DD4ME
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I have a kitty named Abby..she is a fluffy tuxedo cat with huge bright yellow crazy eyes...lol.She was super special to get an orange coat as a female. Cats have a ton of color combos and coat possibilities.
I have been blessed with some wonderful fur babies. I have had 3 (actually 4 as I count the one that used to come and visit me as mine - she would've been had I had my own place) that were just super-duper special. Two of them were a male and female Ruddy Abyssinians (an orangish-red color). The other two were a black and white male and black white + orange female.
If I had to pick one though it would've been my girl Aby. Though I feel bad saying that because the other 3 were special too. I miss having kitties.
It has to do with how cats fur color is tied to genetics. Black and grey are dominant. However orange is dominant as well with a different allele. Since males only have one X chromosome they have a higher chance of showing the orange due color even though black and grey are "more" dominant. Same with calico and tortoise shell fur colors. They're female cats with all 3 types of alleles so they show all 3 at the same time because they'll have all 3 on both X chromosomesI learned something about orange kitties the other day.... Apparently, they're almost always males. Orange is sex linked in cats so when you see one there's a 75 percent chance it's a Tom Cat.
I tawt I taw a putty tat..Fact. If they are solid orange I honestly think the percentage is higher. Super chill too. Great friends. My 19yo boy passed last year. Hard.
Allowed momma to grieve for 6 months or so and got her this one...Smoki.
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Nerd!..I'm has to do with how cats fur color is tied to genetics. Black and grey are dominant. However orange is dominant as well with a different allele. Since males only have one X chromosome they have a higher chance of showing the orange due color even though black and grey are "more" dominant. Same with calico and tortoise shell fur colors. They're female cats with all 3 types of alleles so they show all 3 at the same time because they'll have all 3 on both X chromosomes
How it feels catching up in the RF today....View attachment 618290
I've always kinda wanted to try but I'm too afraid of a bad trip that leaves me completely and irreparably scarred, so I stay away.Not sure if I completely buy into the "spiritual side of psychedelics" but there's zero doubt it unlocks something very special in our brains.
Maybe that's what some call spiritual...and I can understand that.
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I woke up at 3am to this the other day. I thought it was a sleep paralysis demon, but no just my cat standing on my entertainment center with an oddly poignant screensaver on my tv as a background
If you have even an inkling of past psychological issues, and I mean that with zero stigma, or even a host of terrible memories or negative psychological associations...I've always kinda wanted to try but I'm too afraid of a bad trip that leaves me completely and irreparably scarred, so I stay away.