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Adopting an orange cat in Quebec
Orange cats, also listed as ginger or marmalade, are less common in Quebec rescue than black or grey, so this list is usually shorter and moves faster. If the colour matters to you, setting an alert beats checking in occasionally.
In Quebec listings this colouring is usually written as « chat roux », which is worth knowing if you are searching a shelter's own site. Most of the cats on this page come from Montreal organizations, simply because they are the ones that describe a cat's markings in writing; several Quebec shelters list a cat with no physical description at all. If this list looks short, browse the full Quebec cat listings rather than concluding these cats are not available elsewhere in the province.
Why most orange cats are male, and striped
Orange colouring is carried on the X chromosome, which is why the large majority of orange cats are male. That is genuine genetics rather than folklore, and it is one of the few reliable things anyone can tell you about a cat from its coat.
Almost all orange cats also show tabby patterning. The gene that produces orange does not suppress the underlying pattern the way the solid-black gene does, so an orange cat will nearly always show stripes or swirls somewhere, even if they only appear in certain light. A listing describing a solid orange cat is usually describing a very faintly marked one.
Looking more broadly? Browse every adoptable cat across the province on Cat Adoption Quebec.
The rescues that most often list Orange Cats across the province are Chatons Orphelins Montréal.
Orange Cat Adoption FAQ — Quebec
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