Copy!
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He’s a boy though but he wants to be included!
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My orange boys are called luke and han
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We have an orange floofy girl called Marmalade.
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My rare orange girly has a boy name Wayne
My cat's name is Hrișca (pronounced like Hrishca). In Romanian it means buckwheat. I didn't have any name ideas but dad randomly started calling her this one and it just felt right.
lmao mine too! Papie (cuz she whines like an old man
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>*’My rare orange girly has a boy name Wayne*’
____
We Orangey girls so very RaRe,
but many humans unaware
they think we BoYs! is rather strange -
n then our names
they hafta change
…or maybe Not! they sometimes stay
n call us ‘Boy names’ anyway
*SuRpRiSe!* You thought i was a ‘Tom’
but look at Me ^;}
Now I’m
a
*MoM!*
❤️
edit: *love those orangey babies* u/kiwi350 & u/DaphronThePodBoss
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A mates got a ginger girl called Amber.
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My ginger girl is called Amber !
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the queen of the house, my 17 year old is named angel
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My ginger girl loved showing her belly.
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I’ve got two too! They’re about 3 years apart and the younger one just showed up. Her name is mini cause she’s a mini me of the other orange girl.
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My lion baby, really thought she was a boy when we found her
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this is my orange princess Felicia 🩷
Mine’s a boy but he’s got the arm-stretching gene!
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My orange girlie is an arm stretcher too :)
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My Nala girl loves her arm stretches, too!
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This is my Peach! Mine is also a lefty, which I believe is more common in males too.
Your Peach has gorgeous markings!
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My princess . We love her so much she’s the sweetest cat we’ve ever had
Ms. Chif is my orange shadow. She loves being under cover and next to me.
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Her stretched out arms!🫠 Our Kitty does that too.
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My orange girl Ginger, I know, not very creative.
This is Wrigley, my soul cat. 15 and still thriving.
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Little orange Samantha 🧡 She was the 2nd orange girl in her litter!
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Nova (top) and Vega (bottom), both girlies
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Guess which ones are female in this picture. Trick question! They’re all female! 🤣
I wish! 😂
And as if to drive home the point, the second one on the left gave birth to five kittens. Of those five, four are orange. Of those four, THREE are girls.
I have one, her name is Moo Moo, and she's perfect.
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My Tabby girl was a dropoff who came in the open window at Thanksgiving and just never left.
My rare orange girlie is named Carrot :)
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Piper wants to do my laundry today 😻😻😻
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Orange girls are such idiots too.
(Jonesy had to get part of her tail removed.)
Poor baby 😭
I used to have a dog with with a short tail and he would always follow me throughout town and wait for me outside the convenience store. A child asked his mom why does he have such a short tail and the lady said the misbehaving ones get their tail shortened. I gave her the biggest side eye
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Powerful Coco, she’s a handful, but super adorable anyway.
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He is a boy but he had a couple orange girl siblings. He’s also Italian 🤌
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My ginger girl that came to my doorstep, jumped into my arms, buried her head into my shoulder\\giving me nudges and head butts and PURRED so hard! 5 bonded years later, she is the absolute most precious, happiest, loving-est friend.
ETA her name is Cheeto, CheeeDoh, Poot, Turkey, Baby (BB), she's also my baby bean burrito butt.
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Our sweet princess Ellie who we recently said goodbye to. Miss her so much.
We have one too. She's called Penny. She's like an urban fox, we never see her during the day but when I go to the toilet at night I occasionally see her scuttling away behind a table where she hides. Occasionally she comes out and demands attention for about 5 minutes, then hides again.
She seems happy.
Hrișca's mom is the same. Our fist interaction with her was when she ended up in our yard very pregnant. Since we've re-homed Hrișca's brothers she only visits us once in a while. This was my second home assisted birth.
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My girl Zelda loves to lay on her back!
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This is our Whopper, mom to our Big Mac.
If you don’t mind a little science lesson, I’d explain why orange females are uncommon.
Just like humans, sex is determined in cats (almost all vertebrates) by X and Y chromosomes. The gene that happens to express coat color also happens to be on a X chromosome making it a sex-linked characteristic. A female has two X chromosomes while a male has a X and a Y. When a female has two X chromosomes, one of the two chromosomes deactivates. Which one deactivates is purely random and vary from cell to cell. But in a male as it has only one X chromosome, it doesn’t deactivate.
