Another story from the vaults of my memory...  

I think that's the only cat they got while we worked there, and I can only hope Jerry did the right thing and fixed her. She was a pretty little thing, probably grew up into a beauty.

well, you see, the "red" gene and the "black" gene are both dominate, so if you get any other color with one of those, you get a "red" cat or a "black" cat. Now, if you get a cat with both "red" and "black" since they are on the "X" chromosone you have both colors overlapping, and only in females... so you get a tortishell cat, and a calico is techniquely a tortie with white spotting...

I did not know that either. Interesting....

I'd bet they also wormed her and gave her a distemper shot too, too young for the rabies tho. and remember, this was 25 years ago

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I find it personally amazing that people can't lift the little tail of a kitten at 6 weeks or so, at 1 week, not so amazing...

too many years to go back and find out now, don't even know where Jerry lives

Well, I don't think he got the kitten from the shelter, I think he got her from a person.

I've only had one cat from the local shelter, and she ended up being sick, but at that time they didn't have a test for that sickness.

I have gotten a few cats from rescues, as well as placed a number for adoption thru rescues.

But this was LONG before I started rescueing cats. But not before I was into cats and probably working on my way to actually rescueing them.

Bless you for being a cat rescue person, helping them from difficult cases and helping them find homes.

Shelter I meant broad I suppose, as throughout my life, only my very first loved one (dog) was adopted from a friend who had a litter of puppies. After that, a rescue league, and different shelters from all over the state (my first cat was from a branch of the ASPCA shelter).

Well, off to bed, but keep up your warm heart and push to save our furry ones in the world!

yeah, I'm just a rescueing fool 28 and counting

Do you mean you have 28 in your house right now??!
I have 2 furry family members right now, bless them, and i am blessed to have one sweetie sleeping right in my room right now. Makes me so much happier and warmer! :o)

Hun, I've been telling folks I'm a crazy cat lady since I got here!

roflol!

oh you know, apparently they call them tortishell and white over there

Ah yes... I know tortoiseshell. I didn't know they were all female though. You learn something each day here, on Mylot!

well, he wasn't a country boy, and I think she was his first kitten, probably could've sexed a dog