

Since calico cats are rare because of their unique genetic code, it isn’t easy to keep two together.

Their breed, however, will determine their personality as genes are responsible for exhibiting behaviors and not colors. No! A cat’s body type, furs, or coat color cannot decide their personality. Is calico’s fur color the best thing to determine a cat’s personality? Therefore, introducing these two cat friends with another may be tough, just like dealing with children. Like any other breed, two calico cats growing in the same environment would be friendly to each other and would get along with them. Can two calico cats get along with each other? Cats cannot single out other cats and be mean to them. However, Calico cats display such a sassy attitude as a part of their growth therefore, it could be directed towards anybody if that ever happens. This is why pet owners are trained to extend a toy to their pet cat to reinforce this behavior positively.Ĭalico’s personality depends on various reasons such as environment, breed, etc. The destructive behavioral pattern can include biting and scratching during their time as kittens. Sometimes, calico cats are also known to exhibit a sassy and spunky behavior known as “Tortidude.” Both male and female calico cats have some destructive behavioral patterns as well. No wonder they are known as survival genes. However, if you have a male calico cat, it is said to have a shorter life than a female calico cat because of double X chromosomes. Cats have known to have an average life span of 12 to 16 years. Since this is hardly in anybody’s control, all these color patterns are hard to guess and are usually random. See also Can Indoor Cats Find Their Way Home? So if the X chromosome carries the gene for white fur is inactivated, then it will not show on the cat’s body, and only black and orange colors would show. However, getting twice the amount of survival proteins for female cats could be harmful/ which is why one chromosome is inactivated right when the cat is in the womb. So, there must be numerous proteins on the X chromosome for the cats to survive. Rarely are there male calico cats, which would have an X and a Y chromosome. Female calico cats have two male chromosomes, i.e., 2 X-chromosomes.

The black and orange color on the fur that you see means that the cats are born due to an X-chromosome Inactivation.It means that the gene responsible for the color of the fur is present on the X-chromosome. But let’s not get into the specifics and understand it readily. Genetics and its mysteriesĬalico cats are born because of the genetic expression at birthing. Since cats can get cats, their personalities can either be sweet and loving or aloof and cold. They usually grow into personalities that they have experienced in their surrounding environment. Since we have already established that calico is the coat color, breeds have nothing to do with them. Some calico cats have also been called brave on occasions, such as a calico cat saving his human family and a whole kitten family from the burning building. But, surprisingly, Calico cats love and also love to play actively with their masters and purr in their laps. They are known to be quirky, too, with a sassy behavior. They also get along with children and other people’s pets too.Ĭalico cats do get along with other cats as well. They are also considered warm-hearted, intelligent, and affectionate. However, some personality traits are particularly known by calico cats, such as sweet behavior, endearing traits, etc. Therefore, every calico cat will have a personality according to its breed. The Calico nature of cats can be found in so many breeds. Do calico cats get along with other cats? But, how does their coating affect their personality? Also, how does genetics have a role to play in deciding if calico cats are amicable or not? Let us read about it in the article below. Genetics play a huge role in deciding the nature of a cat’s coating pattern. However, calico cats have patches of those colors, whereas tortoiseshell cats have mixed and swirled in each other. Calico cats are often confused with tortoiseshell cats because these patterns have the same colors.
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Calico cats are known to have a patch on their coat of three kinds of color, typically – black, white, and orange. Do you know that calico is not a breed of cat? Calico refers to a tri-color coat pattern over the cat’s body.
