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Orange cats (Original Post) Figarosmom 6 hrs ago OP
Orange kitty boys are usually lovers! biophile 6 hrs ago #1
Yes, I had an orange cat named Leo. wnylib 1 hr ago #5
Fun fact I imagine most cat lovers know but others may find interesting AZJonnie 6 hrs ago #2
I adopted twin girls. Borchkins 5 hrs ago #3
I had large brothers one orange and one gray. Figarosmom 5 hrs ago #4

wnylib

(25,729 posts)
5. Yes, I had an orange cat named Leo.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 06:11 PM
1 hr ago

He never met a living creature, human, feline, or canine, that he didn't want to greet with affection. I said that I should have named him Mr. Love. He was a real lap cat. Often wanted to be on my lap, next to me, or touching me with a paw.

He was mischievous, too, but so cute about it that I could not get upset with him.

Part Siamese, so he was quite a talker, too. His tone always seemed to fit the setting so that people cracked up laughing when he put his opinion into a conversation.









AZJonnie

(3,610 posts)
2. Fun fact I imagine most cat lovers know but others may find interesting
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:35 PM
6 hrs ago

A male cat cannot be both black and orange. Hence, calico's always being female (except for some very rare mutant male calicos, which are born sterile iirc). Torties too.

And the large majority of only-orange cats are male orange tabbies (though there are some female orange tabbies, they're somewhat rare).

Borchkins

(735 posts)
3. I adopted twin girls.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 01:57 PM
5 hrs ago

Jingle and Bells.

Jingle was orange and Bells was calico. They broke all the rules!

Figarosmom

(11,510 posts)
4. I had large brothers one orange and one gray.
Thu Mar 12, 2026, 02:24 PM
5 hrs ago

Their names were Rinky and Dinky. My neighbor found them in a stick pile. Rinky the orange one was walways in trouble and the gray one Dinky was very laid back. ( unless you made him mad)

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