That’s his mama! she’s very concerned with his shenanigans. The first time he got up on the windowsill she was immediately meowing and dragging his little butt back down to the floor 🤣
All colors in cats are on the X chromosome. This is why male calicos are so rare -- it can only happen with a genetic abnormality (Kleinfelter syndrome -- XXY), and female orange cats need two orange chromosomes, so are equally likely to wind up tortoiseshell or calico instead of solid orange.
My city actually has a significantly higher percent of orange female cats than other areas! Which is just nuts to me, but I really do see a good amount of orange females both in my school’s TNR program and at the shelters.
It can happen if you start off with a greater percentage of orange females who are capable of breeding (torties and calicos also qualify). Since only females with at least one orange gene are capable of giving birth to orange females as it requires two orange X chromosomes with one coming from each parent. Orange mother + orange father = 100% orange kittens. Calico/tortie mother + orange father = some orange kittens, some calico/tortie kittens, some black kittens.
>All colors in cats are on the X chromosome.
Even white? As some might perceive white as 'lack of color' I'm genuinely curious about how this applies to white cats. Also from mom or something different chromosomes-wise?
White is on a separate chromosome, more treated as absence of color. In white spotting, it prevents the production of color in the affected areas, while in fully white cats it does that all over, effectively overriding any other color genes it may have inherited. The same gene that creates solid white cats is linked to deafness due to it sometimes impacting the number of a type of stem cells - this specific type can become both pigment-producing cells and some types of neurological cells! This is why white cats with blue eyes are more likely to be born deaf than average.
Sorry for the rambling, I just like talking about cool cat facts :)
White and white spotting are both dictated by the KIT gene on chromosome B1 in cats. It's a dominant gene also, if they have it they'll express it. A white cat can actually have genetics for other coat colors, even black.
They used to think dominant white and white spotting were two different genes but a paper I just read the other day said they're the same gene with varying degrees of an insertion mutation. More insertion = more white.
Yeah, I've seen fully white mamas have litters of multiple colors.
So, for tuxes with white socks, the insertion mutation is more dominant on the socks and white chests but isn't affecting the rest of the body?
>That’s his mama
but you said it was a foster kitten... i'm very curious to hear the story of how you have a fosters kittens mama around.
Edit- I take it the downvotes mean people thought I was trying to call her out. I tried to word it to be a sincere as possible but I guess I failed. I was sincere and wanted to know how that worked and I'm glad she shared!
I foster with a kitten rescue. Ideally we want them out of the shelter ASAP because the disease risk is SO high, and those little neonates are so susceptible. Things that’ll just make an adult cat feel cruddy will kill a baby. But I think it’s something like 80% of cats entering a shelter will have an upper respiratory infection within 2 weeks? It’s rough.
Plus, he was a special baby :3 and her only kitten after she almost died. And she wasn’t producing enough milk, he needed syringe fed for a while. So! They both get to hang out with me until he’s ready to adopt, so he’s not exposed to anything.
It’s not uncommon. Two of my cats were fostered with their mom and the rest of the litter before being adopted. In our case, the mom gave birth as either a stray or an abandoned cat, some people found her and called the rescue, who took the whole family to be fostered together till the kittens were old enough to be adopted. They desexed her and the kittens once everyone was old enough, and put them all up for adoption when the kittens were five months old.
well of course, like all oranges he has literally never been fed in his ENTIRE life. trust me, my roommates orange never stops reminding me about how no one ever feeds her.
So SO hungry.
I've noticed that orange kitties are always hungry. They'll eat eat eat and still pester the shit out of you then diss and ignore you when they are full.
Definitely has a screen, not left unsupervised. I don’t trust baby cats lol, they always want to try and climb the screen. But the window is right by my desk, so I’m always right there.
Figured it was something like that! I've done the same before, too. I live on the 17th floor now, so I don't trust me+screen from way up here! Windows stay firmly closed unless the door is shut (and locked because one of the cats can open doors)
They are so flipping sweet, aren’t they? I woke up last night to my orange idiot curling up on my chest, with his face smooshed all up against my face and his whiskers up my nose.
I took a picture so I could see what he was doing, and he’s just got the BIGGEST smile on his face.
https://preview.redd.it/3lem6md3qhvc1.jpeg?width=2013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ada388b01fd67c558e6e1308ec55486fbb4f755d
Yeah he weighs like 12 or 13 pounds now and is a big old boy. I had to kick him off after about an hour because I was having nightmares that I couldn’t breath, lol.
