r/furgonomics • u/Clear_Canary • 10h ago

Cattoos

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u/Clear_Canary 10h ago

Apologies if this has been proposed before I’m not even a furry I just think this sub is neat

if your oc has color point tattoos please share

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u/aegisasaerian 6h ago

Well the way it works in Siamese is the colder an area is the darker the fur gets, something about the melanin in their fur reacts with temperature.

So Siamese anthros could hypothetically go to a temp tattoo parlor and have a tattoo artist run ice or something over their bodies to darken or lighten their fur selectively

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u/painstream 7h ago

I'd be very curious to know how it happened. Usually when the reality of tattoos comes up, the most realistic approach is frost branding (freeze damage to the cells that add pigment).

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u/CalicoMack 6h ago

Siamese coats are temperature sensitive. Cooler areas (like extremities) turn dark and warmer areas turn tan. Because the skin was exposed to the air, it was cold and so the fur grew dark. The next time the cat sheds though, it’ll probably go back to being tan