing at us as we walked past him attempting to find him - hiding in plain site...lol...
We have 3 orange tabbies whose colors blend with furniture and the wood floors. You would think that orange fur would make them easier to see. They can be so close by and we can’t spot them right away. We call them, they won’t come, they just sit there laughing at us!
Dog Breeders: Inbreeding dogs until their nose is so flat against their face that they can't breath because they think it's "cute"
Cat Breeders: Huh... It's orange. Cool.
Cat breeders are guilty of deliberately crippling cats too. Persians have the same squished face. All scottish folds have a congenital disease that causes the signature ears along with major health problems.
About the M on their foreheads, legend is that when baby Jesus was in the manger, a ginger cat climbed in and kept him warm. In appreciation, Mary kissed the cat on its forehead, and ever since, they have had the M for Mary on them.
Interesting! I had heard that one before.
so did all tabby cats clime into his manger as all tabby cats have the M mark on their foreheads.
@@katdoe192God blesses all His creation.
@@katdoe192 Man, I don't know. The version I heard, it was an orange cat. It's just a story.
Awww, thank you for this. What a beautiful story, Now I know Saturday Sportsman. 😮🐾🐈🐾🙀😼😺😻💕❤💕🤗🥰
1. red is sex linked, carried on the x chromosone, so 1 red gene means a red boy or a tortie girl
2. the M shape is standard to tabbies.
3, red is a masking colour just like white, they can have another colour under it.
Our first cat, when I was around 5 years old, was an orange striped boy which my mom got from someone who was either selling or giving away the kittens from a shopping basket at K-Mart. He ended up being fast friends with me and my brother who was a year older than I. He was very much like a dog and accompanied my brother and I and the neighbor kids on our expeditions. He even crossed a busy highway with us kids several times, when we trekked to the random mom and pop store which gave free candy to us kids. Our cat would wait outside the store with us, just as if he was a dog. His name was Tommy, because he was a tomcat, but we sometimes called him "Tomasio the Catio," because he of course had that regal air, and a bit of a lion's mane. We didn't have a car, but my grandfather would pick us up to take us grocery shopping, and Tommy would love to go with us, just like a dog!! He would sit on my grandfather's shoulder as he drove, lol, so he could look around. When we returned home, we had to walk down a gentle grassy slope to get to our house from the parking area, and my brother and I, plus Tommy, would have pent up energy and so race downhill to the house as fast as we could. Every single time, we tried our hardest to outrace Tommy, but he won every time by a longshot, to our delight, we were amazed with our friend with special powers, lol. Sadly, he passed away of pneumonia, and we were heartbroken. That was the first time in my life that I prayed an irrational prayer and asked God to bring Tommy back. I know now that prayers don't work like that, but it was just so hard to not have our beloved and loyal, noble and "regal" dear cat anymore.
The M shaped marking on the forehead is not unique to orange cats. It's generally seen on any tabby coat, and is clearly visible even on my "black tabby" female (more accurately, she has a lovely mix of very, _very_ dark brown, not black, with lighter tan markings and belly).
When I was a teen, my family had an orange cat, and he did NOT have the 'M' on his forehead. And yet, I currently have two grey tiger-stripped female cats who do.
Hmmm was it maybe blended in and not easily recognizable? Do you have any pictures of them to check?
@@kittykudos Had, would be a more appropriate word. Sadly, the pictures, for the orange cat, ended up getting damaged years ago, in a tornado, I think. If we do have others, I don't know where they're at.
