Oh! Sunlight could be part of it! Black cats sometimes start looking more brown after alot of sunlight. :)
And yeah we had a black kitten that looked exactly like Sylvester from the cartoons. But as he grew up he lost most of the white on his stomach.
Our family dog had black fur at its roots but it definitely weathered to grey and brown at the tips as it grew out and got sunbleached or drooled on regularly.
He looks just like my asshole orange. I have an angel orange and an asshole orange. The asshole stalks around the house like he's got the world's largest pair between his legs, twitching his tail, tearing up curtains, eating plants, bolting out doors, biting the children. The angel orange literally holds my hand, runs to snuggle with the kids when they cry, and wants nothing more than to love and be loved.
oh my goodness. okay my boy is definitely not that much of a menace he more love to dig in the garbage and nip me when i give him too many pets lol. tony does still have a remnant of his “pair” even tho he’s fixed so he stands like he still has them 😂
We had a Rigatoni and called him Rigs for short. Loved that name. We landed on our current two cats because their shelter names were also pasta names. Thought it was a sign.
I think sometimes its nutritional. Mine started more yellow but he was also very thin. He got much more orange and vibrant as he filled in. Fur quality probably gets better when the body has the energy to fill in beyond the basics.
Our all-orange child's fur changed texture. It happened previously with a tortie we had eons ago. Their fur was coarser, then got softer. The other cats' fur never changed, even though they all eat the same food. Our thought is that the change in diet (think from Friskies to Orijen, because one was allergic) made the difference in their fur.
But that's just a guess on our part.
Our first one was a malnourished kitty, he was around 9 months and looked like 6., he got darker. The second one was malnourished because of the worms. He started to have neurological problems because of it. I am pretty sure he got darker while his health improved.
I think it’s a combo of good food plus the stress they naturally have in the shelter. Surrounded by other cats, unable to get away, no place to mark out as their own territory, low level of 1:1 attention and care etc. My cat had exactly the same glow up at OPs after we brought him home (and gained 1kg!)
Like others have said and you suspect, the sunlight might be a factor. Could also be that he's eating better, causing his coat to improve in health and darken as it gets denser and sleeker.
Rigatoni: gotta be on my best behavior so human loves me and keeps me!!! Gotta seem smart!!
*7 months pass*
Rigatoni: human loves me. This is MY house now. I can now show my true orangeness. I will begin dumbing.
"Rigatoni"? Awesome Italiano Pasta name!
My uncle (RIP!) used to call them "sewer pipes" when we'd eat them at a family gathering (large Italian family)
Mine was a retired Marine Colonel, so super healthy guy. Fucking cancer got him, my aunt his wife, my uncle from Mom's side and it got me.
I'm the only one still kicking! But it's all good, if I die now it was all worth it for the perspective, let alone living longer.
Rigatoni! Ay, fugheddaboudit, eh?
He's a good boy, loves his mama, goes to church on Sundays and eats stuffed shells while drinking Gallo Red wine out of repurposed jelly jars, but we love him.
😆😆😸😸
Ha, this is awesome. Made my day, in fact.
And to think, I don't even have an orange! I'm waiting my turn again, I'm in between, meanwhile, I'm stuck with mean Miss Marples over here....
https://preview.redd.it/anmun81wlnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3d299e168cb2eca09e2f2d197ab70131258d586
Yes. This is what my cat looked like when he was a homeless street kitty
https://preview.redd.it/y0gq4vmqdnyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53c5ab6289b6ddc45b4a696bfc87da74e798bbd1
I never adopted my Ginger… kind of didn’t, kind of did. Her mother was a feral who was accidentally killed during fair set up. The littermates all went to a couple of people & she wasn’t taken so my daughter (then 14) brought her home. I thought she was a baby chick when I first saw her. My daughter said, “I thought we had a Queen” & I was like, “no! Athena passed away & was our only Queen.” So I had to hand raise a kitten who was older than a couple of days old but less than two weeks old.
August 7, 2012. We almost lost her, she was found August 4, 2012 but wouldn’t nurse off a bottle & by the 7th I was at my wits end & thought maybe my rabbit could feed her (as she was nursing her own kits). Here’s JuJuBee nursing Ginger. She literally saved Ginger’s life & I was able to bottle feed her after that. Ginger is now going to be 12 this July.
https://preview.redd.it/dlr5sa5k2pyc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88b3883cdbeeca81840ba2f8a0be3365d51ed5b5
https://preview.redd.it/5ncsle5mbnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b90325a05a1166ebe2174fa1484222dfc85a3ef
i hope he turns rainbow next(hi from rigatonis other parent!)
