Orange Haired Cats Usually Male. Abyssinians are favored for the orange ticked pattern. The colors are often described as red and black, but the red patches can instead be orange, yellow, or cream, and the black can instead be chocolate, gray, tabby, or blue.
They’re usually friendly, and enjoy sunbathing throughout the day. Pheomelamine is the pigment responsible for the ginger color in cats. There is no calico gene.
These cats are just as loving as those of any other color, but there is a certain charm about their appearance.
Also called torties for short, tortoiseshell cats combine two colors other than white, either closely mixed or in larger patches. Long haired breeds such as persians, maine coons and american curl can have the orange tabby pattern. The majority of orange tabby cats are male. My orange female cats are more playful than my orange male cats.