Blue Eyes Orange Tabby Cat Kitten

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Blue eyes orange tabby cat kitten. Hi i have 3 beautiful tabby dark stripy kittens there 8 weeks old and ready to go there forever homes they are fully litter trained and eating and drinking seprate from mum we have 3 small children and another cat so the kittens are well handled age age. Eye color is determined by melanocytes in the iris and sometimes coat color. Tabby cats have the distinction of being the most common felines but they re not actually recognized as a breed. All kittens are born with blue eyes however you won t be able to see their baby blues for a few days as they are born with their eyes closed.

For the first seven to 13 days they depend on smell and of course mom in order to survive. Kittens are born with blue eyes because their melanocytes haven t started working yet. Updated january 21 2020. A cat with that orange fur gene is usually orange but it can be white if it also carries genes for white fur.

As they grow their melanocytes start to function and the true color of their eyes begins to appear. These cells are known as melanocytes. Assuming that all cats. In rare cases cats can have two different eye colors.

The blue coloration in a cat s eyes is caused by the presence of pigment cells in the iris. The vertical pupils are usually black. Sparkling blue eyes are found in several cat breeds and are especially prevalent in white cats or those with white markings. Many orange cats are tabby cats.

As for blue eyes in adulthood that s either part of the pointed gene like siamese have or it s a trait of a breed called ojos azules which all have blue eyes in adulthood. Orange tabby cats facts personality and genetics jim davis creator of garfield once said in my head the sky is blue the grass is green and cats are orange while davis famous comic strip has also included cats that were gray yellow and even pink blue and purple it s big orange garfield that everyone remembers. This blue eyed cat trait turns up in some other breeds and also occurs equally in both female and males kitties. A tabby cat is simply any domestic cat that has a coat with stripes dots line or swirling patterns accompanied by the typical tabby m pattern on the forehead.

Cat lovers worldwide seek them out and some types even more than others. The most common eye color for tabby cats is red copper orange yellow hazel blue and green.