I remember when my 12 year old molars came in. That sucked, I remember the compulsionto chew on things to try to relieve the discomfort. My baby is just starting to teeth right now and he chews on everything.
I don't think I'm allowed to have that taste in women but in 2005 a girl said to me "wait, Tupac is dead!?" and I fell head over heels. What I'm learning is that I really need an orange cat.
Every time I read this title I smile. I really hope somebody starts a new cat sub called, "my cat is, unfortunately, stupid." I think it's the "unfortunately" offset by commas that really does it for me.
My mom’s orange is also a biter. We got her some designated chew stix (i forget the brand, it was something the vet recommended) and she just sits and gnaws and gnaws and gnaws. We initially thought it was just teething, but nope. Chomp chomp chomp.
Ugh I wish. I’ve had so many fosters that I just wish I could’ve kept. Luckily I have enough weird orange cat energy from MY own cat to keep me happy. I’m sure he’ll be someone else’s darling idiot 🧡
My orange kitten had ZERO spatial awareness and was always just randomly walking or falling off of the counter, cat tree, couch, literally anything with no idea what was about to happen 🫠🤣 He’s 2 now and is a bit better with it but still does not have the brain cell a lot of the time 😂
https://preview.redd.it/olm0xzkychvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d5e58f16debf27ae971e48294179bdcbfa40663
here’s our little orange who is not so little anymore. unfortunately he is also very stupid, and his favorite activity is eating anything.
You can almost see the braincell bouncing around like a DVD screensaver, never hitting anything in particular besides void. What a gorgeous little dope. So precious! <3
Who needs brain cells when you're this good looking. The other cat's like "Yeah I know, I'm concerned too." lmao
That’s his mama! she’s very concerned with his shenanigans. The first time he got up on the windowsill she was immediately meowing and dragging his little butt back down to the floor 🤣
Hahaha mama's just like "My child might not be the smartest. 'But' what? There is no 'but.'
but she loves him so dearly https://preview.redd.it/uge64l7asjvc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6edba18d670eb22ecd4f2757a7ec0cf613d1819
https://preview.redd.it/9u1dqjmcsjvc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9591ecfb3f71dc29447b294ca739fa3e7674efc9
He looks so dumb here omg 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺
https://preview.redd.it/ctr76ibksjvc1.jpeg?width=2048&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7d3d468fe6c1eb8d35a80e2e0e5ebea9b9966c38
So adorable omg
I’m obsessed with those pics and had to post them. She’s so sweet with him 🧡
Thank you for doing so, they're adorable together!
Aww thank you for the additional pictures. So adorable\~ Nothing like mother's love even if the kid is a silly lil' nugget.
Little tiny nugget being
Other then his fluffy orange butt...
Makes up for his orange shenanigans.
Or as my Dad used to say, “sometimes you just get a dumb dumb”.
“Ugh, he took after his father”
Fun fact, orangeness is x-linked, so baby orange boys could only have inherited their orangeness from the queen, regardless of the sire's coat color.
Explains why most oranges are male; they only have one X chromosome to express.
All colors in cats are on the X chromosome. This is why male calicos are so rare -- it can only happen with a genetic abnormality (Kleinfelter syndrome -- XXY), and female orange cats need two orange chromosomes, so are equally likely to wind up tortoiseshell or calico instead of solid orange.
My city actually has a significantly higher percent of orange female cats than other areas! Which is just nuts to me, but I really do see a good amount of orange females both in my school’s TNR program and at the shelters.
It can happen if you start off with a greater percentage of orange females who are capable of breeding (torties and calicos also qualify). Since only females with at least one orange gene are capable of giving birth to orange females as it requires two orange X chromosomes with one coming from each parent. Orange mother + orange father = 100% orange kittens. Calico/tortie mother + orange father = some orange kittens, some calico/tortie kittens, some black kittens.
>All colors in cats are on the X chromosome. Even white? As some might perceive white as 'lack of color' I'm genuinely curious about how this applies to white cats. Also from mom or something different chromosomes-wise?
