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- November 5, 2026 Cat Colors: The Two Pigments and Handful of Genes Behind Every Coat Cat colors come from just two pigments, black and red, reshaped by a few named genes. Here is each one in order, and what a color can tell you about breed.
- November 2, 2026 Devon Rex or Cornish Rex: Count the Coat Layers, Then Look at the Ears Devon Rex vs Cornish Rex: one coat has no guard hairs at all, the other keeps a sparse few, and the ears and head settle it from a single photo.
- October 29, 2026 What Breed Is My Grey and White Cat? Read the White First Grey and white is a coat, not a breed. The white patches matter most, because they rule out the best-known gray breed and narrow what is left.
- October 26, 2026 Cat Eye Colors, and What They Do and Do Not Narrow Down CFA names seven eye colors and says eye color is genetically controlled in only two lines of breeding. Here is where it identifies a cat.
- October 22, 2026 Cat Breeds With Big Ears, and the Cats People Mistake for Them Tall ears and tufted ears are two different traits that look alike in a photo. Here is how the registry standards tell them apart, and why ear set matters more.
- October 19, 2026 Ragdoll or RagaMuffin: The Two Features That Separate Them Each breed's requirement is the other's disqualification. Color pattern and eye color settle this pair in one photo, and the CFA standards say so outright.
- October 15, 2026 White Cat With Blue Eyes: What the Eyes Actually Tell You White with blue eyes is a color combination, not a breed, and three separate genes can produce it. Here is what each one means and what it narrows down.
- October 12, 2026 Maine Coon or Siberian? The Head Tells You Before the Size Does One muzzle is square and blunt, the other narrows to a full round. That single profile view separates these two breeds faster than coat, size or temperament.
- October 8, 2026 Large Cat Breeds: How to Tell a Big Domestic Cat From a Maine Coon Weight is the worst evidence there is. The registry standards separate the big breeds on muzzle, head outline and coat, and here is how to read all three.
- October 5, 2026 What Breed Is My Black Cat? Color First, Then Five Features Black is a color, not a breed, and only one CFA breed requires it. Here is what black does narrow, and the features that would actually point at a pedigree.
- October 1, 2026 Cat Breed Photo ID Versus a Cat DNA Test: What Each One Proves A photo reads visible traits. A DNA panel compares markers to breed reference groups. Only registration papers establish pedigree. Here is the line.
- September 28, 2026 Are Orange Cats Always Male? And How Rare Are Female Orange Cats? No. Orange rides on the X chromosome, so a tom needs one copy and a female needs two. Here is what that does to the odds, and what nobody can honestly quote.
- September 24, 2026 Are Calico Cats Always Female? What the Genetics Say Almost always, and one gene on the X chromosome is the reason. How X-inactivation paints the patches, and what a rare male calico actually turns out to be.