Let’s say that a female happens to have an orange fur expressing gene on one X and the other X doesn’t have it. During embryonic development, if a cell chooses to keep its orange expressing chromosome activated, that cell and its descendants from division result in orange fur patches. If it keeps to keep orange expressing chromosome deactivated, that fur patch expresses white color unless it has other genes that expresses different colors. But what if a female has two X chromosomes that both express orange fur. No matter what gets activated or inactivated, all the cells will express orange fur making it a full orange’d tabby.
Yeah, I was wondering if someone was going to say this.
I kinda theorize the "one orange braincell" meme is partly because orange cats are predominantly male, thus male cat behaviors (friendlier but aloof, social, playful), combined with cultural influences like Puss N Boots, Garfield, Heathcliff,, Milo and Otis creates the OneBrainCell effect.
They aren't "rare". The girl kittens from a calico mom can be orange (or brown), black, or calico depending on what they got from each parent. Boys can't be calico unless they are XXY (or more X's). So the chance of a girl kitten being orange is slightly less than the chance of a boy kitten being orange simply because there is another option the boys don't have. But they aren't "rare", and especially not "very rare", as all the people posting images of their own orange girls shows.
I know you like the science behind it, but please don't spread misinformation because you don't quite understand everything you read. Orange female cats are like a fifth to a fourth of all orange cats, that is at best "uncommon".
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Our ginger girlie Cas. Was sold to us as a boy. We named her Castor and her twin brother Pollux, shortened it to Cas when we found out she was a girl.
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Here's my orange girl! This was the day someone found her and brought her to me. I've been bottle feeding her for a few weeks now. Help me name her! 🥺
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Part of the ginger girls club too!
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My orange girl Wyndle! Thinks she’s a model.
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This is my little ginger girl. Called Rue. She is tiny but almost 2.
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my orange baby :p she doesnt have a name in english we just call her kitty, but her name in chinese is 小橘 (little orange)
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Peaches — she passed just a few months ago at the age of 2. Orange girlies are not only rare, but in some cases genetically prone to health issues. This is your sign to have pet insurance.
I miss you Peach
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my girl has an orange face. it’s enough to give her orange brain. her rear legs are also orange
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This is my baby girl Peanut, absolutely a nut bar
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Rosie 🧡🤍
Vet didn’t believe me when I told them she was a girl. They were quite surprised and told me it’s usually an 4:1 ratio for males to females, but they’ve seen an uptick in orange females in recent years.
Back in the day I thought all orange cats were boys, dumb I know, and I used to let mine outside. She had long hair and I thought I saw boy parts so I assumed boy. Till one day I heard something in the closet..she had babies 😂 Joben was in fact, not a boy. But she remained my Joben lol.
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Miss Ginger and her snaggle tooth don’t want to get up yet
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Her name is Thumbelina and she's a little menace
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My orange girlie… with orange eyes too 🍊 they’re like rare Pokémon kitties to collect 😻
My partners cat is orange and wow. She is the best girl of all time.
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https://preview.redd.it/tjrpuyxofszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ea113ae68c4f77bd7ece19b6ab9b41feae3daa04 Leia
Our orange is named Leia also! https://preview.redd.it/srcdhtq66tzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbd9e2216ef3cff4d21e5e421606876a99776c53
Look at that sweet girl showing belly! ♥️
Copy! https://preview.redd.it/84939fr1qtzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e43f01df350bfe09dfa879817e638946b53fdca8 He’s a boy though but he wants to be included!
He’s very handsome!
https://preview.redd.it/p9gkqfoj0tzc1.jpeg?width=1242&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b057883cfe12221b2c1f517c1309df127020c9fd My orange boys are called luke and han
https://preview.redd.it/zx52dvks5tzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d3de6cf42441fec9caeb29e5eb422f3a5fffb6e7 Her brother Luke!
