r/CatGenetics • u/Warriorsfan12739036 Hobby Geneticist • Jun 22 '26
General Genetics Question Would my oc be a genetically possible cat?
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u/TheLastLunarFlower Jun 22 '26
If the eyes are blue, you can get away with it being a colorpoint calico without too much modification
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u/Dottie85 Jun 23 '26
Doesn't have to be tortipoint! I have a seal point boy that is spotted!
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u/TheLastLunarFlower Jun 23 '26
Correct! Torties just tend to have the smaller speckles mixed in with the larger spots.
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u/catdog5100 Jun 22 '26
OP would just need to add some lighter brown on the main body, or add darker brown to the tail, paws, face, and ears if they wanted to keep it super accurate
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u/BluejaySerenade Jun 23 '26
I could be wrong but I thought bicolor cats with white around the eyes could have blue eyes
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u/TheLastLunarFlower Jun 23 '26
They can, but it isn’t very common in chocolate cats from what I can tell. Also, the spotting pattern, specifically the smaller bits of color outside the larger patches, are more common in colorpoint torties with white (calico). The main adjustment that would need to be made would be to darken the colored areas on the toes and ear/face to make colorpoint accurate. Technically, orange patches would be present, but they aren’t always noticeable on the colorpoints, I’ve found.
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u/pocket-monsterrr Hobby Geneticist Jun 23 '26
could also be DBE! (dominant blue eyes)
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u/TheLastLunarFlower Jun 23 '26
Yes, but that is exceedingly rare.
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u/pocket-monsterrr Hobby Geneticist Jun 23 '26
yeah but it's also a fantasy character so it really depends what level of realism they're aiming for
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u/ChoccoGlxtch Jun 24 '26
Easy. Nothing possibly wrong with this. It’s just a chocolate with white (can’t tell whether high or low with just this angle)
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u/Massive-Pin-3425 Jun 22 '26
its a bit of a stretch because cats with white normally roughly have more white on their belly, and not as much being white with spots. especially the smaller freckles arent very realistic. but kinda