u/chemlife7072126

Hi, I was referred to this sub from another to get some insight into my new DSH kitty’s unusual coat. She’s a former stray (no chip, not spayed, no owners found) so we decided to give her a home. She has maybe the most unusual coat I’ve ever seen on a cat. She has white fur with gray/black tips on her back, and her chest/belly is orange. She has tabby stripes and spots on her sides (almost look like rosettes), and she has solid black toe beans (not tortoiseshell).

Can anyone provide some insight into her genetic makeup and how a coat like this comes about? At first I thought she was a tabbico but she’s so uniformly gray on top but gold on bottom with solid toes. I can’t imagine what her parents would have to look like!

This girl showed up at our house as a skinny stray, so we took her in. I’ve honestly never seen a cat with a coat like hers. Her fur is white with black/gray tips on top and orange on her belly and chest, and she’s got spots on her sides like a Bengal (hard to see in photos). I almost wonder if a runaway snow bengal had babies with an orange tabby. What are your thoughts?