| Paw Colors | Points |
|---|---|
| Grey | 0-49 |
| Red | 50-149 |
| Orange | 150-299 |
| Green | 300-599 |
| Magenta | 600-1499 |
| Purple | 1500-4999 |
| Blue | 5000-9999 |
| Brown | 10000-24999 |
| Black | 25000+ |
is a male calico rare where you live because it like 500$ or even more where i live
i want one!
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Here is something I found on the internet.
Calico cats, with their orange, black and white coloration, are almost always female. So are black and orange tortoiseshells. Why?
The answer has to do with genetics. Every cat has 38 pairs of chromosomes; half of the pairs are from the mother, the other half is from the father. Within every chromosome there are thousands of different genes.
Every female cat receives one X chromosome from her mother and one X chromosome from her father, while a male receives one X chromosome from his mother and one Y chromosome from his father. Within the X chromosome is a gene for coat color.
In calicos and tortoiseshells, one X has the black gene; the other X has the orange gene. White coat color is associated with a completely separate gene.
At conception, the kitten is a one-celled organism, which divides until there are millions of cells that make up the final kitten. Each time a cell divides, it passes on its genetic material.
For the sex chromosomes, there is a battle for power. This is especially true for the X chromosome. If two X chromosomes are present, which determines female sex, one X chromosome will become inactivated at some point in fetal development. When this happens, all the cells descended from the activated X chromosome will have the same characteristics, including coat color.
In calicos, if the X-chromosome that is left functioning carries the orange gene, then all the cells descended from it will result in an orange color. The same is true if the functioning X chromosome has the black gene. If both X-chromosomes carry the same color gene, then the calico pattern will not appear.
Since X chromosomes inactivate at various times in each individual cat, color patches vary.
The story is different for male cats. Males have only one X chromosome, and it is never inactivated. Whatever color gene is present on this X chromosome will determine the color of the cat. Males can be calico or tortoiseshell only if they are born with 2 X-chromosomes and a Y (XXY), allowing one X to be inactivated. This genetic defect (XXY) is very rare.
It is difficult to breed specifically for calico or tortoiseshell cats. Breeding an orange cat to a black cat may increase the chances, but it all depends on whether the kitten is female and at what stage during development the X-chromosome becomes inactive. There is no way to predict or force an X chromosome to inactivate at a certain point in development.
I know I know this sounds like alot to absorb, but basically it means it is easier for the genes to make girl kitties than boy kitties in this breed. I have had and seen male calicos, however most are usually sterile. If you have a male calico get him checked for fertility. Hope this helps.
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wow-wee. a plus for you.
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Very well answerd, cats with three coat colours or more are always female. Plus!
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Wow. I never knew you could make it sound so scientifical. I'm totally giving you a plus. I learned about this in school just a little while ago, but, we didn't get THAT into it. It was just a side thing. We were mainly just on humans.
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Thanks. I gave you a plus.
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good answer....you saved me from answering it. I have a calico myself and when i got her i did alot of research and found out that stuff. it's kinda crazy how genetics workout huh? I had no idea calico's are almost always female til i got my lil girl. kinda weird.
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Tortoiseshell describes a coat coloring found in cats. Cats of this color are mottled, with patches of red and black, chocolate, or cinnamon. They are sometimes called torties for short.
The term “tortoiseshell” (also called calimanco or clouded tiger in North America) is typically reserved for cats with brindled coats that have relatively few or no white markings. Those that are largely white with red and black patches (rather than a brindled aspect) are described as tortoiseshell-and-white (in the United Kingdom) or calico (in the United States).
Tortoiseshells and calicos are not specific breeds of cat. The tortoiseshell markings appear in many different breeds.[1] This pattern is especially preferred in the Japanese Bobtail breed.
Both calico and tortoiseshell cats are almost always female.