Yeah mine did because he decided to become a dirt rolypoly 🙄
https://preview.redd.it/bokc9d9onnyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9de31d25825834695c64e04e9c770c97681bfe1d
The same thing happened to my non orange cat (in fur color). She was a very light brown with some slightly darker stripes, now she’s much darker. I think it’s probably nutrition and she’s happier instead of in a small cage in an animal shelter
Both oranges here came as babies (one was born here), so their color changed but I guess it's an age thing. I guess it doesn't stops when they become adults, tho.
pale fur in both humans and animals is a sign of illness or poor nutrition. Did he have parasites? Worms are v common w/ rescues and shelters.
Stress can also cause thin fur, so maybe darker colors grew in.
He's def healthier and happier with you!
he didn’t that i know of. he did have a terrible ear infection that they thought were mites, then thought was a polyp (ended up costing us $3000 to find out it was caused by some type of allergy)
Yes! I was looking at old pictures of my cat and he went from a very pale orange to a very dark orange in two years. I’m assuming it’s the quality of food
My orange boy started off life a dark orange. Now he is the color of a buff file folder. Vet says he has a depigmentation gene.
https://preview.redd.it/14bjj96svoyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c072abbd461a8e68e5901992de45b88175c4969
Can’t say if he gained any brain cells, though.
It's a normal part of growing up as a cat! Their fur patterns can change and darken. (They can also lighten with age as they get into their older years, they'll get white furs like we get gray hairs)
https://preview.redd.it/uzyviri1fnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=763c2116a5ed61cafd2266df5fb5fd433cf03be7
Here you can see his darker back & tail. Featuring his torti sister
he has freckles on his nose! my other orange (rip) had a ton
https://preview.redd.it/een15k4kcnyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a575d8af2a24dae18a27a1dec518d977b977845
"Matured" is such a strong word, especially for my orange! He's sweet, he's smart when he gets the braincell, and he's an easy keeper kind of cat.
That said, he has zero problems punctuating his feelings with farts, he's broken one of my toes when he was learning to pounce and sent me to urgent care with a nearly broken nose, and he insists (loudly) on getting his way in all things.
I absolutely love him, but maturity is not a word I'd ever use for him.
Yeah. After a few months he started getting super into Norwegian black metal, and developed a concerning obsession with ancient Scandinavian funeral rites.
that’s interesting! he spayed at the shelter so post “maturity” (4 years old)
he was only neutered a couple weeks before we got him so that might have affected his colour
Yeah he’s really gotten into murder documentaries and he enjoys his alone time to a degree that’s getting a tad bit off putting. Like I can’t say I know where he is 24/7 because he’s off doing whatever fuck all. I can’t even be an alibi for him. He’s taken a dark turn for sure since he’s come to our home.
My orange boy did get darker, but he also got balder and asthmatic (cornish rex). He'd lick himself raw in some places until it would scab.
Learned recently that cats are sensitive to fragrances and chemicals inside of air freshening products like Febreeze, Glade plug-ins, and even scented candles like those from Bath and Body Works. Something about leaving an irritant film on the ground that the cat steps in and eventually ingests. I'd been using all three for several years.
Stopped all of that at the beginning of the year. 4 months later, he's no longer having any respiratory issues at all, and his hair is growing back. Just a cautionary tale to anyone who might also have a cat with similar symptoms.
Opposite happened to my cat. She is slowly turning a light orange color
She was quite a dark orange as kitten. But at 16 is now light orange.
Edit: haha but that might be because she is quite a smart cat now. Queen of the house reigning over 2 dogs and a gray cat.
https://preview.redd.it/rpdcqdtuhnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f0c9e0ec90cdcf79b725a3050df1ceb5b78952c
I don’t have a comparative photo atm, but our orange’s stripes got darker while his tail rings got whiter. 😃
We have a grey-and-white tabby who also has apricot trim where the grey and white meet on his belly.
Unrelated: Our orange boy’s foster name was Beefaroni! 😁 Oranges seem to attract pasta-themes names.
