Tabby cat

[beachbodhi]

Hey everyone - does this look like usual tabby markings ? Pic attached . She has a white belly with black spots . I thought tabby's were more stripy - I wonder if she's got something else mixed in there -little beauty 😻

She is beautiful! Her markings are the Classic tabby pattern. Mine are the stripey kind but also have fat spotted bellies with white patches.
messybeast.com/spotted-cats.html

I would say she descends from the Egyptian Mau Cat, or, the Bengal. She's a beauty x

Classic tabby, they can be stripey, swirly or slightly spotted but she doesn’t have the ears or proportions of a Bengal.

She is a little beauty though!

'Wild-type' tabbies are mackerel-patterned - stripy. Classic or blotched tabbies have a double copy of a mutated version of the tabby pattern gene. It's the same kind of mutation that gives rise to the 'king cheetah': www.nationalgeographic.com/science/phenomena/2012/09/20/tabby-cat-blotches-king-cheetah-stripes-spots-taqpep/

Thanks everyone , yes I think the mackerel tabby is what I was expecting . We have her sister too who is long hair - another stunner with the cutest white fluff coming out of her ears 😻

@beachbodhi

Thanks everyone , yes I think the mackerel tabby is what I was expecting . We have her sister too who is long hair - another stunner with the cutest white fluff coming out of her ears 😻

She's also a classic tabby. Gorgeous!

I've never had cats but they seemed like the perfect pets for us being a working family with 2 kids -I just love them so much omg I never knew what I was missing 🥺🥺🥺🥺🥺

They are both beautiful, I'm not surprised they've stolen your heart!

I'm so
Scared of letting them out , not old enough yet but when they are . There are six other cats along the terraced houses where we live 🥺 one of them is a stray that's the size of a dog 😳

The tail belongs to a monkey though :)

What gorgeous kitties!

Thanks 😊 my youngest is autistic / non verbal and they've been great for getting him to interact more . God forbid anything happens to one of them when they go out

Can you keep them inside or cat proof a garden area?

@Beachbodhi - they are beautiful!
Your scratching post has also caught my eye with the little seat on top. Where is it from?

@YetAnotherSpartacus don't know where it's from as it came with them sorry

@maggiethecat I meant

@YetAnotherSpartacus no can't keep
Them in it's not practical with the kids - I posted on here a few weeks ago about 'hidden fences' which is a cable that transmits radio frequency -the garden is really big with lots of bushes and flower beds etc so had thought about having this done but general MN consensus was it wasn't a good idea . It doesn't shock them , it's not electric it emits a sound when the get within 3 ft and then vibration at 2 ft to a receiver on cats collar . As for 'catio' this isn't an option for us x

Oh, I remember now! Sorry!

Our tabby loves the one we just got but that seat looks very inviting!

@maggiethecat yes she lives it up there but it's pretty hard , when I put a little cushion on there she just knocks it off 😂
@YetAnotherSpartacus what was your take on the hidden fences ?

Love the beautiful kitties and so glad they are helping with the autism too 💖 my brother is non-verbal and unfortunately he just hates pets, i wish with all my heart he had a little pet friend to interact with!

@SuffolkNgood thanks 😊 he's just the right balance of liking them a lot but not crazy crazy about them

What are they called? Very sweet

@EachandEveryone long haired is Freya 😻 and short haired Indie x

They are so funny literally make me laugh everyday . I grew up with dogs so this is so new to me - if Freya is at the bottom of the stairs and I peek at her and hide -she flies up to the top so were nose to nose when I pop out 😹 if me and my husband are disagreeing about something Indie just fauns all over him so we end up laughing

Just browsing today and looking at different types of cat and saw this one ! Spit of my Indie -exact same 'marble' markings and being sold as a Bengal cross - guess time will tell coz I imagine they'd be a bit bigger than average , they've both started making funny chirping noises too so I'm excited to see what they'll be like as they grow. 😻😻