Maine coon queens breeding maine coon kiitens for over 20 years. Bicolor color class including vans black and white. With torties, the colours are all randomly mixed like melody and my kitten dixie. The true history of the maine coon is hidden by myth, folklore, and legend. Ruby is a beautiful silver patched tabby and white with a long rectangular body, nice boxy square muzzle and beautiful long shaggy coat. A very common feature of all the tabby patterns is a white chin. Colors accepted are blue patched or bluesilver patched. There are two other maine coons listed in the cat fanciers associations color classifications. Tabby cat simple english wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Riversydecattery maine coon queens registered cattery that breeds high quality maine coons and bengals.
Exotic shorthair cats and kittens for sale at ziakatz. Most of the time, cats that are pure maine coons will have a rectangular body, meaning that the size and shape of the muscles throughout the body gives them a strong, rectangular shape, rather than an oblong or very sleek build. For example there are blue patched tabbies, blue silver patched tabbies and brown patched tabbies. Randomly patched all over with red, black and cream. The coat has not guard hairs and is surprising to see this coat on a maine coon. The use of tricolour is used in relation to the japanese bobtail. You may have heard the term torbie being tossed around, too.
For cats with white patches on their chest, paws, and paws, the color code 09 will. May 27, 2017 colour brown mackerel tabby and white testing. However, besides the patches of black and orange, it also has tabby stripes like garfield. Sometimes a polydactyl maine coon kitten, and sometimes, infrequently, a feral look. Spirithill is announcing a litter spirithill maine coon. Undercoat white with a mantle of black tipping shading down from sides, face, and tail from dark on the ridge to white on the chin, chest, stomach, and under the tail. The patched tabby is a calico or tortoiseshell cat with tabby patches also known as caliby and torbie.
One of the things she talked about was the different colors and she mentioned that a patched tabby will always be female. Facts about the tortoiseshell cat everything you need to know. Other examples of bicolored cats are the turkish van, with is colored cap and tail, and the birman, with its four white mittens. She is 10 years old and is a solid white maine coon current on all vaccinations and is spayed.
Brown tabby with or without white, patched tabby, solid black, black smoke, silver tabby, blue tabby. Brown torby and white brown spotted torby and white calico tortoiseshell with large patches of white. This page details all of the female maine coon cats that are currently in the icoons breeding and showing program. Jan 21, 2020 a dilute tortie may have blue and cream fur instead of black and orange. Brown torby brown spotted torby patches of brown tabby and red tabby.
Diluted, dilution a lighter colour variation of the standard cat colour. Cat genetics tutorial part 3 tabbyagouti by spottedtabbycat on deviantart. It is the oldest natural cat breeds in north america and is the official state cat of its native state of maine. Ben is a brown tabby with white male that also carries the solid gene and the dilute gene. A bicolor cat or piebald maine coon cat is a cat with white fur combined with fur of some other color, for example black or tabby. The cats colouring is as defined for a tabby, withwithout white on the face. Color prefix chart the cat fanciers association, inc. The maine coon often has this attractive tabby patterning with white chest, white mittens, and even a face mask of the purest white. There is the dilute tricolor of which the three colours are blue, cream and white. We are getting a new baby girl and the breeders says she is a black classic torbie i have been trying to research more about that pattern because i want to have an idea of how she will look like but i cant seem to get a clear answer. They are also called patched tabbies since they are a tabby with. Mackerel is the original pattern and is by far the most common tabby pattern. Spirithill summer shandy summer is a dilute patched tabby with white, also called a bluecream torbie. The calico maine coon has a vibrant tricolored coat of red, black and white.
A cat show term that signifies a subdivision consisting of two. Torbies are a mix between a tabby and a tortie, which is where the name comes from, so they are similar but you can see the tabby pattern in the coat stripes. Our experience with this breed spans over 25 years, including the breeding and showing of international and. Breeding the biggest, most extreme, and most beautiful cats for over 20 years. Aug 21, 2018 cat breeders have been busy and expanded the variations of the patched tabby. When a cat has tabby stripes but also tortoiseshell markings, this results in what is known as a torbie. The term given to the shape of certain cats heads eg.
There are a number of rex cats such as the laperm and devon rex to name two. Those that are largely white with tortoiseshell patches are described as tricolor. Spirithill is announcing a litter spirithill maine. Then theres the gray tabby, who has black stripes on a mediumgray background. Cat colours and patterns are deceptive a maine coon colour. Dilute torby blue classic torby patches of blue tabby and cream tabby. A dilute calico maine coon has muted versions of the dense coat colors. Qt inherits with and without silver, solid, classic tabby, red and black and maybe diluted colors.
Cfa standard maine coon cat breeder maine coon companion. Maine coon queens breeding maine coon kiitens for over. How to tell the difference between torbie, tortie, calico. Hcm nn, pkd nn, sma nn, pk def n n wildwater olivia champion. These cats might include the dilute genes, but theyre recessive genes. She is a very shy girl and will take awhile to warm up to a new environment. There are some male cats that have xxy as a genetic defect so it is not unheard of to have males with red and black but it is rare and they are usually infertile. Brown, silver, red, blue, cream, creamsilver, bluesilver, cameo, brown tabby and white, brown patched tabby and white, silver tabby and white, silver patched tabby and. They usually have a white base color with patches of cream and. Sep 12, 2014 silver patched tabby dilute tabby calico, with maybe a hint of british shorthair.