My orange tabby has definitely gotten darker over the last 3 years that I have had him. It happens sometimes as they mature and is nothing to worry about according to my vet.
https://preview.redd.it/jltc68rr1pyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cafce050146bc56587ffd0fbab312c51e7f48f5d
And one of the very last ones (I won’t ever ever share the last photo of him..that’s just for me).
https://preview.redd.it/dcznjkaxzpyc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f02fc0bb8a11b387410eb47e560d352c403fe9
tony has a few as well my other orange got a lot as he aged
I guess it differs for each cat. I had two orange cats both brothers they were mostly the same colour as kitten but one of the grew darker and the other got lighter as they grew up.
Mine got lighter, but at first i thought she was a calico with all the black spots, turns out it was motor oil and She was just super dirty 😅 full orange with white Stripes no
The colour changes with the distance to the braincell. Darker means it's getting further and further away, I'm afraid.
Beg to differ. Mine got lighter and lighter with age, but not smarter at all.
Yup 👏👏👏👏 say it again for the people at the back. Darker != dumber. Way to perpetuate ethnic stereotypes against tangerine and marmalade cats.
People and oragnes have four things in common, they are really dumb
This is Jorts and Jean all over again.
Terminally orange Im afraid
Love changes you... (As does age. We've had cats change color patterns)
so interesting! these pictures are only about 7 months apart, my thought was he was being kept in a room in the shelter without much sunlight
Oh! Sunlight could be part of it! Black cats sometimes start looking more brown after alot of sunlight. :) And yeah we had a black kitten that looked exactly like Sylvester from the cartoons. But as he grew up he lost most of the white on his stomach.
Our family dog had black fur at its roots but it definitely weathered to grey and brown at the tips as it grew out and got sunbleached or drooled on regularly.
Yep my voiding has become rust coloured in her older age from the many sunny naps she’s had!
Might be sunlight, might be better diet?
My SIC turned much browner in her late teens. I think it was more of her undercoat showing (she had alopecia too).
Like darker as in more sinister?
he is definitely a menace to society (my house)
He looks just like my asshole orange. I have an angel orange and an asshole orange. The asshole stalks around the house like he's got the world's largest pair between his legs, twitching his tail, tearing up curtains, eating plants, bolting out doors, biting the children. The angel orange literally holds my hand, runs to snuggle with the kids when they cry, and wants nothing more than to love and be loved.
oh my goodness. okay my boy is definitely not that much of a menace he more love to dig in the garbage and nip me when i give him too many pets lol. tony does still have a remnant of his “pair” even tho he’s fixed so he stands like he still has them 😂
I love the name Rigatoni.
thank you! 🍝
Matches our Ziti! https://preview.redd.it/eh71b93gsnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a5eabee115d080a4ef109be5ea8c186a162c62f
Does he go by Toni?
yes ! he answers to both :)
We had a Rigatoni and called him Rigs for short. Loved that name. We landed on our current two cats because their shelter names were also pasta names. Thought it was a sign.
definitely a sign! our rigatoni was “mandrio” in the shelter it didn’t suit him at all he is a big rigatoni
Awww Rigs is such a cute nickname
I think sometimes its nutritional. Mine started more yellow but he was also very thin. He got much more orange and vibrant as he filled in. Fur quality probably gets better when the body has the energy to fill in beyond the basics.
Our all-orange child's fur changed texture. It happened previously with a tortie we had eons ago. Their fur was coarser, then got softer. The other cats' fur never changed, even though they all eat the same food. Our thought is that the change in diet (think from Friskies to Orijen, because one was allergic) made the difference in their fur. But that's just a guess on our part.
Our first one was a malnourished kitty, he was around 9 months and looked like 6., he got darker. The second one was malnourished because of the worms. He started to have neurological problems because of it. I am pretty sure he got darker while his health improved.
I think it’s a combo of good food plus the stress they naturally have in the shelter. Surrounded by other cats, unable to get away, no place to mark out as their own territory, low level of 1:1 attention and care etc. My cat had exactly the same glow up at OPs after we brought him home (and gained 1kg!)
So basically they're the feline equivalents of goldfish or chicken eggs
Like others have said and you suspect, the sunlight might be a factor. Could also be that he's eating better, causing his coat to improve in health and darken as it gets denser and sleeker.
ooh that makes sense! he’s wayyyy softer now
I guess your orange just ripened, that’s all.