So sorry to hear that. That sounds like a pretty bad situation :(@@NehnBellanaris
@@kittykudos It was at the time, but that was also over 20 years ago, sooo........ 😁
God gave beautiful fur to orange cats, camouflage or fashion, maybe both. Admire the creatures around us. They are worth it. Thanks for having empathy towards animals. Lucy
We have 2 Orange girls. They are both sweethearts. I didn't know Orange was more likely to be male. 😀
My ginger boy cuddles up to me daily and purrs. He's special ❤❤
I had an enormous orange cat for 16 wonderful years. Snorky Bob had the forehead M too. Most tabby patterned cats have the M, including my current companion, Floozie, who is a long haired dilute Tortie. Her strips are greyish on a peach coloured forehead. And she’s a loving, goofy gal, like most Torties. 🇨🇦🖖🏻🇨🇦
From what I observe from stray cats, orange cats are calm, grey cats are the ones who will steal from a dinner table, black cats are good at hunting especially at night, white cats are always ready to escape but fast to open up to humans, while the calico cats are the ones who holds big territories in the city.
Idk if it's the same in other places.
I’ve had a female orange tabby for about three years now and I can tell you that she’s one of the most loving and friendly cats I’ve ever had! 😀 She’s about 11 or 12 years old now and she’s stayed very petite.
Thanks for sharing!!
80% male is totally incorrect. As you said, it is all dependent upon on the X chromosome. That means that the mother must give an orange X as well as the father in order for the orange cat to be female. Most orange cats are male for sure, as since it is less likely there is an orange female to add another orange X chromosome, then it is less likely that the kitten can have 2 of them. However, the female does not have to be an orange cat to give an orange chromosome. There are plenty of tortoiseshell/calico females. They have both orange and black. That is why the are tortoiseshell. They've only got the one orange chromosome. They can give the orange or black X chromosome in the mating process. So a male orange cat and a female orange cat can easily produce another female orange cat. A male orange cat and a black female cat will always produce an orange or black male cat. And a male orange cat and a tortoiseshell/calico female has about a 50/50 chance of producing a female orange cat. Take that percentage and combine it with the other, and the real number is more like 60 to 70% chance of a male orange cat, rather than the 80% that you stated.
I take care of about 20 feral cats. I have been doing this for years. In the past 3 years, we have had 6 orange males, 3 orange females, 5 tortoiseshell cats, 5 black cats, and 3 color point cats. The main mother is a Calico, though there are more females that have kittens.
Though, I most certainly agree that the orange males are more friendly and loveable.
!y orange tabby name is Orion, got him one Aug 2 nd .my husband was out in the yard a tiny baby crawled up his leg. He brought it in a we cleanedhim,fed him and he has been with me since. My husband passed yr ago so Ori means so much to me.
So sorry to hear. I’m glad Ori is there for you ❤️
My only ginger cat is the only one adopted out. Everybody loves a ginger boy.
We have 2 orange cats in our neighborhood and they are both super super friendly and will follow anyone. My in-laws had an orange cat that was cantankerous, he would want you to pet him but would lash out at you after just a few pets or you didn’t do it to his liking. He’s about 5he only ginger cat that I’ve known who was not a live bug.
I have a gray tabby cat with the "M" marking on her forehead, and I can safely say that it does NOT represent intelligence.
We had a long hair orange cat a while ago. He hated everyone except his human. I was not his human, so he hated me. But, we both loved his human (my wife), so we had a mutual respect for each other.
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I had a ginger girl (a stray), and currently have a ginger and white girl atm. Both are kinda grumpy and territorial, which got worse with age (tho they did grow up together). They both are pretty picky about when they like to be picked up, and I actually didn't pick up the full ginger at all for years because I was afraid of getting bitten. But she'd sit with my Mum on the arm of her chair all the time.
That being said, the full ginger girl would purr every single time we were around without fail her entire life, and as the ginger and white girl has reached her senior years, she very often purrs when near us too.
They are overall pretty affectionate when they want to be towards their favourite humans, but it has to be on their terms. My tuxedo cats (1 stray boy, 1 rescue girl) are far more chill
We have 2 Orange boys, from different mama's. They have got different patterns, two of the lighter ones. There is a deep dark beautiful male orange daddy cat who lives under our out building. His kits are all healthy, active cats who "allow" us to live in the house and pay their bills.
the 'M' shaped pattern is a Dragon Ball reference 😂
Any cat video makes me want to go home and sit on the couch with my cats.
