Are Orange Female Cats Worth Money

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Are orange female cats worth money. Approximately 20 percent of orange tabby cats are female. Why Orange Cats Are Usually Male. There is no monetary value per se associated with a female orange tabby cat.

Males only have to inherit one orange gene to appear orange while females have to inherit two. Female cats have two X chromosomes and so need two copies of this gene to become ginger whereas males need only one. Female orange tabby cats arent uncommon.

I have an orange female about 4 months old and a friend of mine insists that she is rare and worth money. One of the females XX chromosomes is black and the other is orange which will give you the Tortoiseshell. However the exotic breeds of cats with an orange coat and a tabby pattern are quite expensive and cannot be found across all the pet shops.

All the orange ones though have been male until now. Long haired breeds such as Persians Maine coons and American curl can have the orange tabby pattern. Calico and tortoiseshell cats however are almost always female.

Not surprisingly orange cats are often considered friendly and loveable while white cats are seen as distant and black cats as mysterious. All orange cats have stripe patterns however faint. It radiates warmth happiness and an enthusiasm for life.

According to researchers at University of. Shutterstock Orange is an optimistic color. And its not some sort of magic its genetics.