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Old June 28th 04, 03:57 AM
Sandy
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I had an orange tabby female. She was Sundance's sister -- Sundance is a
male orange tabby-and-white. The YMCA named them Sundance and Cassidy
because they assumed they were both males, but surprise! From what I've
read, orange females are much more common than male calicos or
tortoiseshells, but still unusual. Maybe that's changing, though.

Those are gorgeous tortoiseshells!
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Sandy

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For a long time I was under the impression that all completely orange
(as opposed to calicos with some orange) cats were males, just as the
vast majority of all torties are female. But I have several strays
that hang out in my back yard, and I've seen what I believed to be an
undersized male nursing her kittens! Are orange females more common
than I thought? Thanks for any info.
Oh, and the kitty is sort of deep orange on top with some tabby orange
stripings on the flanks.
She is closest to the camera in this photo
http://home.earthlink.net/~lazykat67...s/Dscn1899.jpg
and appears on the right in this one
http://home.earthlink.net/~lazykat67...s/Dscn1895.jpg