My black kitten is going grey?? What do you make of this?

[GreenPartyVoter]

Most of you have already "met" Gizmo. If you haven't, here he is in action with his sister:

Today ElderSon pointed out something interesting. This is Giz with his fur lying normally as of an hour ago:




And this is what happens when I part it. He looks like he is growing out a bad dye job! LOL:

[meow2u3]

1. IINM, he's known as "black smoke"

That's what they call black cats with a gray undercoat.

Here's some more info about cat coat colors: http://fanciers.com/other-faqs/colors.html

[GreenPartyVoter]

2. That's what I thought he might be. We think he may be part Ragdoll, although I understand

this coat is probably more common in Maine Coons. (But his personality is so Ragdollish, I'm still leaning that way.)

Whatever he is, he is the cutest and the bestest of that kind.

[meow2u3]

12. I had a black smoke Maine Coon mix

Sylvester turned out to be like that. When I first adopted him (in 1996), he looked just like Looney Tunes' Sylvester, only without the clowinsh nose. When he got older, his fur seemed to turn grayish.

[GreenPartyVoter]

21. I wonder if Gizmo's changing color so young has any bearing on just how grey he will go?

[turtlerescue1]

3. "Decisions, Decisions"

But still unusual! BUT look at the adorable face.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. Yeah, he's a heart melter! Especially when he does his "bunny run."

[turtlerescue1]

5. Is his nose black and white?

[GreenPartyVoter]

6. Well, he has a black and white blaze running up it, and the end is black and pink.

[Denninmi]

7. Time to go to the drug store and buy a bottle of "Grecian Formula".

Actually, if he keeps that two-tone look, I think that would be a lot more interesting and attractive than just solid black. Pretty cool, really.

[GreenPartyVoter]

10. Yah, I think he's getting pretty fancy! (And BIG. He eats all day long.)

[MrScorpio]

16. No, he should get Just For Kittens instead. nt

[MiddleFingerMom]

8. Stop knocking out the ashes in your bong on your kitty.

[GreenPartyVoter]

9. Actually, he may have just been rolling in the kitty litter. *snarf*

[MiddleFingerMom]

11. In the 8 or 9 years that I had NoName here in Tucson, she was definitely an indoor kitty...

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... (except when, on a leash, she would go out for long walks with me).
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During those years, she slipped past me at the door about 5 or 6 times and would head
DIRECTLY for the nearest patch of dry, sandy dirt and BATHE in it, rolling over and over
and luxuriating in whatever it did for her.
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She left a black-and-white tuxedo cat... she returned a 100% grey tabby.
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[GreenPartyVoter]

13. LOL Kitties are so crazy!

[TuxedoKat]

15. LOL

My tuxedo cat does that just about every day too.

[HopeHoops]

14. You aren't supposed to use bleach in their bath water.

Seriously though, that's not uncommon. A lot of animals change shades as they grow. Our sheltie was much lighter as a puppy and I had a mixed breed that became much lighter.

[GreenPartyVoter]

19. I've never had one that did this, though. It's my first time owning a smoke-coated cat I guess. :^)

[HopeHoops]

20. It's beautiful whatever color it is.

[GreenPartyVoter]

22. Thank you. I think so too. :^)

[polmaven]

17. We all get older!

Kitties included.

[GreenPartyVoter]

18. At 3 mos old? Maybe we just scared him real bad!