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For Those Who Don't Visit The Pets Groip...
Here are our new kitties. We got them Monday afternoon. They're 12 weeks old.
This is Carmen. Where else would a cat of mine be, but near a piano?
This is Margo, with big brother Vincent.
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I believe you will be having a lot of fun with them!!!
Batten down the hatches. 
Cuteness overload in the lounge!
Thank you for sharing, Professor. I don't visit the pet group as often as I should.
I am very partial to orange cats. Glad you got two of the little beasties. You’ve got some fun coming your way. 
About 81 percent of orange cats are male, says Bell. While female cats will inherit an orange coat only if they carry the orange gene on both X chromosomes, if a male carries the orange gene at all, he will be orange, says Konecny.
“As the frequency of the orange gene is much less than the frequency of the black gene in the general cat population, the chance of having two orange genes is much less frequent. This makes male orange cats more frequent than orange females,” Bell says.
What does this all mean for their offspring? If a mother cat is orange, her male kittens will be orange regardless of their father’s color, Konecny says, and if a mother cat is tortoiseshell (a mix of black, white and orange), half of her male kittens will be orange while the other half will be black.
To get an orange female kitten, both the mother and father must be orange, Konecny says. If the mother cat is tortoiseshell and the father cat is orange, half of the female kittens will be orange, she says.
“As the frequency of the orange gene is much less than the frequency of the black gene in the general cat population, the chance of having two orange genes is much less frequent. This makes male orange cats more frequent than orange females,” Bell says.
What does this all mean for their offspring? If a mother cat is orange, her male kittens will be orange regardless of their father’s color, Konecny says, and if a mother cat is tortoiseshell (a mix of black, white and orange), half of her male kittens will be orange while the other half will be black.
To get an orange female kitten, both the mother and father must be orange, Konecny says. If the mother cat is tortoiseshell and the father cat is orange, half of the female kittens will be orange, she says.
https://be.chewy.com/behavior-pet-facts-are-all-orange-cats-male-all-calico-cats-female/
Thanks so much for sharing!
