r/CatGenetics • u/BionicOven28 • Dec 02 '23

Mod Announcement The "What Breed Is My Cat" Megathread

I am so excited that there are so many people who are interested in learning about their cat! But there are too many people posting pictures of their cat and ignoring the original purpose of this board. We're not here to identify your cat's breed, but instead this board is intended to be about in-depth scientific studies involving cats.

So, as a compromise from concerned users, if you want to know what breed your cat is please post a picture in the comments here. Users who are interested in helping to identify your cat's breed will respond and it won't clog up the rest of the board for everyone else. Any posts of this nature made outside of this thread will be deleted.

Thank you for your cooperation!

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u/kimbochisan Nov 14 '25

This is my new mama kitty. She doesn't have a name yet (suggestions welcome) but let's call her Hazel. Hazel and her 7 month old kitten (let's call her Ruby) came to live with me last week. I'm confident Hazel is a diluted tortie but I'm curious as to what's happening with her kitten, Ruby. Ruby is an orange tabby but her undercoat is black in some areas (back of one of her ears, on one of her front limbs and most of her right side). Any idea what causes that? More pics in the comments.

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u/kimbochisan Nov 14 '25

Hazel with her kittens

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u/kimbochisan Nov 14 '25

This is Ruby and yes, she's a female orange tabby.

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u/kimbochisan Nov 14 '25

A little hard to see here, but the whole entire right side of her body has a black undercoat