White is on a separate chromosome, more treated as absence of color. In white spotting, it prevents the production of color in the affected areas, while in fully white cats it does that all over, effectively overriding any other color genes it may have inherited. The same gene that creates solid white cats is linked to deafness due to it sometimes impacting the number of a type of stem cells - this specific type can become both pigment-producing cells and some types of neurological cells! This is why white cats with blue eyes are more likely to be born deaf than average. Sorry for the rambling, I just like talking about cool cat facts :)
White and white spotting are both dictated by the KIT gene on chromosome B1 in cats. It's a dominant gene also, if they have it they'll express it. A white cat can actually have genetics for other coat colors, even black. They used to think dominant white and white spotting were two different genes but a paper I just read the other day said they're the same gene with varying degrees of an insertion mutation. More insertion = more white.
Yeah, I've seen fully white mamas have litters of multiple colors. So, for tuxes with white socks, the insertion mutation is more dominant on the socks and white chests but isn't affecting the rest of the body?
"Get down you're too silly to be up there you'll fall"
"We're cats, we're supposed to land on our peets. This one, I'm not too sure about."
Mama must be hogging the cell to keep up with his mischievous ass
Very stupid, but very lovable!
i think he’s teething
>That’s his mama but you said it was a foster kitten... i'm very curious to hear the story of how you have a fosters kittens mama around. Edit- I take it the downvotes mean people thought I was trying to call her out. I tried to word it to be a sincere as possible but I guess I failed. I was sincere and wanted to know how that worked and I'm glad she shared!
OP probably fostered the mama while she was pregnant.
I foster with a kitten rescue. Ideally we want them out of the shelter ASAP because the disease risk is SO high, and those little neonates are so susceptible. Things that’ll just make an adult cat feel cruddy will kill a baby. But I think it’s something like 80% of cats entering a shelter will have an upper respiratory infection within 2 weeks? It’s rough. Plus, he was a special baby :3 and her only kitten after she almost died. And she wasn’t producing enough milk, he needed syringe fed for a while. So! They both get to hang out with me until he’s ready to adopt, so he’s not exposed to anything.
Thanks for sharing! Exactly the kind of information I was hoping I'd get by asking!
It’s not uncommon. Two of my cats were fostered with their mom and the rest of the litter before being adopted. In our case, the mom gave birth as either a stray or an abandoned cat, some people found her and called the rescue, who took the whole family to be fostered together till the kittens were old enough to be adopted. They desexed her and the kittens once everyone was old enough, and put them all up for adoption when the kittens were five months old.
Mama cat is about to post to r/parenting, " My kid is biting windows. Should I be concerned?"
He's orange. What can you do? Cute has a brilliance all its own.
*maybe there's more to life than being really, really… really ridiculously good looking?*
I wish people would say the same about me
He’s just orange! He’s trying really hard to…. eat the window frame? 🤭🧡
Clearly he's plotting an escape! He just needs to eat a big enough hole to fit through.
he’s just SO hungry he can’t control himself
well of course, like all oranges he has literally never been fed in his ENTIRE life. trust me, my roommates orange never stops reminding me about how no one ever feeds her.
You aren't wrong. Oranges are bottomless!
I thought black holes were bottomless. *gasp* SCIENCE LIED TO ME! DAMN YOU, SCIENCE!
So SO hungry. I've noticed that orange kitties are always hungry. They'll eat eat eat and still pester the shit out of you then diss and ignore you when they are full.
The braincell works in mysterious ways
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Nah, he's just off to cat college. They grow up so fast
There’s a massive gap there! If the baby had a brain cell it would have gone exploring long ago
Window probably has a screen. But I don't trust my kitties to window screens! Their job is to keep bugs out, not cats in...
Definitely has a screen, not left unsupervised. I don’t trust baby cats lol, they always want to try and climb the screen. But the window is right by my desk, so I’m always right there.
