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Black golden ticked tabby12/2/2023 This gives "silver" cats (which includes red cameo and smoke colors) the look of being lit from within, a bit of a glow. The silver gene causes the color in the hair to not be deposited at the base of the hair follicle! So if you pull the hair apart, the roots of the hair are. It's the removal of the yellow that makes the cat go from brown to silver, and the red go from brassy red to a softer red.Ģ. It turns a solid blue cat into a blue smoke. It turns a red tabby into a red silver, or "cameo" tabby. It turns a solid black cat into a black smoke. That means it turns a brown tabby into a silver tabby. The silver gene takes away the yellow from the coat color. Basically, the silver gene does two main things.ġ. The silver gene is dominant, so if only one parent has it, approximately half of the kittens will inherit it. If a brown cat gets the silver gene, they DO look silver, but if a red cat gets the silver gene, they don't look silver at all! So if you're confused, don't feel bad! I was too. ![]() This tabby is called a blotched tabby in some regions. Black (brown) Mackerel Mabby (with white) Red mackerel tabby - the archetypal 'ginger tom' or 'marmalade cat' Patched classic tabby on black-red tortie. So you cant have a non-agouti gene with an orange cat - meaning they will have some type of tabby marking, whether it is classic, mackerel, or ticked. However, when the red pigment gene is expressed, the non-agouti gene does not work. Here's the deal: whoever picked the term "silver" was getting a little ahead of themselves. Classic Tabby Cat The classic tabby has bold, swirling patterns along his sides much like a marble cake. The agouti gene determines whether a cat has a tabby pattern or not. ![]() *Confusing term alert! "Silver" does not always mean the coat looks silver.*
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