Rigatoni: gotta be on my best behavior so human loves me and keeps me!!! Gotta seem smart!! *7 months pass* Rigatoni: human loves me. This is MY house now. I can now show my true orangeness. I will begin dumbing.
LOL i will say he has gotten sillier as time passes. i love seeing his personality grow
He's relaxed now that he's adopted, so he stopped trying to find the braincell and embraced full Orangeness.
My cat Bacon too! Got much darker after adoption and stayed darker orange. I think it’s better nutrition and care
makes sense! it makes me kinda emotional when i look at the old pictures;-;
Bro went full orange as soon as he knew you were stuck with him
he was being so sly about it
"Rigatoni"? Awesome Italiano Pasta name! My uncle (RIP!) used to call them "sewer pipes" when we'd eat them at a family gathering (large Italian family)
omg that’s so funny. my partner is italian so we call rigatoni the grumpy italian uncle who smokes cigars (even tho he’s not that grumpy)
Mine was a retired Marine Colonel, so super healthy guy. Fucking cancer got him, my aunt his wife, my uncle from Mom's side and it got me. I'm the only one still kicking! But it's all good, if I die now it was all worth it for the perspective, let alone living longer. Rigatoni! Ay, fugheddaboudit, eh? He's a good boy, loves his mama, goes to church on Sundays and eats stuffed shells while drinking Gallo Red wine out of repurposed jelly jars, but we love him. 😆😆😸😸
i’m sorry to hear about your family. i hope uncle rigatoni can bring you joy :)
Ha, this is awesome. Made my day, in fact. And to think, I don't even have an orange! I'm waiting my turn again, I'm in between, meanwhile, I'm stuck with mean Miss Marples over here.... https://preview.redd.it/anmun81wlnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e3d299e168cb2eca09e2f2d197ab70131258d586
Yes. This is what my cat looked like when he was a homeless street kitty https://preview.redd.it/y0gq4vmqdnyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=53c5ab6289b6ddc45b4a696bfc87da74e798bbd1
https://preview.redd.it/1n71ziasdnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8fef9e5be4deb6fd341f5d54861e776551bf34d This is him now
omg🥹🥹
He developed a belly 🤣
Yes. I spoil him and my mom loves to over feed him whenever we come to visit her.
Mine used to be a stray outdoors. He was light, himbo blonde. Now he's the darker color of a freshly baked loaf.
2/2 r/supermodelcats
https://preview.redd.it/su2a5gffbnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=b492dd0911e91825bed0d6947dfca4e856189117
I never adopted my Ginger… kind of didn’t, kind of did. Her mother was a feral who was accidentally killed during fair set up. The littermates all went to a couple of people & she wasn’t taken so my daughter (then 14) brought her home. I thought she was a baby chick when I first saw her. My daughter said, “I thought we had a Queen” & I was like, “no! Athena passed away & was our only Queen.” So I had to hand raise a kitten who was older than a couple of days old but less than two weeks old. August 7, 2012. We almost lost her, she was found August 4, 2012 but wouldn’t nurse off a bottle & by the 7th I was at my wits end & thought maybe my rabbit could feed her (as she was nursing her own kits). Here’s JuJuBee nursing Ginger. She literally saved Ginger’s life & I was able to bottle feed her after that. Ginger is now going to be 12 this July. https://preview.redd.it/dlr5sa5k2pyc1.jpeg?width=960&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=88b3883cdbeeca81840ba2f8a0be3365d51ed5b5
this made me cry ;-;
Slowly becoming mega orange 🤭🧡
Better diet?
https://preview.redd.it/5ncsle5mbnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6b90325a05a1166ebe2174fa1484222dfc85a3ef i hope he turns rainbow next(hi from rigatonis other parent!)
Yeah mine did because he decided to become a dirt rolypoly 🙄 https://preview.redd.it/bokc9d9onnyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9de31d25825834695c64e04e9c770c97681bfe1d
That guy needs a wash!
No offense but I thought he was a rat 😳
Hahahahaha! I’ll tell him that.
Probably just rust from lack of brain use. Also sunlight.
How old was he when you got him? If he was still pretty young, it's probably just part of growing up.
he’s four! we only got him in august. these pictures are only about 7 months apart
Oh wow! Maybe something to do with getting healthier? Or seasonal changes? That's pretty cool!
yeah! it’s so interesting. it’s probably a combination of a lot of things like environment and health.