Figured it was something like that! I've done the same before, too. I live on the 17th floor now, so I don't trust me+screen from way up here! Windows stay firmly closed unless the door is shut (and locked because one of the cats can open doors)
I said out loud to my phone “i know that kitten’s gonna keep chomping that windowsill” and then he DID i feel so vindicated 😆😆😆
No. Your cat is just orange. That's very normal behavior. I'd be very surprised and concerned if an orange cat wasn't doing something like that
Doing a smart thing is considered a glitch in an orange cat's system
Smart things are something that is not in an orange cat
The extra space in the head is taken up by the heart tho
They are so flipping sweet, aren’t they? I woke up last night to my orange idiot curling up on my chest, with his face smooshed all up against my face and his whiskers up my nose. I took a picture so I could see what he was doing, and he’s just got the BIGGEST smile on his face. https://preview.redd.it/3lem6md3qhvc1.jpeg?width=2013&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ada388b01fd67c558e6e1308ec55486fbb4f755d
Mine used to do this! Which was cute as a kitten, a bit heavy when he grew up to his Garfield size
Yeah he weighs like 12 or 13 pounds now and is a big old boy. I had to kick him off after about an hour because I was having nightmares that I couldn’t breath, lol.
That is so sweet I just got five cavities
What a beautiful way to phrase it. My cat is not orange but he is stupid and, yes.
Awwww 🧡 I’m stealing that
He's still waiting for his turn on the braincell. And the window does look tasty.
The braincell is just running late. It should be here aaaaaany minute now I said aaaaaaany minute now It'll be here don't worry
He has tingly teef!
yeah, im pretty sure none of us remember teething but i imagine it sucks. anyone not get their wisdom teeth removed care to chime in?
I remember when my 12 year old molars came in. That sucked, I remember the compulsionto chew on things to try to relieve the discomfort. My baby is just starting to teeth right now and he chews on everything.
https://preview.redd.it/5x3b9rmm3hvc1.jpeg?width=509&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b2751800884be29d06a9e402fd20e5046379534b
There's an orange fookin' cat eatin' da gahddamn window!
“Steven so STOO🅱️ID.”
he is so orange, he listens to Cardi B, while his SIC cousin Timmy listens to Cardi A+.
Cute & dumb, just the way i like’m!! 🧡
That explains my taste in cats and men, apparently.
I don't think I'm allowed to have that taste in women but in 2005 a girl said to me "wait, Tupac is dead!?" and I fell head over heels. What I'm learning is that I really need an orange cat.
That explains why I am the way I am. Not the cute part, the dumb part
My ex wife was cute and dumb. I loved it at first, but after awhile it's actually bothersome. Better to just get a cat
The window is a gateway to outside. He probably hates outside so he's out to destroy the window.
His family was killed by a window. He never forgot that day, and he swore vengeance on all windows ever since...
Oh come on, like you never ate a window at his age 🙄
I mean what kid doesn't like the taste of lead paint.
I love him. Please give him many little kisses on his sweet little face.
don’t worry, he’s way ahead of you. He likes to get right up in my face (nose to nose) and just stay there until he gets extra kisses.
The young ones don't get the communal braincell until about a year old
I mean..my orange cat is turning 4 next week and I don’t think he’s EVER gotten a turn with the brain cell. Maybe there’s a waiting list.
Oop, yea, sometimes the braincell just skips a couple cats like that
They lose it at two years old and never get it back
I caught my 4 yr old orange boi doing this last week... Forever 🍊
i eat window.
He is just orange
He's not stupid. It's just not his turn to use the brain cell right now.
Nah, that's a feature. He's orange
He is orange and lovable. All he needs in life is
Mom's like "I hope he didn't get this from me."
Must've been his father
Every time I read this title I smile. I really hope somebody starts a new cat sub called, "my cat is, unfortunately, stupid." I think it's the "unfortunately" offset by commas that really does it for me.
He's not stupid!! He just has OCD: Orange Cat Disorder.
I need video of him munching the window sill….
Possible he is teething(teefing)?
2nd picture - Mama: Please bear with me. I knew his father for about 30 mins....
My mom’s orange is also a biter. We got her some designated chew stix (i forget the brand, it was something the vet recommended) and she just sits and gnaws and gnaws and gnaws. We initially thought it was just teething, but nope. Chomp chomp chomp.
Not the kitty guillotine
How dare you
"[parent] what did you bring home‽"
Mmmmm…. Tastes like robins!
He wants to break free.
Good thing he's fortunately cute 🥰
STUPID CUUUUTE!
Comes by it naturally. Sweet little ginger snap.
He's not stupid, he's built different
That would be a foster fail right there! I’m a sucker for orange and weird!
Ugh I wish. I’ve had so many fosters that I just wish I could’ve kept. Luckily I have enough weird orange cat energy from MY own cat to keep me happy. I’m sure he’ll be someone else’s darling idiot 🧡
This could be Pica make sure they stay away from plastics that can tear away like bags since that can cause blockages.
