Do cat color genetics affect personality?

[wnylib]

I think that breed, where it exists, has more to do with personality and behavior than color. In cats that have no specific breed, their personalities will vary regardless of color

This video gives some genetic information associated with colors, but then tries to connect color with personality, which has no scientific evidence.

OTOH, the video says that orange males are very friendly and affectionate. The only orange male that I ever had was the most affectionate cat I have ever seen. His name was Leo, but I nicknamed him Mr. Love.

My current cat is tricolor, a tortoiseshell tabby. She is affectionate, but very independent and assertive as the video says for tricolor cats.

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[amerikat]

1. That was Wonderful.

Thanks.

[multigraincracker]

2. I'm very fond of my Maine Coon and

She is very fond of me.

[Pas-de-Calais]

3. We've had 4 all from Humane Society

Tigger- tabby orange
Meeko - tabby beautifully marked tan, dark brown, swirls

Both were scaredy cats who would only go outside in our backyard when it was dark. We believe it’s dark so nothing can see me.

Boots - Siamese black with white streaked chest
Cocoa - Bombay ditto on coloring

Both panthers who love to hunt, running around and thru our ornamental grass

[TommieMommy]

4. Fascinating 👍 thank you

[rampartd]

5. lovely video but

cat personalities are individual and varied and , like humans, independent of their hair color.

[Marthe48]

6. I noticed that calicos seem to like water

I've called the ones I know plumbers. They were always most likely to get in the sink or tub to check the faucets

I read that gray tabbies were probably the first color of cats to be domesticated, and might be more affectionate, either because of the longer association with humans, or something in their nature.

The Manx kitty I had didn't like being petted, but she was always sociable, always met visitors at the door. Manx cats are known to be socialable. I figure they have less worries because they don't have tails

I've had cats of all different colors, ferals, strays, born at home, gifted and adopted. I've noticed that one thing about cats, they are like people. Every single one has the basic cat wiring, but their individual personalities are as diverse as humans are.

[wnylib]

7. That's my experience with cats, too.

I've had solid black, grey tabby, half Siamese (with tabby coat), and orange tabby cats. Current one is tricolor, a tortoiseshell tabby who is 1/4 Egyptian Mau.

All of the cats except one came either from the Humane Society or from friends who rescued a stray and needed a home for it. The current one came from a co-worker who had the mother.

Every personality was different. The half Siamese and the 1/4 Egyptian Mau did/do have behavioral traits typical of their identifiable breeds. The others were no particular breed. Even within a specific breed, or within a single litter, there are differences of personality.

[Marthe48]

8. and every one was lucky to land with you :)

My current kitty is really mellow. She is 18, and has adjusted well to her new life. We adopted an older cat from the shelter, and she didn't adapt well. She was with us the rest of her life, and all I can say is that she was different. I kept a foam kneeling pad in the kitchen, She'd drag it out from behind the cupboard into the living room and wrestle it. She also bit into the edge all the way around. My husband thought it was hilarious. Not so funny when we pulled flipflops out of the closet and she had done the same with them. lol

Our Manx liked to lie in the sun. The light came in the side door and she liked to lie under a music stand in it's path. The sun would gradually rise and light would finally spill under the stand Many times she would start scratching the bottom of the stand and my husband realized she was trying to pull the sunbeam down. Even if that wasn't her plan, it looked like she was trying. lol

[wnylib]

9. I think that *I* have been the lucky one to have had them drop into my life

They have all had their quirks and entertaining traits. They have all had their ways of showing affection, loyalty and even protectiveness .

[wnylib]

11. RE: calicos and water.

Ember's mother had a beautiful, unusual calico coat pattern. The red and black colors were arranged across her back and sides in alternating square shaped patches of color, like a patchwork quilt stitched together. Her face had the tabby M and black stripes like eyeliner extending out from her eyes. The rest of her face, shoulders, and underside were white. She was half Egyptian Mau, so she had the slim, lithe body shape and hauty, regal bearing of a Mau, although she did not have the unique spotted coat of a Mau.

Ember inherited her mother's colors, but arranged differently. She has much less white, only under her chin and in some white ticking on some of her black hairs. Too little white to call her a calico. She is mostly black and gray striped with random streaks of red throughout her back, sides, and tail.

When Ember was a kitten, she hopped onto the counter next to my stainless steel double sink to see what I was doing when I washed dishes. (No dishwasher since it's just Ember and me.) When I drained the sink and the suds went down the drain, they backed up in the pipe and rose up through the drain of the second sink.

Ember did a double take at the disappearing suds in one sink and their magical appearance in the other one. She hopped into the sink and went from one drain to the other trying to figure out what was happening. When the suds in the second drain started to slide down that drain, she pawed at them, trying to bring them back. Once they were gone, she stuck her entire face into the drain to see where they went.

That happened several times over the next few years. When she heard the suction noise of the drain plug being pulled, she rushed to the sinks to watch the magic and stick her face into the drain. Eventually, she gave it up and lost interest.

At 4 or 5 months old, Ember was fascinated with how the toilet water disappeared and then came back. She tried to put her paws into the returning water. Maybe to see if she could push it back down? Don't know. It was quite a stretch for her to reach over the toilet edge into the water so she leaned as much of her upper torso as she could and fell into the toilet. Ever since , I have kept the lid down.

She has a fuzzy little windup chicken -- a children's toy that is sold around Easter time. Chickie is Ember's comfort toy that she grabs and paces with whenever she feels stressed. I used to come home and find Chickie in Ember's water dish. Never figured out if she was trying to give Chickie a drink, or to wash her, or drown her.

But now Ember hates water. When it rains, she takes shelter behind the couch and will not come out until the rain stops. When I'm in the shower, Ember grabs Chickie in her mouth and stands in the doorway howling. To prevent this, before I step into the shower I point to myself, say my name, point to the shower, and say, "It's OK." (She knows my name and the words, "It's OK." )

[soldierant]

10. My experience with black and white cats,

whether the classic tuxie pattern or just some random pattern, is that they are very strong communicators. With a combination of meows, gestures, and side-eye, they can make their attitude very clear. However, what they communicate is not always factual. To be blunt, they lie like rugs.* (Or to be nicer, they have a vivid fantasy life.) I haven't noticed any other color or pattern having a consistent personality trait.

*One of my cats displayed this trait to the degree that a taxonomist friend declared him to be a new species - Felis domesticus mendacitans.

[3catwoman3]

12. Our tuxie female is very vocal and very opinionated.

She always "talks back" if reprimanded/scolded for doing something she shouldn't be doing. Her name is Chessie, but I often refer to her as Sassy Cat.