Tri colored cats all female?

dgk <sonicechoes-spamless.DeleteThis@hot-nospamp-mail.com> wrote in message news:<cantm09rb19kmm4cdpv5e8fuf51eo1agev.DeleteThis@4ax.com>...
> I suppose I could check Google but I'm here so...
>
> Someone at the cat show said that all tri-color (or tri-colour for my
> British friends) cats are female, or, if male, are sterile.
>
> Seems odd but he was showing his purebreds so maybe he knew what he
> was talking about. Does white count as a color?


Tortishells are almost always female. Male tortishells are almost
always sterile. There almost never is an always with animals.
They'll go out of their way to prove you wrong. Male tortishells are
almost always sterile because they need to have two X chromosomes to
provide the color. A male cat that is XXY is most often going to be
sterile. There are exceptions though. A male cat can have cells that
are XXY and have cells that are normal XY. These males can be
tortishells and not be sterile because they can make some normal
sperm. So it is possible, but not probable to have a non-sterile
tortishell.
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Interesting topic. I do think white counts as a color. Of course that is a
pretty bold statement to say that tri-color males are steral. There are
plenty of tri-colored cats out there that are male and unless you neuter
them they can father kittens. Of course you didn't mention what breed you
are talking about.

I entered my cat Icarus in the HHP category for a CFA cat show this
Saturday. When the clerk wanted to know his color, I emailed her a picture
of him. He has silver/black tabby markings but when I received my entry she
listed him as a brown classic tabby color. I guess this how a lot of tabby
colors get classified.

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"dgk" <sonicechoes-spamless DeleteThis @hot-nospamp-mail.com> wrote in message
news:cantm09rb19kmm4cdpv5e8fuf51eo1agev@4ax.com...
>I suppose I could check Google but I'm here so...
>
> Someone at the cat show said that all tri-color (or tri-colour for my
> British friends) cats are female, or, if male, are sterile.
>
> Seems odd but he was showing his purebreds so maybe he knew what he
> was talking about. Does white count as a color?
 >> Stay informed about: Tri colored cats all female? 

Ted Davis wrote in message ...

>In order to avoid obvious hypocracy, anyone advocating that kind of
>population explosion, which is what someone objecting to neutering is,
>in effect, advocating, would have to provide homes for all those
>cats. I'm not sure Bill Gates could afford to keep a female cat and
>meet his responsibility for all the offspring for any length of time.

Speaking of HOMES, did you know that CATS are perfectly capable of surviving
without humans?

And did you know, that CATS managed to survive during the time that humans
were nomadic?

Imagine that.

CATS NOT NEEDING HUMANS or their population and <choke> health care </choke>
MANipulations!

wow

>T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu)

???

I *know* you from some other newsgroup...

R U a DOS Batcher?

>SPAM filter: Messages to this address *must* contain "T.E.D."
>somewhere in the body or they will be automatically rejected.
 >> Stay informed about: Tri colored cats all female? 

On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:01:38 -0700, "Electric Nachos"
<aint_lookin DeleteThis @chew.foo> wrote:

>
>Ted Davis wrote in message ...
>
>>In order to avoid obvious hypocracy, anyone advocating that kind of
>>population explosion, which is what someone objecting to neutering is,
>>in effect, advocating, would have to provide homes for all those
>>cats. I'm not sure Bill Gates could afford to keep a female cat and
>>meet his responsibility for all the offspring for any length of time.
>
>Speaking of HOMES, did you know that CATS are perfectly capable of surviving
>without humans?
>
>And did you know, that CATS managed to survive during the time that humans
>were nomadic?
>
>Imagine that.
>
>CATS NOT NEEDING HUMANS or their population and <choke> health care </choke>
>MANipulations!

Those that don't interact with humans obviously are not the topic of
this discussion. Those that depend on us for something, if only
garbage, are.

>???
>
>I *know* you from some other newsgroup...
>
>R U a DOS Batcher?

Yes. If you know me that well, you also know I bait trolls and other
obnoxious users for a round or two, then killfile them. I think it
time to killfile you.


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T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu)
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Ted Davis wrote in message ...
>On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 17:01:38 -0700, "Electric Nachos"
><aint_lookin.RemoveThis@chew.foo> wrote:
>
>>
>>Ted Davis wrote in message ...
>>
>>>In order to avoid obvious hypocracy, anyone advocating that kind of
>>>population explosion, which is what someone objecting to neutering is,
>>>in effect, advocating, would have to provide homes for all those
>>>cats. I'm not sure Bill Gates could afford to keep a female cat and
>>>meet his responsibility for all the offspring for any length of time.
>>
>>Speaking of HOMES, did you know that CATS are perfectly capable of
surviving
>>without humans?
>>
>>And did you know, that CATS managed to survive during the time that humans
>>were nomadic?
>>
>>Imagine that.
>>
>>CATS NOT NEEDING HUMANS or their population and <choke> health care
</choke>
>>MANipulations!
>
>Those that don't interact with humans obviously are not the topic of
>this discussion. Those that depend on us for something, if only
>garbage, are.
>
>>???
>>
>>I *know* you from some other newsgroup...
>>
>>R U a DOS Batcher?
>
>Yes. If you know me that well, you also know I bait trolls and other
>obnoxious users for a round or two, then killfile them. I think it
>time to killfile you.

Idiot - you just said you lure people that you don't want to talk to. See a
doctor about that.

<PLONK>

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>T.E.D. (tdavis@gearbox.maem.umr.edu)
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On Fri, 15 Oct 2004 11:17:59 -0500, kaeli wrote:

> In article <10mtt03tgnrh111.TakeThisOut@corp.supernews.com>, aint_lookin.TakeThisOut@chew.foo
> enlightened us with...
>> Gee. Just think. NONE of this valuable information would have been known
>> if the animal mutilators (a.k.a. spay-ers and neuter-ers) in this group
>> got a hold of them first.
>
> You're not the brightest bulb in the box, are you?

A brain transplant from the nearest turnip patch would be an upgrade.
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