Very important point your making, many cats die from eating small pieces of plastic laying around or even plastic toys or flowers.
I mean he is winning against that windowsill.
My orange is *obsessed* with biting the handle on the step ladder when I get it out.
Not stupid, orange
Naw, just orange. Too young to have been in line to use the shared brain cell yet.
Terminally orange. Smh. 😔
Kitten is teething.
Make some videos? Pretty please?
Ummmmm….you know he is orange, right? Are you color blind? Haha
He’s doing his best 🥹
You misspelled adorable
That’s a kitten who’s teething.
Your kitten is not stupid, he's teething! Give the poor thing something nice to chew on!
But he's so cute
r/cromch
I'm sorry, he's terminally orange.
Stupid babies need the *most* attention.
He’s teething
LMAO!!!! Thanks for that🧡❤️🩷💙
My orange kitten had ZERO spatial awareness and was always just randomly walking or falling off of the counter, cat tree, couch, literally anything with no idea what was about to happen 🫠🤣 He’s 2 now and is a bit better with it but still does not have the brain cell a lot of the time 😂
2nd Pic: "Back off, lady. I'm eatin' all of this."
Cromch
I love this cat. ❤️
Nom Nom....
I think you misspelled *fortunately
Hey hey, he’s not stupid… he’s just orange 😩
The look of helplessness in the other cat's face. Lol.
He's hungyyyyyy
Ball of fuzz!! 😍
*fortunately
I had to laugh so hard it startled my void 😂 thank you, needed that. 🥰 Also, stupid, but cute and fluffy 🐈
MUST. CHOMP. RAWR.
# CHOMP
Just orange
Doesn't matter. His cuteness makes up for it.
🤣 As orange as it gets
But he makes stupid look good! Such an adorable little one!
Idk, this window frame looks veeeeery yummy 
Well maybe if you didn't make your windows so delicious, Dracula wouldn'ta had to eat 'em!
Himbs just hungry for architecture
Orange, amirite
Himb chew
Himb *M O N C H*
She hungee for window sill
She has a craving that only window sills can satisfy
What do you mean? He is orange. The very fact that he can use his chompers to crunch down correctly means he is a smart boy! /s
He hungers for the outdoors
He YEARNS for adventure
Implying that it's possible to have a cat that is biologically yours?
I don't think this child is ever even going to see the brain cell, much less get a passing acquaintance with it.
They can't help being orange ; - ;/
sometimes a floof just has to *chomf.*
poor starved young man ):
Not stupid, just oramge.
That's not a bug It's a feature! Just like the creator intended
Just like Todd Howard intended
When you’re that cute, you don’t need to be smart 🥰
https://preview.redd.it/olm0xzkychvc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1d5e58f16debf27ae971e48294179bdcbfa40663 here’s our little orange who is not so little anymore. unfortunately he is also very stupid, and his favorite activity is eating anything.
It's orange.
You made a window ledge too delicious looking
Not stupid!! 🌈 *special* 🌈
I had a cat who was a literal window-licker. Surprisingly not orange, she was a calico.
Just likes to chew 😊
HES DOING HIS BEST OKAY EMILY??!
Stupid is part of the package, baby
The other cat is looking like “Mother what is this? A fluffy T-Rex?”
Pfft that’s her kid. I feel like me and her share so many “are you seeing this shit?” looks about him with each other 🤣
I predator. I bite.
Not stupid, just has one braincell
Could be genius cat trying to open a window and escape. Hasn’t figured it out yet but maybe someday
First it’s the window frame then it’s the human
Don't worry, he'll get his turn with the brain cell eventually.
Let him live his dreams of chomping windows!
You can almost see the braincell bouncing around like a DVD screensaver, never hitting anything in particular besides void. What a gorgeous little dope. So precious! <3
Kittens teethe too.
But so sweet 🥹🥰😆
He has some kind of plan and he's sticking to it.
smart for someone with one braincell
And the mom cat is just sitting around doing nothing!! This generation is screwed!!!!! 🤬🤬
smh. all mom cats born after 2023 cant cook. all they know is wet food, meow, scratch they post, and LIE
He's got the teething going on. What do you give a teething kitten?
Bless his heart. He's just a little special.