#silver torbie

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// Silver torbie shorthair with green eyes. //

Credit: winrood lee [source] [license]

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Are genetics still questions alright? I was able to find a few pictures on Messybeast but it still wasn’t clear to me. In a silver tortie (XOXO BB DD AA II) would the silvering gene only effect the black patches? Would the cat display normal red tortie patches? or would the tabby stripes in the tortie patches be red on a silver background?

I sent a message about the genetics of a silver torbie earlier today and I was sitting around and realized I’m pretty sure I sent the wrong genetics. I meant to say XOXo not XOXO!

Genetics questions are always alright! Red silver tabbies, oddly enough, do exist - they are called cameo tabbies, and they have red stripes on a silver background. In smoke torties, this can lead to an interesting effect where the cat looks patched silver and black, because much of the red patches become silver background color.

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// Silver torbie shorthair with amber eyes. //

Credit: Geronimo Giqueaux [source] [license]

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// Silver torbie shorthair with green eyes. //

Credit: Enrique [source] [license]

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// Silver torbie shorthair with amber eyes. //

Credit: Michael C [source] [license]

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// Silver torbie longhair with green eyes. //

Credit: Ticka Kao [source] [license]

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// Silver torbie shorthair with green eyes. //

Credit: EVGEN SLAVIN [source] [license]

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// Silver torbie shorthair with amber eyes. //

Credit: Geronimo Giqueaux [source] [license]