The 19th Official Rain Snow Sleet nor Ice Shall Detour Discussion for TPBM (19)

Becky, nice cacti

I wasn't sure if they still call it calico when they have gray instead of black. I had a lovely calico growing up, Becky was her name!

3Turner wrote in post #7186853
Acreage is pretty cheap down here....cows, not so much.

How many acres to a cow down there? You have a lot more grass than we do but not that much. We can only manage about 1 cow per 25 acres without bring in food.

But yeah, I would have as many cows as the land could support.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7186860
I wasn't sure if they still call it calico when they have gray instead of black. I had a lovely calico growing up, Becky was her name!

calico is 3 or more colors any 3 or more.

Permagrin wrote in post #7186872
calico is 3 or more colors any 3 or more.

Shoot, I've done that on a bad night.

beautiful shot Tiff.

Crissa, what a cute set of kittens.

Tifafa, cute shot.

her markings are very muted, my calico before was the classic black, ginger and white with each bit being separate.

sevillafox wrote in post #7186865

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Those EYES!

I actually haven't gotten a really good look at either one of them, they are still quite shy and I am doubting the whole "well socialized" part. The little boy shivers when I hold him, so I figure a little bit each day and hand feeding till they come to me for the food and soon enough we'll all be fast friends.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7186887
beautiful shot Tiff.

Permagrin wrote in post #7186890
Tifafa, cute shot.

DoodleBunz wrote in post #7186912
Those EYES!

Thanks ladies! The catchlights were too great not to take advantage of. The little stinker was all smiles until I busted out the camera.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7186914
I actually haven't gotten a really good look at either one of them, they are still quite shy and I am doubting the whole "well socialized" part. The little boy shivers when I hold him, so I figure a little bit each day and hand feeding till they come to me for the food and soon enough we'll all be fast friends.

Food should do it.

Skrim17 wrote in post #7186900
her markings are very muted, my calico before was the classic black, ginger and white with each bit being separate.

well wiki says this

Tortoiseshell and Calico
This cat is also known as a Calimanco cat or Clouded Tiger cat, and by the nickname "tortie." In the cat fancy, a tortoiseshell cat is randomly patched over with red (or its dilute form, cream) and black (or its dilute blue) mottled throughout the coat. Additionally, the cat may have white spots in its fur, which make it a "tortoiseshell and white" cat or, if there is a significant amount of white in the fur and the red and black colors form a patchwork rather than a mottled aspect, the cat will be called a "calico." All calicos are tortoiseshell (as they carry both black and red), but not all tortoiseshells are calicos (which requires a significant amount of white in the fur and patching rather than mottling of the colors). The calico is also sometimes called a "tricolor cat." The Japanese refer to this pattern as mi-ke (meaning "triple fur"), while the Dutch call these cats lapjeskat (meaning "patches cat"). A true tricolor must consist of three colors: a reddish color, dark or light; white; and one other color, typically a brown, black or blue.[65] Both tortoiseshell and calico cats are typically female because the coat pattern is the result of differential X chromosome inactivation in females (which, as with all normal female mammals, have two X chromosomes). Conversely, cats where the overall color is ginger (orange) are commonly male (roughly in a 3:1 ratio). In a litter sired by a ginger tom, the females will be tortoiseshell or ginger. Male tortoiseshells can occur as a result of chromosomal abnormalities (often linked to sterility) or by a phenomenon known as chimericism, where two early stage embryos are merged into a single kitten.


so she may be considered a tortie too...but calico fits as well.

Calypso was awfully shy when we first got her home...and she played like a demon with her 8 other litter mates. It took her months to warm to us.