In most other mammals, like dogs, sheep, rabbits, and horses, mutations in a protein called Mc1r lead to red hair color, but not in cats.
    • FauxPseudo @lemmy.worldEnglish
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      3 days ago

      We foster a lot of cats and and I had had orange girl on my list for a long long time. And then one day someone called me because in an area I was doing tnr my mom dropped off three babies on a porch. All three were girls. I caught the mom who was also orange. And then we picked up two more within a few months.

      I went from years without a single orange girl showing up to a flood of them to a flood of them. I was only going to keep two but my wife made me keep all of them.