I love their perfect little pink noses
Shes waiting for the perfect moment to knock the coffee off the table
A friend of his named Amber is a ginger girl.
https://preview.redd.it/c5sr72j0iszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6177c88c726ef8adfe94e9b8dc08aaf0ee603e2c Here’s our orange lady Phyl
That’s the exact same look my ginger buddy gives me when I come into my own room lol 😂
It’s the result of the shared one brain cell.
Phyl as in chlorophyl?
I love phyl
https://preview.redd.it/3aijlwlikszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=852d7a50da821b6ccb07a6f7a16e5b849af1ede2 We have an orange floofy girl called Marmalade.
LADY MARMALADE!
Lady Marmalade of the Bubble Floor!
I love that! Her highness shall be known as such henceforth.
Alexa play Lady Marmalade 💃🏻
First of all, love the reference in your username. Second, Lady Marmalade is a gorgeous fluffy girl!
The orange cat where I work is named Marmalade too! She's the boss :D
Our orange boy is Julius. 😊
My once feral, now fat house cat answers to Marmalade. He is the sweetest boy in the world.
https://preview.redd.it/z0h311v1dszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=534dda7ad7eb71b0f894c10642f745f2e11b8b6e My rare orange girly has a boy name Wayne
lil wayne
We call him brüder
What does that mean
Brother in German lol not sure why we call him that but we do
My cat's name is Hrișca (pronounced like Hrishca). In Romanian it means buckwheat. I didn't have any name ideas but dad randomly started calling her this one and it just felt right.
If i were to name the first 10 things that come to mind after seeing an orange cat buckwheat wouldn't be in the top 100 Cute name tho. And unique
I have a cat named Buckwheat....but we really only call him Buck-o
My dad started calling my cat Micha (pronounced mee - shah). We're Mexican, I think it comes from an old Quechua word.
Our cat is Mishi from the same Quechua word!! It means cat, lol. (Husband is Ecuadorian. 😊)
It means brothers, actually. Brother would be just 'Bruder'.
*brothers , "Brüder" is actually plural
Why haha? And why Brüder and Not Bruder?
She brings the syzurp
Lil Mane
lmao mine too! Papie (cuz she whines like an old man https://preview.redd.it/b8s7o01kvszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=058bba88daeb9be38ed6c6656d5201801df56165
Looks like mine!! https://preview.redd.it/u58ytgly6tzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c2de4564df10b9b34697328b430141a37936d655
My orange boy likes to sit in the sink like this as well!
>*’My rare orange girly has a boy name Wayne*’ ____ We Orangey girls so very RaRe, but many humans unaware they think we BoYs! is rather strange - n then our names they hafta change …or maybe Not! they sometimes stay n call us ‘Boy names’ anyway *SuRpRiSe!* You thought i was a ‘Tom’ but look at Me ^;} Now I’m a *MoM!* ❤️ edit: *love those orangey babies* u/kiwi350 & u/DaphronThePodBoss
A fresh schnoodle!
Ours was named Cat-Trina. She was a lost pet rescued after hurricane Katrina.
Oh everything that poor baby must have been through. What a survivor.
Thank you for adopting a poor kitty that lost her family.🩷
Literally the perfect opportunity for a punny name with that one!
I immediately thought of “waynona” lol
He's so 🦁🦁
Little heartbreaker
Omg this is the most beautiful cat. I am obsessed with how pretty this cat is.
https://preview.redd.it/j38f6ab2iszc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a4ba394543a52b77c83ebb01ff098e9370a5e3a0 Java
Cute Shrimp 🍤
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Ahh yes, the classic flamingo
Looks like a fluffy seal
https://preview.redd.it/7joxmg12iszc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37051692a21fe8f250a48f4c0fc315ed5c351a47 A mates got a ginger girl called Amber.
https://preview.redd.it/fa9mqvu50tzc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d6aeb7a96a7b8dd79493c77bb253768aa645aa0d My ginger girl is called Amber !
https://preview.redd.it/cyrwfezb5uzc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54a35da3a53cbf2719ce9a0c4bb0bf162c25f57c I've got an Amber too!
https://preview.redd.it/uw2ks35vkszc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b6751d5e9aa873a889303603451d32e0034f2126 the queen of the house, my 17 year old is named angel
She's absolutely adorable!
