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Title: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Millys Mum on June 12, 2007, 17:53:45 PM

She came in today and was so chilled out in her basket while i tried to work out the how do you make 10 full pens accomodate 2 more game  :tired:

The pics are from my phone so look darker than she is in real life  :Luv:



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Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on June 12, 2007, 17:56:11 PM

Now I read the words , understands why she looks darker than a dilute  :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: ccmacey on June 12, 2007, 18:02:58 PM

She is lovely.

I thought thats what a light tortie is like?

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: CurlyCatz on June 12, 2007, 18:08:27 PM

She's lovely, hope you managed to juggle your pens.

I'm chuckling...we have this tortie discussion about oh...once every month i'm sure  :evillaugh:  Now i'd say she was dilute calico rather than tortie ????  But of course i can quite easily be wrong on this topic   :evillaugh:

ok correcting myself..tortie & white ??  :Crazy:  See i always get muddled LOL

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: ccmacey on June 12, 2007, 18:10:34 PM

Whats Calico?

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: CurlyCatz on June 12, 2007, 18:12:08 PM

my understanding cc is when the tortie colours are in patchwork style with white (blocks of colour) rather than the different colours mixed through but i seem to log it in my brain then "forget" again  :Crazy:

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on June 12, 2007, 18:13:58 PM

Look for Sasa in Cat show................she is a calico  ;D

Easiest way to find her is in the clases cos she was only entry in calico . She is very different to your normal looking tortie  ;D

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Millys Mum on June 12, 2007, 18:24:35 PM

Yep Lynn a dilute calico  ;D my typo  :doh:

CC, tortis are more speckled and even, calicos have blocks of 3 colours and dilutes are when the colours are more blue grey & peach.

Lottie is the one to explain further with her gene knowledge (that goes right over my head!)

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: ccmacey on June 12, 2007, 18:53:28 PM

Thats kids for ya Lynn  :shy:

So solid patches is Calico and mixed patches is tortie?

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on June 12, 2007, 18:59:15 PM

Noooooooooooo not exactly but can be, usually a calico is more like Sasa, nearly all white with just a few blobs of color and ofeten they have a face mask like her too.

I saw somewhere relating to cat shows I think, it may have been in the states cos calico is an american term, but a top calico would be like Sasa and the face mask would have to be the same either side and not much other colour like Sasa.

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: CurlyCatz on June 12, 2007, 22:13:21 PM

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Yep Lynn a dilute calico 

WOOHOO.. i have a tiny amount of grey matter left then  ;)

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Desley (booktigger) on June 13, 2007, 08:05:22 AM

She doesn't look very dilute to me - defo looks orange and black rather than cream and blue.

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: clarenmax on June 13, 2007, 09:07:15 AM

Whatever she is, she's very pretty  ;D

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: CurlyCatz on June 13, 2007, 09:27:17 AM

think mm said the photos look darker than she is due to the phone camera, if ya look closely she does look abit grey/blue in those patches rather than black.

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Ela on June 13, 2007, 10:11:05 AM

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Whats Calico?

See:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calico_cat Perhaps it explains better than we can or most certainly better than me. ;D

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: deniseb90 on June 13, 2007, 13:51:01 PM

Missy is a dilute tortie - she seems to be getting darker with age though!!!  Although it might just be my eyesight, anyway just a good excuse to post a photo of her!

Dx

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/deniseb90/Meg%20and%20Missy/Picture001.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/deniseb90/Meg%20and%20Missy/Picture002.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v623/deniseb90/Meg%20and%20Missy/missymoo1.jpg)

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Ann Clarke (Tabby cat) on June 13, 2007, 17:46:40 PM

She is gorgeous  :Luv:

Title: Re: Look at this lovely dilute :)
Post by: Gill (sneakiefeline) on June 13, 2007, 18:26:45 PM

Thanks Ela, very interesting article.

Oh yes like that one beneath  ;D