Color as described for patched tabby torbie with or without white on face. Females patched tabbytorbie with white, calicotortoiseshell with white. Mom is a red solid with white and sire is a brown mackerel tabby with white. Color prefix and class maine coon cat cat fanciers association. A patched tabby is a calico cat with the distinct tabby stripes within the black and orange patches. Please note that the silver tabby is the only tabby that does not have a solid counterpart. A tortie cat with a white belly is likely a calico. A patched tabby has the two colors like the torties and the calicos thus it would have to have two x chromosomes which is the definition of a female.
Breeding mommas from champion and grand champion stock. Torbie is short for tortoiseshell tabby, and is a patched tabby, or one with brown tabby patterns instead of black fur. Brown classic tabby, brown classic tabby and white, brown patched tabby, brown patched tabby and white, red, red and white, black. How to spot the difference between calico and tortie cats. A patched tabby is a calico cat with the distinct tabby stripes within the.
Color as described for patched tabby torbie with or without white. Blue, bluesilver, cream, creamsilver, cameo colors accepted. Theres something so regal and beautiful about a classic tabby maine coon. Ruby is a little vixen and keeps all the girls in the house stirred up. The dilute of black is blue and the dilute of red is cream.
A mackerel tabby has narrow stripes that run in parallel down its sides. Black, grey blue, white, red, cream tabby classic, mackerel, ticked. They are also called patched tabbies since they are a tabby with patches of red or cream. Maine coon cat cat fanciers association breed council. However, the generally accepted belief among breeders is that the maine coon is a descendant of simple local shorthaired domestic cats and local longhaired breeds brought overseas by english seafarers or even 11th century norsemen. The cfa standard maine coon cat breeder cat fanciers association cfa is a nonprofit organization founded in 1906. A tortoiseshell maine coon is black with patches of red or red shaded fur intermingled. Cfa and tica registered breeding exotic shorthair cats and kittens. For cats with white patches on their chest, paws, and paws, the color code 09 will be added. The calico pattern is sometimes confused with tortoiseshell and tabby maine. The tabbies are the most sought after maine coon colors. The legs and tail have dark bars as do the cats cheeks. Learn the differences between tabby cat patterns right here. Maine coon cats are available in over 84 colors and pattern variations.
They are also called patched tabbies since they are a tabby with patches of. Silver classic torbie classic silver tortoiseshell tabby. No one knows how they made it over to the americas. It is visible on the nose and paws where the colour isnt diluted by the. Mountain redhead and ben got together and a due date of may12th is predicted. Portrait of four purebred maine coon cats on a white background, source. Facts about the tortoiseshell cat everything you need to. These issues about how a maine coons patterns are classified are very technical. Cat genetics tutorial part 2 dilute colors by spottedtabbycat.
The general effect is to be much darker than the shell dilute calico. The traditional mike version is black, red and white. It was really great information and helped me to understand the awards and things a lot. We have 6 actively breeding colossal maine coon queen cats in tampa, florida. A bicolor cat or piebald maine coon cat is a cat with white fur combined with fur of some other color, for example. Adding stripes also tends to make the red harder to see.
The first cat shows licensed by cfa were held during 1906 one in buffalo and one in detroit. We have brown classic tabby maine coons, blue patch tabby maine coons, silver patch tabby maine coons, brown patched tabby with white maine coons, red with white maine coons, and many other color main coon cats. Tortie and white small white areas with mingled red, black and. Big meow maine coon cat breeder in conyers, georgia. Cat breeders have been busy and expanded the variations of the patched tabby. The general effect to be much darker than a chinchilla. Apr 25, 2020 the maine coon is the largest domestic cat breed which is thought to be descended from european cats brought over on ships. Hcm nn, pkd nn, sma nn, pk def nn wildwater queen bee champion. She gets along well with all other cats and should be fine with dogs. Famous for red markings, the turkish van can sport any championship color. Cat colours and patterns are deceptive a maine coon. The maine coon comes in a huge variety of coat colours and patterns, the cat fanciers association cfa accepts the following colours and patterns solid. A distinctive characteristic is its smooth, shaggy coat.
The patched tabbyand white is brown tabby, red tabby and white and the dilute. As the babies take milk from mom, she gently folds her plummed tail over her babies for warmth and comfort. This can be different if your cat is a mixture, but most of the time a cat with maine coon in the heritage will. The tabby white are classified as brown tabby white, brown patched. The notable difference is that tabby cats have stripes. Chocolate tortie chocolate mingled with red and cream. The mystery was solved years later when a male red, blue and white maine. Terra brown classic tabby with white female spirithill. The markings of this cat can be patches to fine speckles of color. July 2, 2018 colour brown patched classic tabby testing.
If a cat inherits the dilute genes, black becomes blue and red becomes cream. Excellent breeding, show and pet quality cats and kittens. A tabby s patches can also include tortie patterns. She is a gorgeous girl with a very nice structure, beautiful ears and face, and she is super sweet on top of it. Kitties with larger amounts of white up to around 50% the code is 03. A dilute tortie may have blue and cream fur instead of black and orange. Maine coon colors and patterns full color photographs. These range from turkish van pattern color on the crown of the head and the tail only through to solid color with a throat locket. I got her from angela at rebelpaws after she was imported from russia. Also, the red and black do not appear in distinct patches, but are intermingled in a brindletype pattern. I may decide to bring her to show and see if she enjoys it. Most people are familiar with tortoiseshell and tortieandwhite cats known as calico in. Tortoiseshell cats have particolored coats with patches of various shades of red and black, and sometimes white. Many breeds possess this pattern, including the american shorthair and maine coon.
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