Tortoiseshell cats have coats with patches of red and black, chocolate, cream, or cinnamon. The size of the patches can vary from a fine speckled pattern to large areas of color. Typically, the more white a cat has, the more solid the patches of color. Dilution genes may modify the coloring, lightening the fur to a mix of cream and blue, lilac or fawn. The markings on tortoiseshell cats are usually asymmetrical. Occasionally tabby patterns of eumelanistic and pheomelanistic colors are also seen (these are often then called “torbie” or “caliby”). Tortoiseshell also can be expressed in the point pattern.Tortoiseshell coats are caused by a combination of specific genetic traits. In female cats, where this trait occurs almost exclusively, it is a result of X-inactivation, in which different patches of fur receive coding for different hair color due to the activation of an X chromosome from either the mother or the father. Calico coloring is a mix of phaeomelanin based colors (red) and eumelanin based colors (black, chocolate and cinnamon).
Coat coloration in cats is complex, and controlled by several genes. One gene involved has two alleles: the Orange allele, O, which is the dominant form, (XO), and produces orange fur; and the “Black” allele, “o”, which is the recessive form, (Xo), and produces black fur.
For a cat to be a tortoiseshell or calico, it must simultaneously express both of the alleles, O and o, which are two versions of the same gene, located at the same locus on the X chromosome. Males normally cannot do this: they can have only one allele, as they have only one X chromosome; consequently, virtually all tortoiseshell or calico cats are females. Occasionally a male calico is born (the rate is approximately 1 in 3,000[2]). These may have Klinefelter’s syndrome, the carrying of an extra X chromosome, and will almost always be sterile. Alternatively, a male calico/tortoiseshell may be a chimera, resulting from the fusion of two differently colored embryos.
The spotting gene causes white patches to cover the colored fur. Although there is no genetic difference, the amount of white is artificially divided into mitted, bicolor, harlequin, and van, going from almost no white to almost completely white.
In normal female tortoiseshell cats and in Klinefelter males, the position of the patches depends on which X-chromosome is active in each cell and which is inactivated to become a Barr body.
In some cats, mainly calico cats with a prominently white coat, the texture
Cats of this coloration are believed to bring good luck in the folklore of many cultures;[3] in the United States these are sometimes referred to as money cats.[4]
Calico cats, with their orange, black and white coloration, are almost always female. So are black and orange tortoiseshells. Why?
The answer has to do with genetics. Every cat has 38 pairs of chromosomes; half of the pairs are from the mother, the other half is from the father. Within every chromosome there are thousands of different genes.
Every female cat receives one X chromosome from her mother and one X chromosome from her father, while a male receives one X chromosome from his mother and one Y chromosome from his father. Within the X chromosome is a gene for coat color.
In calicos and tortoiseshells, one X has the black gene; the other X has the orange gene. White coat color is associated with a completely separate gene.
At conception, the kitten is a one-celled organism, which divides until there are millions of cells that make up the final kitten.
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this is a tortie the kitty all the way to the right. I had one for 13 years. They too just like the standard calicos are almost always female due to the 3 color pattern.
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Isn't this a lot of information?!? I am very embarrassed! I didn't mean to put this much! Mama Mia
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WOW you have been doing your homework, if you know what I mean...
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I never knew that male calico’s were rare anywhere. I have a female calico named Sam and she is around 9 years old. Wonder how old the oldest Calico was!!!
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wow you’r good! i never knew it like that! i just thought…i dunno what i thought about how calicos get they’re colors, or gender.
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Actually, when I learned in school, they said the specific colors they get are from their genes. It's actually really interesting.
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ok wow! there is no such thing as a male calico. at least i have never ever heard of one before!!!!!! ull have to pay a fortune for one if u ever do find one. ull prob be famous if u do own one!
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There is such thing as a male calico.
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Yes, there is! My dad had one. It was a long haired calico cat. Extremely rare!
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Male calicos are rare, but they are probably not going to be sold for 500 dollars. Check your local animal shelter, if they do have a male calico, it will be the same price as the other cats at the shelter. http://www.vast.com/pets/cat/pet_breed-Calico Here is a website to check out, where you can purchase calicos. Most of the calicos for sale are females, but some are males.
Hope this helps,
Johnisgood2
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Well, there you go, to answer the question, from what you’ve seen, Calico cats ARE rare
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