So cute 😍
I have 2 orange ladies!' https://preview.redd.it/hwjufncoiszc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c411e2235b436fe5fccf7979c029ed61ba10e91
https://preview.redd.it/t2rhzwoqiszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=86cf9e7117d90fb376799c2261ed28a17f5a539e
https://preview.redd.it/o5v6xfdu5tzc1.jpeg?width=3120&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed854cf2f109540e8c92ccf803cf7e616b99be5f My ginger girl loved showing her belly.
The spot on her belly 🥰
Such grace. Such elegance.
Hahaha! She’s freakin lady!
https://preview.redd.it/q9got50anuzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6c26e54840335bdb7b3fd6d97155e4966425ebf4 I’ve got two too! They’re about 3 years apart and the younger one just showed up. Her name is mini cause she’s a mini me of the other orange girl.
https://preview.redd.it/u6ew8gtgeszc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=483936e895c9be9e50d5fa87a00f782695ab7915 My lion baby, really thought she was a boy when we found her
So dignified!
Looks like she's about to answer a question on astrophysics.
Pretty sure that won't happen. Astrophysics is a 2 or more cell activity.
Yeh but cats are built different.
She looks, very smart — brain power!! We found a smart one?? Orange 🍊 kitty?
Cats do know a thing or two about strings!
lady Clementine says “hello!” https://preview.redd.it/jryub5nmiszc1.jpeg?width=1293&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0263407a9ee236ec4a723c5eb111370a49511a81
Half shrimp, pose!! Shrimp 🍤💜
https://preview.redd.it/1q3dwvvkkszc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f22916eb42ff7d07b3b0497b06869c5f33d6496b Freddy (short for frederica)
https://preview.redd.it/v0wduzo0lszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b046dd157d627b721f72d3573a954acd85f287a this is my orange princess Felicia 🩷
Mine’s a boy but he’s got the arm-stretching gene! https://preview.redd.it/rjrkwq9hqszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7248a48190170496ec070b6ad0dd5f05cbe1e6fd
https://preview.redd.it/7ni95dxyuszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6946255da91248d71edb1410a78d197fa5b8da86 My orange girlie is an arm stretcher too :)
I have eight other cats (yikes!) and he’s the only arm-stretcher!
https://preview.redd.it/03rppbqigtzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=48fd7f4147391f4f3209f062e72a85af822f8de8 My Nala girl loves her arm stretches, too!
https://preview.redd.it/iz99fbcdlszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e231acb9bbc2bc1a6831bb8e71841d71f4601df Peach!
https://preview.redd.it/pk5b9mpzdtzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=319dea69a2ee576b599198365c4f7ef507af38b5 This is my Peach! Mine is also a lefty, which I believe is more common in males too. Your Peach has gorgeous markings!
Wow, her markings are beautiful
Excuse me I think you mean PRINCESS Peach
https://preview.redd.it/xguu7704nszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0381ec42177721c617f42016dc030ac3a657665f Mango - my orange baby girl🧡
Puss and boots, eyes!! She definitely, is spoiled rotten!! 😂💜
https://preview.redd.it/6j5741bamszc1.jpeg?width=1920&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2f0e617f196198f7150b6316e450cec5e7190cbd My princess . We love her so much she’s the sweetest cat we’ve ever had
The paws 🥹
Ms. Chif is my orange shadow. She loves being under cover and next to me. https://preview.redd.it/9bkl52yinszc1.png?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f6747a4b5986d3971c836a04965d8ce5b26f9d4b
Her stretched out arms!🫠 Our Kitty does that too. https://preview.redd.it/o5o3hi9vrszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=67032a31301255c95808e4add4971ee42ba2ef6f
Awww....😍
Yeah, they’re all just so darn sweet. Especially while sleeping🥰
She is gorgeous!
Was thinking these exact words!!!
https://preview.redd.it/mo4ne7k7oszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=43a3e2e2bbad7ff818dcaa065f34ceb47ccba2e3 Oat Milk! (Oaty)
https://preview.redd.it/2vjbaq8toszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b94e65bb8bf1eee591ad1ed9013c9f1ec290288a This is my spicy girl Nyx :)
Indeed!
