Calico isn’t a ‘breed’ of cat. It’s a color. You can have American Short-haired calico cats, Manx, Persian…all kinds of breeds can be calico. Calico’s are almost ALWAYS female, because only female cats can carry the tri-colored gene. If you DO find a male calico…which isn’t likely, he will be sterile.
There is no breed of cat called the Calico Cat. That is a Color Pattern not a breed. IT can come in almost any cat breed. Check out this sight it will tell you all the known Pure breeds of cats that are available.
also this will help you understand the COLOR PATTERN called calico, or tortishell
WHO EVER IS THUMBING DOWN people who say calico is color pattern, you need to do more research and maybe do some checking on your cat breeds, you are ignorant and not helpful. Obivously you know nothing about cat breeds or colors.
TINKERBELL you need to go back to vet school, they are NOT a breed. So you didnt learn you cat breeds very well
I have a friend who calls them a tri-co. For tri-colored. She’s a little off anyway LOL. But I still love her. You’d be surprised at the breed names people will come up with for a cat!
A callico is only the name of the color. You have tiger cats, who are orange and white, orange and black, and black and grey stripes. A callico is usually a tom cat, or an alley cat. But people pay for them, like they would a persian.
depends on the type of cat it is….. it can be callico if it’s a long haired cat, or a callico short haired cat…. it could be a callico tabby,,,, Callico is a refference mostly to the colors of the animal, it usually means specks or mottled browns, whites, blacks, oranges, yellows. it’s a mixed color. There’s also callico goldfish too (I have one… ) Got a picture?? maybe we could help….
Calico cats are usually a “garden variety”, i.e. “heinz 57″ types, but can often and most likely be “tabby cats”. These are your typical alley cat variations. Sometimes they are referred to as “tortise shell” depending on how large the patches of brown and black are on the cat.
Calico cats are always female. Male calico’s rarely, if ever, survive. At least, I’ve never heard of a true male calico surviving.
Calico is not a breed it is a color. Tabby is not a breed is a pattern of color markings. These are all Domestic varieties. DSH, DMH, DLH, Short Hair, Medium Hair, Long Hair.
Calico is the breed of the cat. You can take a picture of your cat and go to Barnes and Noble and find a book about the cat then you can read about the cat or purcahse the book. They have all kinds of books about cats books which tell you briefings of different kinds with pictures they come in very helpful. Good luck.
Calico cats are not any particular breed. It is actually the name for their colouration (orange, brown, tan, and white mixed together). Many different breeds of cats can be this colour, such as tabby cats and Persians. The interesting thing to remember is that only females can have this colouration, never males.
April 20th, 2008 at 10:47 am
Im pretty sure it called a callico cat…
April 20th, 2008 at 7:44 pm
Ask the Cat Fanciers Association:
April 27th, 2008 at 2:40 pm
Calico isn’t a ‘breed’ of cat. It’s a color. You can have American Short-haired calico cats, Manx, Persian…all kinds of breeds can be calico. Calico’s are almost ALWAYS female, because only female cats can carry the tri-colored gene. If you DO find a male calico…which isn’t likely, he will be sterile.
April 28th, 2008 at 6:32 am
There is no breed of cat called the Calico Cat. That is a Color Pattern not a breed. IT can come in almost any cat breed. Check out this sight it will tell you all the known Pure breeds of cats that are available.
also this will help you understand the COLOR PATTERN called calico, or tortishell
WHO EVER IS THUMBING DOWN people who say calico is color pattern, you need to do more research and maybe do some checking on your cat breeds, you are ignorant and not helpful. Obivously you know nothing about cat breeds or colors.
TINKERBELL you need to go back to vet school, they are NOT a breed. So you didnt learn you cat breeds very well
April 28th, 2008 at 12:20 pm
Callico is the official name.
I have a friend who calls them a tri-co. For tri-colored. She’s a little off anyway LOL. But I still love her. You’d be surprised at the breed names people will come up with for a cat!
A callico is only the name of the color. You have tiger cats, who are orange and white, orange and black, and black and grey stripes. A callico is usually a tom cat, or an alley cat. But people pay for them, like they would a persian.
April 29th, 2008 at 2:18 pm
depends on the type of cat it is….. it can be callico if it’s a long haired cat, or a callico short haired cat…. it could be a callico tabby,,,, Callico is a refference mostly to the colors of the animal, it usually means specks or mottled browns, whites, blacks, oranges, yellows. it’s a mixed color. There’s also callico goldfish too (I have one…
) Got a picture?? maybe we could help….
good luck!!
May 3rd, 2008 at 12:16 am
Calico isn’t a breed. It’s a coloring, a very rare kind of color. And some of them are quite beautiful!
May 4th, 2008 at 10:25 pm
Calico cats are usually a “garden variety”, i.e. “heinz 57″ types, but can often and most likely be “tabby cats”. These are your typical alley cat variations. Sometimes they are referred to as “tortise shell” depending on how large the patches of brown and black are on the cat.
Calico cats are always female. Male calico’s rarely, if ever, survive. At least, I’ve never heard of a true male calico surviving.
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May 6th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Calico is not a breed it is a color. Tabby is not a breed is a pattern of color markings. These are all Domestic varieties. DSH, DMH, DLH, Short Hair, Medium Hair, Long Hair.
May 9th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
A calico cat is not a breed. Most likely, it would be an American short-Haired cat with calico coloring.
May 10th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Calico is the breed of the cat. You can take a picture of your cat and go to Barnes and Noble and find a book about the cat then you can read about the cat or purcahse the book. They have all kinds of books about cats books which tell you briefings of different kinds with pictures they come in very helpful. Good luck.
May 12th, 2008 at 12:35 pm
Calico is a color pattern of a cat..calicos are not a breed
May 14th, 2008 at 4:50 pm
Calico cats are not any particular breed. It is actually the name for their colouration (orange, brown, tan, and white mixed together). Many different breeds of cats can be this colour, such as tabby cats and Persians. The interesting thing to remember is that only females can have this colouration, never males.
May 16th, 2008 at 9:33 am
Calico is a name of a breed, and it VERY rare for them to have male calico.