We stay in a house in Greece on a regular basis. There are loads of stray cats around but we only see snapshots of the evolving population. Currently around the garden there are 2 adult cats, a ginger tom and a grey/tabby female. The female is mother of 2 kittens which are vla K and black&white. I don't really know how cat colours work. Is it possible for the ginger to be the father
Yes we have had litters (farm cat we couldn't catch) that were a proper mix of different colours. I think it might be a dominant gene but you defo get anomalies.
We also had a ginger female which I am regularly told can't happen.
What's "via K"? I'm assuming an autocorrect but I can't work out what it's supposed to be.
We also had a ginger female which I am regularly told can’t happen.
I was always of that belief up until relatively recently. We got a ginger kitten who turned out to be female, and she had a near-identical sibling in the same litter who is also a girl. We renamed ours when we found out (which was the right thing to do, she's about as far from an "Apollo" as you could possibly imagine), whereas the other one went to my partner's son and they chose not to rename her so she's called Neville.
I believe the other 'fact' is true though, you can't have Calico males. Which is a bit odd because their mother is a Calico named Kevin.
As for the actual OP question, I honestly don't know how it works. I'd guess it works a bit like eye colour in humans, you have dominant and regressive genes? 🤷♂️
"via K" was supposed to read "black" 🙂 Combination of autospell and clumsy fingers.
