Morris, the spokescat for 9Lives, is on the svelte side but not shy about showing his love for his favorite cat food. Oliver of Oliver and Company was only a kitten, but like his namesake from Dickens, he always wanted some more. Tiger from An American Tale clamed to be vegetarian (no cat really can be) but while he had compunctions against eating something that could talk, sing and dance with him, he had no problem at all with fish. Garfield and Heathcliff are well known for pulling off crazy antics to get more food than they were due. Besides orange color, the one thing they have in common is being on the pudgy side. Think of all the orange cats you know from fiction. Some people might name their ginger cat Big Red if he's more cinnamon in color, particularly if he likes to kiss a little longer. Ginger root and ground ginger are more pale yellow in color, but breads and cookies made with this spice tend towards a rich reddish brown. Marmalade is a type of jam made from orange juice and a bit of orange zest that many British like to eat on toast or scones. They are called “marmalade” or “ginger” to distinguish them from tabbies of other colors. You will find nicknames for orange cats at your grocery store They are known for being very affectionate and not shy at all about expressing themselves. They both purr and meow a lot and will always want to be near their favorite human. Orange cats were found to be the most gregarious. National Geographic has found that personality can be tied to a cat's fur color. The mackerel tabby will have stripes just like a tiger. Patched tabbies will have large swathes of color as well as stripes. Ticked tabbies (also known as agouti) have most of the tabby markings on their face. The classic tabby will have a butterfly pattern on his back or a bull’s eye pattern on his sides, appearing as if the cat was tie dyed.Ī spotted tabby will look more like a leopard or a jaguar with rosette or oval markings rather than stripes. There are five basic types of this pattern: classic tabby, spotted tabby, ticked tabby, patched tabby and mackerel tabby. The orange tabby will usually have one of five varying kinds of coat patterns They tend to develop them at a year or two old. They will be most noticeable on the lips and nose where the fur is the thinnest. Just like redheaded humans are likely to develop freckles, so are ginger cats! You may find tiny black spots on his skin. They have a tendency to develop black freckles So, it appears that whether your cat has long and fluffy or short and fuzzy hair, they might be of the ginger persuasion. Bengals, toy-gers and Savannahs look like tigers in miniature. Abyssinians are favored for the orange ticked pattern. Long haired breeds such as Persians, Maine coons and American curl can have the orange tabby pattern. Solid orange simply is not a color trait found in cats. All orange cats have stripe patterns, however faint. You can have a golden tabby, a silver tabby, a cream tabby or a yellow tabby. The paws, chest and tail tip may also be white.īut not every tabby is an orange cat. Many orange cats will have white legs and a white underbelly. This is especially true in the patched tabbies. Orange tabby fur can be blended with white spots That does not seem to apply to ginger cats at all! Anyone who owns one of these orange tabbies will tell you that they are just the world's biggest sweethearts! 3. This is the same pigment that creates red hair in humans.Ĭartman from South Park would like to convince people that ginger kids don't have souls. The reason for this is because these cats have an ascendance of a particular pigment known as pheomelanin.

Orange tabbies all have their own distinct shades and tints, but they all will have some variance of an orange, reddish or perhaps even cream-colored hue.

The orange hue comes from a distinct pigment The breeds that most commonly have this pigment are Munchkins, Egyptian Maus, British Shorthairs, Bengals, Maine Coons, Abyssinians, American Bobtails and Persians 2. It could be a shade of orange closer to red or yellow or more brownish. While some breeds are more likely to produce orange pigments rather than others, this is not a breed but simply a coat variety. Just about every cat breed not dependent on color can have the orange tabby pattern. It really is a coat pattern rather than a breed

Orange and red tabby cat