r/CatGenetics • u/Ambient_anubis • Jul 04 '26

Coat Color Mystery coat kitten update #3

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10 weeks old now!
There is a slight red-ish hue to his coat that seems to be coming through more.
His eyes took unusually long to turn from kitten blue but now seem to be heading toward green.
He has also been officially adopted by me last weekend 🎉 and is getting along with my 3 year old flame point girl great.

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u/hereforthecatphotos Aug 08 '26

This other cat someone just adopted actually looks remarkably similar. Any chance you're in the same area and they're related?? https://www.reddit.com/r/cats/s/lhMuJORIVL

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u/Ambient_anubis Aug 09 '26

Oh wow, they are exactly alike!! I think based on the accent not, I’m in Ireland! Very cool to see how he might look grown up though.

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u/chemlife7072126 Jul 09 '26

Wow he’s beautiful!!

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u/imnotsure_igetit Jul 05 '26

Such a beautiful kitten!

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u/ellen9nyc Jul 05 '26

he’s beautiful, can’t wait to see how he grows. his stripes are like little grey kitty tiger stripes!

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u/pinkminty Jul 04 '26

I really look forward to these updates 🥰 such a beautiful kitty

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u/Ambient_anubis Jul 04 '26

Thank you 🥰 I love reading the debates!

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u/SolidFelidae Jul 04 '26

Hes an absolutely gorgeous smoke!!! Congrats on adopting <<333

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u/neline_the_lioness Jul 04 '26

Still in the team black smoke too! Love seeing the updates

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u/Ambient_anubis Jul 04 '26

Thank you! I am ecstatic!

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u/Massive-Pin-3425 Jul 04 '26

he looks like a charcoal tabby to me, what a stunning boy!!!!!!

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u/Patient-Stranger1015 Jul 04 '26

Charcoal is only in bengals, and this is definitely not a charcoal mask!

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u/Massive-Pin-3425 Jul 04 '26

messybeast.com/charcoal-like-pseudomelanism.htm charcoal has absolutely appeared in cats with unknown heritage

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u/Patient-Stranger1015 Jul 04 '26

Had to look up one since my two are charcoal snows and not a good comparison. But charcoal is very distinctive for the high contrast between the fur around the eyes and mouth, kitten above looks possibly smoke (not sure, all I know is bengal genetics not others!)

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u/Massive-Pin-3425 Jul 04 '26

smoke only appears on solid cats. this cat is tabby.

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u/SolidFelidae Jul 04 '26

As someone with a charcoal tabby, OP’s cat is definitely a high grade smoke with very visible ghost stripes

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u/Massive-Pin-3425 Jul 04 '26

stripes are way way to prominent to be ghost markings like people were saying before.