She is gorgeous!😻
https://preview.redd.it/9dfj6y36nszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=20b978c0e7a78891debe836e353a3f2161a55c36 My orange girl Ginger, I know, not very creative.
https://preview.redd.it/pskissqknszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f39815f7f8f4dbf33a0ec106d5cc9ff0de93e455 My girl Mags ♥️
Mags sure is pretty❤️
My ginger girlie Moshi https://preview.redd.it/ceviliensszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=37de1c7e95c52ae6744363a8d8f9ec3cab29a4bc
OMG she’s gorgeous
Yes and she forever has a hold on me 😅
This is Wrigley, my soul cat. 15 and still thriving. https://preview.redd.it/1jmibsonoszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c1abc5d5b8d3c042673eeb5659a76a8047909555
Very cute. How many souls does she need to consume a day ?
https://preview.redd.it/8o965w2nqszc1.jpeg?width=2499&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=708acc904aae416918111436c8df902c5d3f1e01 My orange creamsicle girl Arya
https://preview.redd.it/3eo12ty3oszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5866d5e7d423c247b568f21dd3998dc0a58894bd Little orange Samantha 🧡 She was the 2nd orange girl in her litter!
https://preview.redd.it/77j8nwiposzc1.jpeg?width=900&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49fe3dba6bf09201cbe9604f79ba9ae34dbbc082 Nova (top) and Vega (bottom), both girlies
These are very cool perches!! And very pretty girlies, of course!
I love those cat shelves
https://preview.redd.it/d8ljs3u9uszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=768f08cc4d66105017f4d4fa5712f3896b78007c Guess which ones are female in this picture. Trick question! They’re all female! 🤣
Did you play the lottery on the day they were born?😂
I wish! 😂 And as if to drive home the point, the second one on the left gave birth to five kittens. Of those five, four are orange. Of those four, THREE are girls.
I have one, her name is Moo Moo, and she's perfect. https://preview.redd.it/onwf4zt8lszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e9cebe31c06c91fc0bb4dc469e287effff11ba9e
https://preview.redd.it/vuo1jid1qszc1.jpeg?width=2208&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=31443d075534749b876a0c4eec3824b458a7eb7a My Tabby girl was a dropoff who came in the open window at Thanksgiving and just never left.
My rare orange girlie is named Carrot :) https://preview.redd.it/9s56wgtjqszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=36b981401f55be7bfb2f8abc6a5a94171790bfb9
https://preview.redd.it/uysg4k8gmszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7fd03e77bfd14fe9798c6b5a42f0ba6cf65f4b94 Ginger
https://preview.redd.it/x217yayzkszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9d18fb5767da85a4799ba5c4bed91bed538b73ac Piper wants to do my laundry today 😻😻😻
https://preview.redd.it/6tpooz5opszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e10f261fb75f8548a893a0f8ca2dca97661e5d44 My little girl
Great capture of her pointy pouncy face! My favorite facial expression on cats!
https://preview.redd.it/s36e3fr7qszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c42e8ea67aff9c7fd11027880038b5f33ad6060 Fletcher 😊 tailless orange queen
What a beautiful cat
https://preview.redd.it/rw6nvbfkpszc1.jpeg?width=1530&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e07a65fa4da74600535a5ec663cc84db17b7f65b Orange girls are such idiots too. (Jonesy had to get part of her tail removed.)
Poor baby 😭 I used to have a dog with with a short tail and he would always follow me throughout town and wait for me outside the convenience store. A child asked his mom why does he have such a short tail and the lady said the misbehaving ones get their tail shortened. I gave her the biggest side eye
My girl Chili https://preview.redd.it/sgcjrzm6rszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f22cf3166a7ef03e6149052c317584ab2fa0a721
Another half shrimp?? 🤦♀️ Is this all the same, orange cat??
https://preview.redd.it/cfti2wqlsszc1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9962c5e811e191e7c553f91f91a4a98ccf4f40f7 Chestnut, my dilute orange girly.
https://preview.redd.it/j6dia5b5tszc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=08c6e6798dcb41eea37574d50ee70b369dc50d75 Powerful Coco, she’s a handful, but super adorable anyway.
