When Your Genes Forget You’re a Torbie And Splash You With Ginger Fur at the Last Second

Cats come in all sorts of furry colors, but we’re always seeing color combinations that make us stop in our tracks. On rare occasions, it looks like a cat’s coat was put together with leftover parts at the factory. 

While we can’t be sure exactly what’s going on genetically, people love coming up with funny explanations!

Torbie Got a Splashed with Orange

A beautiful barn cat from France named Mamou has made a splash on social media. She lives in a stable with horses and a dog, and her family considers her ‘the most ‘beautiful cat in the world’ with a ‘touch of Picasso.’

On TikTok, everyone is delighted to get a visit from Mamou as she trots about the farm. As you can see, it looks as though she dipped her tail in orange.

MamouChat from France, torbie with orange splash tail, TikTok/maikoh.the.wolf

Mamou the torbie kitty via TikTok/maikoh.the.wolf

We loved seeing all the explanations in the comments for why Mamou, a torbie like our kitties, Jugg and Zig Zag, has that striking tail tip color. 

“When you are the last cat of the day, and they have run out of tails in your color,” said one person.

Mamou walks to the camera, torbie with orange splash tail

MamouChat the torbie kitty via TikTok/maikoh.the.wolf

Many had funny ideas for Mamou’s striking orange tail:

  • She’s a ‘rattle cat’ with a rattlesnake tail or a scorpion stinger.
  • This kitty carries the Olympic flame.
  • Once, the cat fell into the river Styx, and the orange is the cat’s Achilles heel.
  • She was painted while being held by the tail.
  • There was a tail tip transplant or a spare part from another cat.
  • The printer ran out of ink.
  • The tail fell into bleach.
  • This is a refurbished cat.
  • Mamou is part raccoon.
  • She’s 10% silly.
  • She is chocolate dipped with a waffle tail.
  • Her skin didn’t download properly.

Video via TikTok/maikoh.the.wolf

Interestingly, Mamou has a kitten who is black with a white tail tip! But she’s quite assertive that this older kitten leave the nest.

Mamou and her kitten, both with different tail colors

Mamou and her kitten

Video via TikTok/maikoh.the.wolf

Ameowzing Torbie Splash Mash-Ups!

Here are two more ameowzing torbie cats that look as if they are a mash-up of more than one cat. This cat is likely from Europe and looks like a typical tabby until we get to the tail. Once again, it’s the lightest orange with a white tip! A creamsicle tail!

As with Mamou, people had such funny ideas about why this kitty’s tail is orange:

  • They washed the tail tip but that’s it.
  • There was a tail bleaching incident.
  • This unusual cat is a mythical red panda hybrid.
Torbie cat in Sweden with orange creamsicle tail, Reddit/Kattjavel

Image via Reddit/Kattjavel

In the comments, someone wondered if a mystery gene might be involved.

“I wonder if this is the same gene that sometimes gives guys with brown hair red beards,” said a Redditor.

Experts say having unexpected patches of red hair can be related to a mutated gene, MC1R. If people only inherit one of the mutated genes rather than two, red hair can appear unexpectedly. Thus, a guy with brown hair can have a red mustache. Purrhaps this is similar to cats? Their fur color is the result of the same two types of melanin as our own.

Without knowing for sure, some think the cat could also be a chimera, with genes from more than one embryo that fused in the womb. A chimera cat can be truly beautiful, and the ones we’ve seen tend to look like they are split right down the middle of the face, with different eye colors on each side.

However, this feline is only visibly affected on the creamsicle.

Torbie cat in Sweden with orange creamsicle tail, Reddit/Kattjavel

A Glitch in the Matrix?

Here’s another unusual beauty, this time a torbie with the strangest mash-up of orange across the left front paw and shoulder. Some say the kitty is a ‘Caliby’ or a “Tabico”, a calico-tabby mix-up. She was a house cat spending some time outdoors in the city on a warm day somewhere in Russia.

Reddit had some funny explanations for this most-unusual feline:

  • Some freak matrix glitch
  • This cat is wearing a catsuit or a dickey for cats.
  • The kitty got mixed up in the Star Trek teleportation transporter.
  • A Frankencat?

Whatever is happening with this cat’s genes, the result it delightfully odd. We’ll leave it to the scientists to figure that out while we simply enjoy! According to the poster, the cat was healthy and well-fed. And we’re sure people stopped in their tracks when they saw this kitty!

Torbie cat with orange shoulder and left paw, Russia, Reddit/Stormaris

Image via Reddit/Stormaris

Related Posts

Dating Online Star Traf

Read more

Dating Online Star Los

 

Read more

Jennifer Lopez Sends a Bold Message to Ex Ben Affleck with Fierce Style at Movie Premiere!

Jennifer Lopez’s recent solo appearance at the AFI Fest Unstoppable Photo Call on October 26 caught everyone’s attention and perhaps even sent a little message to her ex-husband, Ben Affleck. The Jenny from the…

Read more

Compilation of 10 Uncensored Full HD Photos of OnlyFans Superstars – Part 1

Get ready to dive into the ultimate collection of exclusive content! In this first part of the series, we bring you 30 uncensored Full HD photos of the top superstars…

Read more

Shilpa Sethi and her captivating Indian beauty

Shilpa Sethi embodies captivating Indian beauty, radiating a charm that enchants everyone around her. Her striking features are a testament to her rich heritage, with expressive eyes that sparkle with…

Read more

Cruz and Allred face off in highly anticipated US Senate race debate

The two candidates for the U.S. Senate, incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and U.S. Rep. Colin Allred, D-Texas, faced each other for the first time in Thursday’s only debate statewide….

Read more

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *