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RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

cats_dolls — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:20:32 GMT

Oh what a gorgeous kitty! Such DEEP blue eyes! I hope that they do stay blue, it just adds so much to his specialness.

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

Scarlet — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 14:37:14 GMT

This week we adopted a blue-eyed orange tabby kitten. I thought the coloration might be rare so I googled the subject and found this site. Cheeto is about 12 weeks old now, so I am pretty sure his eyes will stay blue. His mother is all-white (not deaf) with blue eyes, but Cheeto's two litter-mates (one red tabby and one all-black) have green eyes. The blue and gold really is a striking combination! I have attached a photo- let me know what you think.

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

Ocimom — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:53:44 GMT

If the little red tabby is under 3-4 months old, its natural to have blue eyes. If he's truly a "rare" cat, the blue eyes will stay. I suspect they will be changing soon - he looks about 6 weeks old.

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

orangecat — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:39:49 GMT

I have an orange and white male cat. He has blue eyes. He two years old so they will not change. He was just too unique to give up.

He was a rescue but the person that brought him to me had several DLH with colorpoints and blue eyes in the area.

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

Razz44 — Sun, 20 Apr 2008 16:09:42 GMT

here is a picture of "Blue"

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

Razz44 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:07:51 GMT

Thank you for all your replys! He has deeper blue eyes than what i have seen in siamese, and the rest of the litters eyes have already changed to green, but his show no hint of other color. The kittens have short kinked tails and they seem flat at the tips, not pointy like other kittens. but they are still young, so i am not too positive about the tails. I will get some pictures of him soon!

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

Willow — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 18:33:00 GMT

I've never seen a blue-eyed adult orange tabby in person, but I have seen a few on shelter/rescue websites. Usually it indicates that there's Siamese in their background. They sure are beautiful!

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

SuperCat — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 11:51:12 GMT

I've seen a lot of blue-eyes orange kittens but their eyes always change color as they grow. I know it is possible, but I've never seen an adult Orange cat with Blue eyes.

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RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

catwoman63 — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 10:37:43 GMT

My cat Chloe she is an orange tabby. When she was a kitten she had blue eyes but as she got older her eyes did change. She is still a beautiful cat and always will be. My other cat is a black, gray and white tabby her name is Jasmine.

RE: Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

cats_dolls — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 08:28:49 GMT

It's possible! The breed is probably either a natural or a mutated breed - natural meaning that the breed characteristics just occurred and are genetically passed on, and mutated meaning that the gene that causes the breed characteristics was a mutation and the mutation is passed on.

Does your kitty have very deep blue eyes, deeper than a Siamese? And does it have a flattened tail-tip? From what I've read, the flattened tail-tip is an indicator of the Ojos Azules gene. Like the Scottish Fold cat (which is a mutated breed), there are some problems associated with the gene and two Ojos Azules cats should not be bred together.

Kittens are usually born with blue eyes, and in most cats the eyes change color as they mature. So it could be possible that your kitty is just too young for her eyes to achieve their final color.

But whether or not your kitty is an Ojos Azules, she's bound to be a gorgeous cat - we'd love to see pictures!

Blue Eyed Orange Tabby???

Razz44 — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:08:10 GMT

I just rescued a litter of kittens and saw something I have not seen before. There is a bright blue eyed orange tabby in the mix, along with three torbies with short kinked tails. I read online about a rare breed called "Ojos Azules"... could this be what breed they are? Mom is a orange tabby female.