Leia & Patches (posted for Dandysmom)

[bobbie3917]

Nice Cats Love The Colour

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by dinahsmum

Isn't Leia an unusual colour? I have see it before but it is very rare, isn't it? Are they always she-cats, like torties?

Hi, don't know if it's especially rare...my Misty. a little stray, the one who died at 19 1/2 was exactly the same color..yes, it's sex-linked; males almost unheard of and when one does appear, he is sterile

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by CJK

are tories she cats then? I didnt know that!
lovely cats

Yes, torties are always or 99% female; sex-linked..thanks for the kind comment

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Moli

Beautiful cats, lovely colours.........
Years ago a friend got a ginger kitten, called it fergus, when she took it to the vets, discovered he was a she...so she became fergie!!Not a lot of ginger girls about!

Funny!! I like Fergie for her

[dandysmom]

Thank you all for your kind remarks, and special thanks to Mags & Smudgley who have been kind enough to post piccies for this inept Yankee who can't seem to master getting them out of Photobucket...you all are great For a long time I was confused as to whether Leia was a blue-patched tabby, or a blue torbie (tortie/tabby)...finally discovered that it depends on which side of the Atlantic you're on Here in North America she's a blue-patched tabby, and if she goes overseas, morphs to a blue torbie . Blue is a dilute of the usual tortie black and orange, like Patches...for example, if someone would, God forbid! dunk a regular tortie in bleach for a few hours, she would come out diluted to blue and cream instead of black and orange!! So, although Patches & Leia really don't care for one another, they are actually sisters under the skin Did you like the one of Leia on the wine rack; that is one of my favorite shots....

[borderdawn]

Lovely Cats they are , beautiful.
Dawn.

[Mags]

That is a great shot of Leia on the wine rack!!
Eileen, if you would like any more of your pics posted just email them to me any time and I'll willingly do it for you..

[dandysmom]

Originally Posted by Mags

That is a great shot of Leia on the wine rack!!
Eileen, if you would like any more of your pics posted just email them to me any time and I'll willingly do it for you..

I am tempted, but don't want to overdo it or take too much advantage....maybe next month I have a couple of good ones of Leia outside on the porch being the mighty huntress making faces at the birds in the feeder...they need to have the brightness corrected...again, thanks