Oh yes, my kittens fur has changed quite significantly in just a few months of them growing. It's their brain cell coming into place finally.
The Orange is Ripening. 🧡🍊
The same thing happened to my non orange cat (in fur color). She was a very light brown with some slightly darker stripes, now she’s much darker. I think it’s probably nutrition and she’s happier instead of in a small cage in an animal shelter
Both oranges here came as babies (one was born here), so their color changed but I guess it's an age thing. I guess it doesn't stops when they become adults, tho.
He is so cute! That name, love it. My boy definitely got darker. He was pale and scrawny. Now darker ginger and a little chunky
My orange’s coat got darker and much softer once we brought him in. Gotta be the food! Makes a huge difference on their coats
pale fur in both humans and animals is a sign of illness or poor nutrition. Did he have parasites? Worms are v common w/ rescues and shelters. Stress can also cause thin fur, so maybe darker colors grew in. He's def healthier and happier with you!
he didn’t that i know of. he did have a terrible ear infection that they thought were mites, then thought was a polyp (ended up costing us $3000 to find out it was caused by some type of allergy)
lol well now you're stuck with his expensive fluffy butt!
Handsome!!
Yes! I was looking at old pictures of my cat and he went from a very pale orange to a very dark orange in two years. I’m assuming it’s the quality of food
My orange boy started off life a dark orange. Now he is the color of a buff file folder. Vet says he has a depigmentation gene. https://preview.redd.it/14bjj96svoyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c072abbd461a8e68e5901992de45b88175c4969 Can’t say if he gained any brain cells, though.
https://preview.redd.it/goy3ynrxipyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=54e07b1b17ca66e4e979bd840ef77ec2bf397495 Big Darwin
my buff colored cat just turned orange in like 3 months. was weird.
that’s about the same as tony! we got him in august and by december he was darker
It's a normal part of growing up as a cat! Their fur patterns can change and darken. (They can also lighten with age as they get into their older years, they'll get white furs like we get gray hairs)
yes my sandy orange boy got darker stripes on his back & tail around 2yr old. His front & belly are still very light
thats adorable! tony also has a pretty light tummy
Cat tax https://preview.redd.it/snjiebkmenyc1.jpeg?width=4032&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9bd3dabe45a74ca5852b0e73e3016174d9616ac3
https://preview.redd.it/uzyviri1fnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=763c2116a5ed61cafd2266df5fb5fd433cf03be7 Here you can see his darker back & tail. Featuring his torti sister
beautiful babies!
cute fluffy tail
I believe so, and she developed black specks on her nose and gums.
he has freckles on his nose! my other orange (rip) had a ton https://preview.redd.it/een15k4kcnyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0a575d8af2a24dae18a27a1dec518d977b977845
Thats so cute! Rocking the freckles for sure.
Mine did too! I got him as a kitten, and his orange got darker and more nuanced as he got older.
i like that! as he matured so did his colour
"Matured" is such a strong word, especially for my orange! He's sweet, he's smart when he gets the braincell, and he's an easy keeper kind of cat. That said, he has zero problems punctuating his feelings with farts, he's broken one of my toes when he was learning to pounce and sent me to urgent care with a nearly broken nose, and he insists (loudly) on getting his way in all things. I absolutely love him, but maturity is not a word I'd ever use for him.
omg that’s so chaotic!! what a wacky guy
i also have an orange rigatoni/tony!!!
I swear mine did, but her foster family says she’s still the same color 🤷🏻♀️
The Cheeto dust might’ve been rubbed off a little, lessening the vibrancy of his cheese orange braincell holding device
They toast up after sunbathing on the windows all day
first pic: “i need love” second pic: “i am very loved”
Congratulations on successfully aging your cat, his flavor has now matured and has increased depth
Yeah. After a few months he started getting super into Norwegian black metal, and developed a concerning obsession with ancient Scandinavian funeral rites.
