Cats
10-11-2007, 08:02 PM
Hi,
On 1st October I saw one of our neighbours’ cats investigating the cotoneaster bush outside my study window, hoping to find a few mice or birds to eat (we often have problems with other people’s cats hunting our birds and mice). It was a very pretty tortoiseshell cat of the usual red/brown/black colour, not tortie-and-white. After searching for food in and around the bush, it then turned and sprayed the bush before walking off along the terrace. Knowing that tortoiseshell cats are almost always females (due to a genetic condition – usually only females can have the tortoiseshell colour), I was very surprised to see this one scent-marking like a male! I would be interested if anybody on Catsey can tell me if female domestic cats ever scent-mark in exactly the same way as males?
The cat I saw certainly looked slender enough to be a female, but I look forward to getting some feedback on this enquiry, hopefully from an expert!
On 1st October I saw one of our neighbours’ cats investigating the cotoneaster bush outside my study window, hoping to find a few mice or birds to eat (we often have problems with other people’s cats hunting our birds and mice). It was a very pretty tortoiseshell cat of the usual red/brown/black colour, not tortie-and-white. After searching for food in and around the bush, it then turned and sprayed the bush before walking off along the terrace. Knowing that tortoiseshell cats are almost always females (due to a genetic condition – usually only females can have the tortoiseshell colour), I was very surprised to see this one scent-marking like a male! I would be interested if anybody on Catsey can tell me if female domestic cats ever scent-mark in exactly the same way as males?
The cat I saw certainly looked slender enough to be a female, but I look forward to getting some feedback on this enquiry, hopefully from an expert!