I had a rescue orange girl cat very smart and affectionate and she lived a long time. Also she was fearless. Really a wonderful companion slept with me always mostly under the covers. I do miss her.
We had a wonderful orange kitty. Tigger must have been the runt of the litter, he was a stray so we don’t know much about him. He was small, but he thought he was a lion! We loved him and miss him very much. ♥️😺
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Hi, Kyo!
There's a significant problem with this presentation. It's impossible to concentrate on what's being said when my brain keeps yelling "kitty!" the whole time
I love orange cats, they're very well behaved and usually less aggressive, and at worst, are loners. Most of the orange cats I come across are very affectionate.
I'm also allergic to cats but cats seem to like me now that I'm older, cats hated me when I was a kid (I don't blame them).
Aside from knowing how to interact with cats, I just give them attention when they need it, then they walk away, and I go back to my business. If I want their attention, I let them approve my presence before I touch them. Most of the time we just need to respect boundaries of animals and that's the right amount of coexistence we'll ever need.
Glad you’re able to find that balance!
We had two male and one female orange cats growing up (lots of cats get dropped off on farm drives, so we adopted quite a few). They were the kindest of our cats and the best with us kids.
Good video. I love my orange cat, Mr. Brewster
My friend has a large orange cat who is so talkative and jealous. I remember learning more about them and had no idea they were so different. Rowboat is awesome!
@kittykudos I've heard them described as the most "dog-like" of cats, and it's true
That feels accurate to me! lol
For the love of Charlie Ginger Tigger. Charlie, you're the mate -- my four-legged ray of sunshine! 😸😻
My orange meower is so loving and loyal. Also he loves showing me his trophies whether mice or bird's or once in awhile a mole.
Orange “meower” seems so fitting 🤣
As for coat; tabbies come in 2 varieties; Mackerel and Classic. Mackerel is striped, classic is swirled.
Orange kitties are so adorable! I’ve had several and they all had the sweetest purrsonalities. Oddly, most were polydactyl. Only one of them was female. She was a smol girl, but she was a brave hunter. We lived in the country, so she came and went as she pleased. When she was out at night, there was a gift on the front porch for me. She left everything from mice and birds to snakes, fish and even weasels! She was my first kitty of my own and I called her Martha🐈❤
I have an orange boy, he shares the one brain cell
Poor guy lol
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Idk if it makes sense but, that middle cat looks like Jake Gyllenhaal
Yep😂
There are two kinds brown or orange cats , one is the marmalade "M" markings intend to be a bully cat. And the "W" markings the Wallowby they intend to wallow on somebody's mint plant , catnip addict..
My sweet Zen girl was a muted orange. She was so fluffy and pretty. A total snuggle bug and in tune to our feelings. She's passed and we now have another muted orange. A boy this time named Apophis. He is so much fun. So talkative and also a total snuggler.
I had an orange cat named Tiger Kuma when i lived in China. I came home one rainy afternoon and he was sitting in the rain, by choice. The back door was open. He would do this frequently. I would like at him and say "strange boy"....
lol that is definitely strange cat behavior
My mum's cat is an orange female and she's so friendly and talkative. She's like 8 yo but she behaves like she was 8 months. Crazy cat super funny, happiest beast I've ever seen
My fluffy orangey is going to be 17 this year! He’s still going strong and I love him so so much!❤️❤️❤️❤️
So glad you’ve had so many years and hope you have many more ❤️
We had an orange and white tabby named Rusty that weighed 27 pounds. He looked like Garfield. He was leash-trained and traveled with us 17 times across the U.S in our motorhome. We adopted him at 8 weeks old, he lived to be 15 years old, and went to the Rainbow Bridge two years ago today, April 14th.