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Splat Cat 1284047     Purred: Mon Feb 18, '13 10:57pm PST  Many people seem to be confused about cat's coat colors and patterns and to not know what the correct coat color and pattern of their cat is. I see cats all the time on catster with incorrect coat colors, patterns, and type. Here are some excellent TOTALLY FREE RESOURCES that will enable you to correctly determine what color(s), pattern(s) and type of coat your cat has. This first site is a FANTASTIC site that you can use to figure out your cat's correct coat color(s), pattern(s), and coat type. In VERY EASY-TO-UNDERSTAND PLAIN ENGLISH accompanied by illustrations, it will guide you in CORRECTLY DETERMINING YOUR CAT'S coat COLOR(S),PATTERN(S), & COAT TYPE. In addition to determining your cat's visible coat color(s), pattern(s), and type, you also will find out quite a bit about your cat's coat color, pattern, and type GENETICS. A blank gene map chart for you to print, copy, or save & use to determine your cat's coat color(s), pattern(s), and type. FIRST go HERE & either print, copy, or save the BLANK GENE MAP CHART that you use to determine your cat's coat color, pattern & type http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/the-gene-map/ AFTER you've printed/copied/saved the BLANK GENE MAP CHART, you're ready to begin analyzing your cat's coat color, pattern, and type. START HERE: Analyze your Cat - Starting page for analyzing your cat's coat color(s) and pattern (s) http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/ Follow the links as they are given in the above step-by-step analysis process. For reference, here are the links to the pages used in the above analysis process. Analyze your cat's PATTERN(S) http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/coat-patterns/ Analyze your cat's COLOR(S) http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/cat-colors Analyze your cat's Coat TYPE http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/coat-type-options/ This is a well done chart and tutorial that illustrates cat coat colors and patterns that you can right click and save as jpg. A printed version of this tutorial chart is also available for purchase from the artist/author. http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Cat-Colors-Patterns-91579716 These pages, done by a TICA judge, show excellent photo examples of cat colors and patterns. http://www.seregiontica.org/Colors/intro.htm http://www.seregiontica.org/Colors/solid/solids.htm http://www.seregiontica.org/Colors/tabby/tabbies.htm http://www.seregiontica.org/Colors/tortietorbie/tortietorbie.htm http://www.seregiontica.org/Colors/withwhite/withwhite.htm http://www.seregiontica.org/Colors/pointed/pointed.htm TICA cat coat colors & patterns & their genetics http://www.tica.org/members/publications/brochures/colors/color_me_red.pdf http://www.tica.org/members/publications/brochures/colors/simplified_color_chart_traditional_category.pdf http://www.tica.org/members/publications/brochures/colors/simplified_color_chart_sepia_mink_pointed_categories.pdf http://www.tica.org/members/publications/brochures/colors/32_color.pdf http://www.tica.org/members/publications/brochures/colors/color_coding.pdf http://www.tica.org/public/colors.php Another pdf guide that's well done with actual photos of cats to show you examples of the various cat colors & patterns although some words in it are misspelled such as Torbie (misspelled Torby) and Mackerel (misspelled Mackeral). http://sheltermedicine.vetmed.ufl.edu/files/2011/11/identification-and-coat-colors-patterns.pdf CFA Hints for determining a cat's color http://www.cfa.org/Breeders/CatColorsGenetics/HintsforDeterminingColor.aspx More Cat Coat Color & Pattern resources http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/colors.html#common_colors http://www.fanciers.com/other-faqs/color-genetics.html#intro http://homepage.usask.ca/~schmutz/catcolors.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_coat_genetics Edited by author Fri Feb 22, '13 2:06pm PST my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Splat Cat 1284047     Purred: Mon Feb 18, '13 11:11pm PST  I don't see any way to edit my original post. My pc was lagging and the URL to the cat color chart and tutorial to the below URL in my first post had a space in the middle of one of the words due to the lag. Below is a paste from the first post, followed by the CORRECTLY typed URL. This is a well done chart and tutorial that illustrates cat coat colors and patterns that you can right click and save as jpg. A printed version of this tutorial chart is also available for purchase from the artist/author. http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Cat-Colo rs-Patterns-91579716 Also I'm not sure if this topic belonged in this category or where. My topic didn't seem to really fit any of the forum categories. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Splat Cat 1284047     Purred: Tue Feb 19, '13 11:59pm PST  For some reason spaces are being added in the URLS I posted for this thread. There should be NO empty spaces at all in the URLs. Once again, I'm trying to post these URLS correctly without any spaces in them and hopefully this time they will post correctly! Analyze your cat's PATTERN(S) http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/coat- patterns/ Analyze your cat's COLOR(S) http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/cat-col ors/ Analyze your cat's Coat TYPE http://threecatyard.wordpress.com/analyze-your-cat/coat-type-o ptions/ This is a well done chart and tutorial that illustrates cat coat colors and patterns that you can right click and save as jpg. A printed version of this tutorial chart is also available for purchase from the artist/author. http://majnouna.deviantart.com/art/Guide-to-Cat-Colo rs-Patterns-91579716 If these URLs post incorrectly again, copy them to notepad and remove the empty spaces in them so they are correct, then paste the urls into your browser. I sure don't understand why an empty space ended up in these URLS after I posted them, when the URLs all showed correctly in the compose window every time I've tried to get them to post correctly. my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]

Splat Cat 1284047     Purred: Wed Feb 20, '13 12:02am PST  It screwed them up again. Copy the URLs to notepad, remove the empty spaces so they are correct, then paste them into your browser. In the meantime, I'm going to write to Catster and see if they can fix the problem. Aggravating! my posts | my page | msg me | my family's posts | gift me | become friends [notify]