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The Velveteen Ocelot

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14. Tabby is the default cat pattern.

Reply to Sanity Claws (Reply #1)

Fri Oct 6, 2017, 01:20 PM

Oct 2017

If cats are left to breed freely, after awhile the basic tabby gene will dominate and eventually everybody will be tabby. The domestic cat's ancestor is the African wildcat, which has the same tabby markings:

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I love cats but .... [View all] packman Oct 2017 OP

Looks like a limited gene pool Sanity Claws Oct 2017 #1

I noticed that, too. TeapotInATempest Oct 2017 #4

Yep!!! RKP5637 Oct 2017 #9

Tabby is the default cat pattern. The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #14

That cat Island Blue Oct 2017 #28

Those markings seem definitely like what... moriah Oct 2017 #32

Reminds me of a Laurel Burch painting: femmocrat Oct 2017 #2

Looks like my house when I open a can! TeapotInATempest Oct 2017 #3

LOL RKP5637 Oct 2017 #7

Back the cat food truck up. democratisphere Oct 2017 #5

They need MFM008 Oct 2017 #6

No, they need a spay/neuter, and adoption program. nt procon Oct 2017 #12

YES! n/t TexasBushwhacker Oct 2017 #22

Apparently they voted the dog off the island. Throck Oct 2017 #8

Gingers & Tabbies rule there. irisblue Oct 2017 #10

Is there any spay/neuter program to help improve the lives of the cats in the feral colony? nt procon Oct 2017 #11

and they get along! KT2000 Oct 2017 #13

Obviously they get along very well The Velveteen Ocelot Oct 2017 #15

You mean - KT2000 Oct 2017 #17

Three is a bad number Danmel Oct 2017 #26

actually - it is one inside cat KT2000 Oct 2017 #30

Do they provide veterinary care? Doreen Oct 2017 #16

Is this where Wanda Gag got her inspiration for "Millions of Cats?" geardaddy Oct 2017 #18

There's one with some sort of collar on Yavin4 Oct 2017 #19

He's the town snitch. geardaddy Oct 2017 #20

Cats cause Global Warming... First Speaker Oct 2017 #21

Not much coat diversity. Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #23

They are not all neutered. LisaL Oct 2017 #24

That can't be healthy, although they look pretty good. nt Laffy Kat Oct 2017 #27

The one bum I saw clearly was not neutered. n/t Ms. Toad Oct 2017 #31

Every day I inform my cat that "nobody likes cats." Having a brain the size of a walnut, she... NNadir Oct 2017 #25

The calico in the middle Island Blue Oct 2017 #29