Three-colored male cats, anyone who owns?

@lizeri (533)
Philippines
April 17, 2007 3:21pm CST
I wonder if there are some that exist. Actually, three-colored male cats were believed to be cats who bring luck. But some people say they are hardly found because their mother cat kills them when they were born. And I don't know why?
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@emeraldisle (13139)
• United States
17 Apr 07
The mother doesn't kill them at birth. That is an old wives tale. They are rare though. If a cat has more then two colors, usually called a calico, it's a female. Just how the system works for them. From what I understand if you do find male calico it's worth a lot of money because they don't happen in nature. I'm sure there is a scientific reason but I don't know what it is.
• United States
17 Apr 07
It's just simple genetics really. In simple, layman's terms as I understand it the gene(s) for the female gender just normally goes along with the gene(s) for calico. So where you find one you normally find the other.
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@lizeri (533)
• Philippines
18 Apr 07
Wow! Perhaps, that's a fact.
• United States
17 Apr 07
Cat - A cat with 4 different colors, like mine!
I think a 4 colored male cat. He is black, grey, white and brown. He is a beautiful, sweet boy. His name is Monstro. He is really big too, lots of muscle on him. Is 4 colored better than 3 O.o
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@lizeri (533)
• Philippines
18 Apr 07
Hey, you know what, your cat looks like mine also. check my photo.
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@aweaver4 (138)
• United States
18 Apr 07
yeah male calicos are very rare, and if found, are usually sterile. i think it has an extra gene than normal male cats (maybe like xxy if the gender genes are like humans). female orange tabbys are uncommon, maybe for the same but opposite reason.
@sarapooht (271)
• Philippines
18 Apr 07
Hi Lizeri! I own a cat with three colors but she is a female actually three-colored male cat can hardly be found because most of the three-colored cats are females.
@lizeri (533)
• Philippines
18 Apr 07
Yeah, that's true. Actually, I just got the idea from my mom when we were looking for a kitten to adopt. The belief that you will have good luck when you have one is from Japan. And you will be luckier if you have that kind of cat who has a very short tail.
@edgar1868 (204)
• Philippines
17 Apr 07
3 colored male cats are rare. In fact until now I haven't seen one yet. I have two 3 colored females. The mother cats killing them when they were born is not actually true from what I've learned.
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