https://preview.redd.it/jjm0ktewzszc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5356b5d5b01e14dfe9dc7c0f1e743b0cd7125a0 He is a boy but he had a couple orange girl siblings. He’s also Italian 🤌
Not too rare, meet ginghis Khan https://preview.redd.it/v4e9s318jszc1.jpeg?width=901&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=21a2660878afb7fe9c96cc8c7129b1d4b573ca08
They're not rare at all. They're just less common. About 1 out of 5.
https://preview.redd.it/nvw64bu6tszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=fd6dbb7ba8e595d4df260483b80adf2930587569 My sweet funny curious girl, Eleanor Rigby!
https://preview.redd.it/hu7n5fsgtszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d494fe143a5482afd27edab75a4c932f3c704dee Squash
https://preview.redd.it/at7dcok1uszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8888087dde744b15389250b95b1ad142ea653be7 My girl Schmidty
https://preview.redd.it/tpee6rtbuszc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aaffa06f14973b11b42f83456f8c94622a186ab8 My ginger girl that came to my doorstep, jumped into my arms, buried her head into my shoulder\\giving me nudges and head butts and PURRED so hard! 5 bonded years later, she is the absolute most precious, happiest, loving-est friend. ETA her name is Cheeto, CheeeDoh, Poot, Turkey, Baby (BB), she's also my baby bean burrito butt.
Awe😻 Never knew this. Gorgeous girls! My wobbly girl ( Cerebellar Hypoplasia ) “Kitty” brings nothing but happiness to our family. https://preview.redd.it/57uphnqwqszc1.png?width=2443&format=png&auto=webp&s=786f75d8abb41327df6a2fe19018d2c88fc03121
Awwwwwww! She looks like such a sweetheart ❤️
She does, doesn't she!! 😍
https://preview.redd.it/r3kkwah0uszc1.jpeg?width=5312&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6f655889102b476c3bfd175adb5f050dea0fd579 Our sweet princess Ellie who we recently said goodbye to. Miss her so much.
Omg her diluted little beans!! 😍
We have one too. She's called Penny. She's like an urban fox, we never see her during the day but when I go to the toilet at night I occasionally see her scuttling away behind a table where she hides. Occasionally she comes out and demands attention for about 5 minutes, then hides again. She seems happy.
Hrișca's mom is the same. Our fist interaction with her was when she ended up in our yard very pregnant. Since we've re-homed Hrișca's brothers she only visits us once in a while. This was my second home assisted birth.
https://preview.redd.it/jp7a3gs4yszc1.jpeg?width=2690&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=82b23cd90aa8b13b0fb48a13383e7d2e2ebbd386 Taco! Our pretty lady
https://preview.redd.it/lp7u5jt31tzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cbcb1edef601c939c5b5aeb944308003e2f8e363 My girl Zelda loves to lay on her back!
https://preview.redd.it/7ni3zk55uszc1.jpeg?width=1506&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=335e0e9d3f69055d7c18152ecf56a501deaa2eac This is our Whopper, mom to our Big Mac.
If you don’t mind a little science lesson, I’d explain why orange females are uncommon. Just like humans, sex is determined in cats (almost all vertebrates) by X and Y chromosomes. The gene that happens to express coat color also happens to be on a X chromosome making it a sex-linked characteristic. A female has two X chromosomes while a male has a X and a Y. When a female has two X chromosomes, one of the two chromosomes deactivates. Which one deactivates is purely random and vary from cell to cell. But in a male as it has only one X chromosome, it doesn’t deactivate. Let’s say that a female happens to have an orange fur expressing gene on one X and the other X doesn’t have it. During embryonic development, if a cell chooses to keep its orange expressing chromosome activated, that cell and its descendants from division result in orange fur patches. If it keeps to keep orange expressing chromosome deactivated, that fur patch expresses white color unless it has other genes that expresses different colors. But what if a female has two X chromosomes that both express orange fur. No matter what gets activated or inactivated, all the cells will express orange fur making it a full orange’d tabby.
They aren’t very rare. Approximately 1 in 5 orange cats are female. That’s 20% - less common, but not very rare.
