Oliver of Oliver and Company was only a kitten, but like his namesake from Dickens, he always wanted some more. Famous fictional cats, Garfield and Heathcliff are well known for pulling off crazy antics to get more food than they were due. Tiger from An American Tale claimed to be vegetarian but while he had misgivings against eating something that could talk, sing and dance with him, he had no problem at all with fish. Orange tabby cats have a big appetiteīesides orange color, the one thing they have in common is being on the pudgy side. They are known for being very affectionate and not shy at all, given the proper upbringing. Some are even referred to as more like dogs than a typical independent (or antisocial) cat. They both purr and meow a lot and will always want to be near their favorite humans. Orange cats were found to be the most sociable. National Geographic has found that personality can be tied to a cat’s fur color. The mackerel tabby will have stripes just like a tiger.

Patched tabbies will have large swathes of color as well as stripes.

Ticked tabbies (also known as agouti) have most of the tabby markings on their face.

A spotted tabby will look more like a leopard or a jaguar with rosette or oval markings rather than stripes.

The classic tabby will have a butterfly pattern on his back or a bull’s eye pattern on his sides, appearing as if the cat was tie dyed.

There are five basic types of this pattern: classic tabby, spotted tabby, ticked tabby, patched tabby and mackerel tabby. The orange tabby will usually have one of five varying kinds of coat patterns They tend to develop them at a year or two old. They will be most noticeable on the lips and nose where the fur is the thinnest. Just like redheaded humans are likely to develop freckles, so are ginger cats! You may find tiny black spots on his skin. They have a tendency to develop black freckles

So, whether your cat has long and fluffy or short and fuzzy hair, they can be of the ginger persuasion. Bengals, and Savannah cats look like pint-sized tigers. Abyssinians are favored for the orange ticked pattern. Long haired breeds such as Persians, Maine coons and American curl can have the orange tabby pattern. Solid orange simply is not a color trait found in cats. You can have a golden tabby, a silver tabby, a cream tabby or a yellow tabby. All orange cats have stripe patterns, however faint. Romeo (King of the Grill)īut not every tabby is an orange cat. The paws, chest and tail tip may also be white. Many orange cats will have white legs and a white underbelly. This is especially true in patched tabbies. Orange tabby fur can be blended with white spots That does not seem to apply to ginger cats at all! Anyone who owns one of these orange tabbies will tell you that they are just the world’s biggest sweethearts! 3. This is the same pigment that creates red hair in humans.Ĭartman from South Park would like to convince people that ginger kids don’t have souls. The reason for this is because these cats have a dominance of a particular pigment known as pheomelanin.

Orange tabbies all have their own distinct shades and tints, but they all will have some variance of an orange, reddish or perhaps even cream-colored hue. The orange hue comes from a distinct pigment The breeds that most commonly have this pigment are Maine Coons, Munchkins, Egyptian Maus, British Shorthairs, Bengals, Abyssinians, American Bobtails and Persians. It could be a shade of orange closer to red or yellow or more brownish. While some breeds are more likely to produce orange pigments rather than others, this is not a cat breed but simply a coat variety. Nearly every cat breed not dependent on color can have the orange tabby pattern. It really is a coat pattern rather than a breed Ginger cat fans probably know these already, but let’s take a look at these 7 Reasons Why Orange Cats are the Best Cats. What’s so fascinating about the orange tabby? Is there just something daring about keeping what looks like a baby tiger in your house? Maybe that orange color is just warm and exciting. Most Americans remember the iconic ginger cat characters like Garfield with his funny, quirky, fun-loving attitude, and Hobbes of Calvin and Hobbes, who embodies playfulness and feline instincts and even though Jim Davis, the creator of the Garfield comic featured cats of various colors, the big orange Garfield is the one everyone remembers. 9 Reasons Why Orange Cats are the Best CatsĮven though Ginger Cat Appreciation Day happens in September, any day to recognize these cute, adorable, yet often overlooked reds is a reason to celebrate!