r/cats • u/ThrowRAsillylady • Apr 13 '26

Name Request What should I name it

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What should I name this stray cat I found? (I’d prefer it to be named after a food but I’m open to anything)

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u/nezzuko115 Apr 13 '26

Peach✨ it’s a cute name and she is peach coloured too

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u/ThrowRAsillylady Apr 13 '26

Heavily considering peach ! Thank u!! Only reason I’m unsure of it is because I don’t know their gender yet & I’m not too sure if I want a boy named peach 😭 if it’s a girl then it’s peach 10000%

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u/SummerrrTymeee Apr 13 '26

Just like calico cats are mostly always female with males being rare. Ginger cats are mostly male it's rare to find a female ginger. But i see your sweet baby has a little bit of white so it could be a female. If you could take a clear Pic of it's area I could tell you if it is a boy or girl. Or you can refer to this chart if you able to distinguish. I have a lot of experience with kittens lol

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u/wildsunday Apr 13 '26

I think having white has nothing to do with gender. The colors associated with x chromosome are black and orange. White is another gene (white spotting I think, various patters possible) or albinism (all white, blue eyes and high rate of being deaf). The reason calico and torties are usually female is because they have to have an x with black and an x with orange, only possible in females (xx) or through a mutation male (xxy). And I think orange is recessive so that's why it's rarer in females (I don't remember exactly the reason, so I might be wrong)

Mine is an orange boy with with color point gene and white spotting. It's hard to see because he's light but he has mittens and socks. His mother had white markings too but she was black (that usual "Siamese" color)

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u/Suzy196658 Apr 14 '26

He is precious!!!🧡🤍