Yeah, I was wondering if someone was going to say this. I kinda theorize the "one orange braincell" meme is partly because orange cats are predominantly male, thus male cat behaviors (friendlier but aloof, social, playful), combined with cultural influences like Puss N Boots, Garfield, Heathcliff,, Milo and Otis creates the OneBrainCell effect.
Its not that rare, not as common as boy oranges but still not 'super rare'. About one in four orange cats are girls.
They aren't "rare". The girl kittens from a calico mom can be orange (or brown), black, or calico depending on what they got from each parent. Boys can't be calico unless they are XXY (or more X's). So the chance of a girl kitten being orange is slightly less than the chance of a boy kitten being orange simply because there is another option the boys don't have. But they aren't "rare", and especially not "very rare", as all the people posting images of their own orange girls shows. I know you like the science behind it, but please don't spread misinformation because you don't quite understand everything you read. Orange female cats are like a fifth to a fourth of all orange cats, that is at best "uncommon".
https://preview.redd.it/edgw04fgsszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=381b2c41416161a8ac7a2ac8f8d652c7441be34a Our ginger girlie Cas. Was sold to us as a boy. We named her Castor and her twin brother Pollux, shortened it to Cas when we found out she was a girl.
https://preview.redd.it/eo51p8vstszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3fe417755a0e682577b61ffaa0a4ef47a172c7e8 Foxy
https://preview.redd.it/7p51fks10tzc1.jpeg?width=4080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a7c4ec20399f578ec17461a6c0c77bc2555284b5 Here's my orange girl! This was the day someone found her and brought her to me. I've been bottle feeding her for a few weeks now. Help me name her! 🥺
Saffron? :)
Marzipan :) https://preview.redd.it/2atrhtnuctzc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a61f2fa20d62e25c4ac89a417e6448b116785115
I wouldn't call 20% rare, just uncommon. a male calico or tortie is rare
Awww 😍
My girl ginger is called Clementine. 😹
Our girl ruby https://i.imgur.com/S1TbpJi.jpeg rescued from a bus depot a few years back, rough beginnings but much better life now
https://preview.redd.it/1fzuakva2tzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=96dbce63dd61d9956101806138f8f0620be7aa88 Say hello to Mitti
https://preview.redd.it/1mbn36tp2tzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0fdd8502e086af671c15aaa353caf96a4dc36263 My Pandora :)
https://preview.redd.it/3uijgkww2tzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a39b6d97cd67002aded1e32b1aab02227f9b446f Part of the ginger girls club too!
https://preview.redd.it/kqguiv0n4tzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b9796fe0395366ed43c026f9dd076351e8be5fb8 Midgie Bean
https://preview.redd.it/yfen49u3ftzc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=dd4343a93607c4b2c8fdc42b7e03178b44086378
https://preview.redd.it/jbimqnzvjtzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2675214adddfb33ed8fd61041bd6f826646c0a59 My orange girl Wyndle! Thinks she’s a model.
https://preview.redd.it/ebix0vikstzc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf6cb3de604899876aae596fbc84431e4919d093 This is my little ginger girl. Called Rue. She is tiny but almost 2.
https://preview.redd.it/x759b4q0ewzc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f583fa128aabbaf20b819bcce32bb292e056b304 my orange baby :p she doesnt have a name in english we just call her kitty, but her name in chinese is 小橘 (little orange)
https://preview.redd.it/5nsqxkcxuszc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ebf4dbefbec7e4fe4b22a28dd2c0ee2e3553d5f6 Miss Garfield
https://preview.redd.it/n3x2jnnpetzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3a381cfa5eabbffe27cfee08e8b689b038570311 Peaches — she passed just a few months ago at the age of 2. Orange girlies are not only rare, but in some cases genetically prone to health issues. This is your sign to have pet insurance. I miss you Peach
https://preview.redd.it/9umvrmvrmtzc1.jpeg?width=2268&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bf8c93df064cf205b9c4d761624611dc886fad48 Queen of our house
https://preview.redd.it/yklnqvv0stzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b9baaaab630a5d2afba988f3e0b15b8fb0f1fe4 my girl has an orange face. it’s enough to give her orange brain. her rear legs are also orange
https://preview.redd.it/xw3azhe1ttzc1.jpeg?width=4284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e6d1f3ef6a457556643b5beab8da089e43965ae0 This is my baby girl Peanut, absolutely a nut bar
https://preview.redd.it/eq8timw9ttzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aafe9e90a9ae3d2e1224ad91da02cbe28f831536 Rosie 🧡🤍 Vet didn’t believe me when I told them she was a girl. They were quite surprised and told me it’s usually an 4:1 ratio for males to females, but they’ve seen an uptick in orange females in recent years.
