Pudding IV
Tortoiseshell · Shared by SunnyHeron · 2 weeks ago
Two minutes after this, Pudding IV was asleep.
About the Tortoiseshell
- What it is
- A coat colour, found across breeds and in ordinary cats
- Colours
- Black and red, or diluted to blue and cream
- Sex
- Almost always female; males occur about 1 in 3,000
- Size
- Depends entirely on the cat, not the colour
- Lifespan
- 12–20 years for an ordinary cat
- Health
- Nothing inherited with the colour, except in XXY males
Read more about the tortoiseshell — what they are like to live with, grooming, and the health worth knowing about.
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