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submitted 1 year ago by meekah@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

I was thinking about some raw fish or something like that, he seems to really like salmon. Any suggestions or things to watch out for?

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[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yup. What’s fun is when you offer him a carrot. He looks at it like… “wtf am I going to do with that?!”

Torties, amirite?

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I thought he liked apples for a short while. I kept giving him small pieces and he at them. Then one day I decided to chop a whole 1/8 of an apple into small pieces and he barely ate any of that 😂 but yeah often he really seems disappointed when I offer him some of my food

[-] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Sorry to go slightly off topic here, but do you have a male tortie?? Those are quite rare, because it requires 2 X chromosomes to produce the tortie coat.

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I assumed he’s a tortie. He’s got that coloration. (Or I’m just an idiot. But he has black/brownish-tan.)

Didn’t know it was rare. Gonna have to ask his people about. (It’s probably something they knew… it he’s getup their in years so, they probably never mentioned it.)

[-] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe you're thinking tabby? Brown tabbies are often referred to as the "standard issue cat", and are commonly found as both XX and XY cats. Torties are black/brown and orange, and their coloring is the result of having one X chromosome for black/brown, and a second one for orange.

My apologies, I just find their genetics so fascinating!

[-] FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Definitely not. He’s got that brindle coat with black, light brown and tannish orange. (No white, though.)

My understanding currently is either he has XXY chromosomes, or is a chimera. I’m also fascinated by the genetics, so don’t apologize.

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