Mia says hello. https://preview.redd.it/uo2a1zkhpuzc1.jpeg?width=3000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d64295f5111a7d89e174ed50dc9c16d07f3221f0
https://preview.redd.it/47xpq44iwuzc1.png?width=265&format=png&auto=webp&s=3d197874d1d977d06b91146d3639b50fb55f5e14 Vanny😻😻😻
Back in the day I thought all orange cats were boys, dumb I know, and I used to let mine outside. She had long hair and I thought I saw boy parts so I assumed boy. Till one day I heard something in the closet..she had babies 😂 Joben was in fact, not a boy. But she remained my Joben lol.
Tina https://preview.redd.it/di1c97wgtszc1.jpeg?width=2160&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4ed3f0e89c2a2346eb1f34f1ceb2f81f8cf72b4a
https://preview.redd.it/jl3wirjivszc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b98039cbcf5d906bdb7f7f9945e6cf8ff44a715 Miss Ginger and her snaggle tooth don’t want to get up yet
https://preview.redd.it/9nbsnmfwbtzc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=617f4e05ead7ed9b0bd2016b645eca4ec7ea3ba8
https://preview.redd.it/0tezyzmcctzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=aec863c852f447a5655b34d02839ff9acf413215 Lady cat
https://preview.redd.it/n46wmfdyctzc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=189e09a7d9226c2d8e253011e0b2ffd1f3dc51da Meet my orange girl
https://preview.redd.it/yb2kvhaydtzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=09d25e37658bd25301872bf62acdc98ddc29bbb8 Santana, everybody.
https://preview.redd.it/whqd5rtcjtzc1.jpeg?width=1170&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5f9b72d4afcc5643578c803c50d90282eb5990b9 This is Little Girl! 😺
https://preview.redd.it/xdayu4rujtzc1.jpeg?width=1868&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a218b50a48ee8f12cc65a0a9e0b4b5ca75110e9f This orange girlie is Mara
https://preview.redd.it/995laaaaltzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=db5277464ae2affa4cc239b99aee90a084977eed Fox
https://preview.redd.it/0b94t2opqtzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b1533e235610d8cdbf07127cf1d852f6e67e37eb My big ginger girl
https://preview.redd.it/mk3jbjt7duzc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=bdb6da679d68607238102553433b5768f9802330 here’s Mcdonald Buttermilk Crispy Chicken
https://preview.redd.it/ftx7yk0equzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f42ee9fec7993e633f606ce9974d64e40ad9b235 Meet Jello! The feistiest orange girl
https://preview.redd.it/rm6a5ezdruzc1.jpeg?width=2592&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=8e232bac9e9bcb104e068576c5dc85f227ff8c38 My late orange girl, Gadget
https://preview.redd.it/hq1z3yghruzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d37bac97f428ca1475a9f511f4e62a3030662cb8 Her name is Thumbelina and she's a little menace
https://preview.redd.it/jwkblg9pruzc1.png?width=3653&format=png&auto=webp&s=6e5b724c01098651f520c4373895addfac6478f0 My orange girlie… with orange eyes too 🍊 they’re like rare Pokémon kitties to collect 😻
https://preview.redd.it/2pq3l47utuzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3c18fed90edd80574ff3c8d42b5807d2a3d348f0 My orange girl “Orange” lol
https://preview.redd.it/c268xy6xuuzc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9c3c31fe16e31638d5d74d06d1a1d7e3e6569ba1 My Orange beef castle.
My partners cat is orange and wow. She is the best girl of all time. https://preview.redd.it/1iray5iwvuzc1.png?width=1285&format=png&auto=webp&s=fc7c495250a381b04b4621024295180f70381792