I think I'm developing a communication skill with the ferals

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45. Ember's mother was half Mau, an

accidental pregnancy due to a careless breeder. Her mother's coat was calico. Actually, Ember has a torbie coat - black and gray striped with random streaks of red.

I never thought of color influencing behavior. Ember is the first female cat that I've had. All my previous ones were male. So I wonder if the behavior that people associate with torties and torbies is due to gender and hormones instead of color. But I have not had enough experience with female cats to know if there are gender differences in behavior. Certainly females behave differently than males if they have a litter, or when they come in heat if they are not spayed. But after being spayed, I don't know if gender affects behavior in cats.