Siamese Cat (& some others) Coloration

[ashvanity]

Just a fun fact!

Comments

[wildsurprise]

This is brilliant. Thank you!

[jill_calico]

That cat does not look particularly pleased re: the whole shave-and-sweater deal.

[unholypassion]

Wow, interesting, you really do learn something new everyday (especially here).

[monstermeow]

awww you should totally shave a little star or heart shape into her! lol. i wonder if that would work with my meezer-mix..

[meri_sielu]

This is very true, when we got our red point tonkinese spayed, the fur they shaved on her leg came back a darker cream and the red stripes were more prominent. It's very strange!

[jirel]

When a Siamese cat rolls over on her back, you can see the circulatory pattern of her stomach by looking at the pattern of dark and light. Also, breeding to increase the darkness of the points has wound up with some cats getting darker earlier in life. (umm, yeah, this would show better if she wasn't such a little glutten, being fat increases the darkness.

[blasphemusfish]

That cat is way too fat D:

[bantuathaid]

Yeah, I was gonna say...and it's not the cats fault either.

[blasphemusfish]

Time for a much needed diet methinks, cats don't need diabetes :V