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My cats 1st birthday is coming up, what kind of treat should I get him? (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by meekah@lemmy.world to c/cat@lemmy.world

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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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[-] QualifiedKitten@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months 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 6 months 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 6 months 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!