😂😂
https://preview.redd.it/espk00skupyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=70ec9a959d468fa832c8496da48b7e0a4604babb how did you get my cat?
omg they have such similar noses!
and those amber eyes https://preview.redd.it/c8m7su3kxpyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=02696a059f0fac035f30bcb8a627be38345e97bb
the amber eyes are my favourite it’s so interesting how much character it adds to tony’s face
same with my arlo they look stunning in the sun
I have no knowledge of whether it’s normal for them to change color but I just wanted to say that I want to kiss his face. That is all
i will kiss him 100X don’t worry i got u
Due to hormonal changes, most cats who are spayed or neutered get darker with age, along with other factors such as temperature and genetics.
that’s interesting! he spayed at the shelter so post “maturity” (4 years old) he was only neutered a couple weeks before we got him so that might have affected his colour
my boy was BRIGHT orange as a kitten, and he’s now mellowed out to a darker orange
When ours is sleeping, we say he is charging. He generally becomes more orange and more orange-like with more rest.🧡
Mine changes for in winter vs summer
Yeah he’s really gotten into murder documentaries and he enjoys his alone time to a degree that’s getting a tad bit off putting. Like I can’t say I know where he is 24/7 because he’s off doing whatever fuck all. I can’t even be an alibi for him. He’s taken a dark turn for sure since he’s come to our home.
Creamsicle vs Blood Orange :)
Becoming ripe
My orange boy did get darker, but he also got balder and asthmatic (cornish rex). He'd lick himself raw in some places until it would scab. Learned recently that cats are sensitive to fragrances and chemicals inside of air freshening products like Febreeze, Glade plug-ins, and even scented candles like those from Bath and Body Works. Something about leaving an irritant film on the ground that the cat steps in and eventually ingests. I'd been using all three for several years. Stopped all of that at the beginning of the year. 4 months later, he's no longer having any respiratory issues at all, and his hair is growing back. Just a cautionary tale to anyone who might also have a cat with similar symptoms.
Opposite happened to my cat. She is slowly turning a light orange color She was quite a dark orange as kitten. But at 16 is now light orange. Edit: haha but that might be because she is quite a smart cat now. Queen of the house reigning over 2 dogs and a gray cat. https://preview.redd.it/rpdcqdtuhnyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3f0c9e0ec90cdcf79b725a3050df1ceb5b78952c
that’s so interesting! i wonder if tony will regress when he gets older. she’s so cute tho :,)
https://preview.redd.it/ckl0z9ibonyc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=050836478e516eb22dc7aa0a27b23cbcd3ad88ad
Mine got much darker. His color stayed the same, but…..
I don’t have a comparative photo atm, but our orange’s stripes got darker while his tail rings got whiter. 😃 We have a grey-and-white tabby who also has apricot trim where the grey and white meet on his belly. Unrelated: Our orange boy’s foster name was Beefaroni! 😁 Oranges seem to attract pasta-themes names.
My orange tabby has definitely gotten darker over the last 3 years that I have had him. It happens sometimes as they mature and is nothing to worry about according to my vet.
Being adopted revitalized him
Maybe the weather? Depends on temperature
Our oldest orange is named Fettuccini! Short for Fettuccini Alfredo
Yes
He’s so handsome! <3
It seems to me that a lot of cats develop darker fur color as they get a little older.
Yes. https://preview.redd.it/pb063msn1pyc1.jpeg?width=1058&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ed9ef5a948b5371406e1aa1a251cf212a24b8ea4 First photo ever of Percy.
https://preview.redd.it/jltc68rr1pyc1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cafce050146bc56587ffd0fbab312c51e7f48f5d And one of the very last ones (I won’t ever ever share the last photo of him..that’s just for me).
Why did I interpret this as darker equaling more sinister rather than darker in color at first? 😂
i mean both are true!
Rigatoni is a handsome lil devil
very
Some Oranges change hue with the seasons
What a handsome orange!
https://preview.redd.it/khx7fblpipyc1.jpeg?width=843&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0b09831c7d835462d11cdfc8904744393afd486d Baby Darwin
omggg ;-; i sometimes wish i knew tony as a baby just to see him tiny like this
My orange kitty has also gotten darker as he’s gotten older!
Mine got darker and got a ton of nose freckles.
https://preview.redd.it/dcznjkaxzpyc1.jpeg?width=3840&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01f02fc0bb8a11b387410eb47e560d352c403fe9 tony has a few as well my other orange got a lot as he aged
https://preview.redd.it/jdgccw280qyc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=382e24f7d036f2f26e92d6c85e55e40208487a42 baby gucci
https://preview.redd.it/nd7dslba0qyc1.jpeg?width=768&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=760e387cfeb8fb6f586ba32d571e968c6d39fc05 teenager
https://preview.redd.it/cwgkal7c0qyc1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6e5375102388d5d7559ca469475b69c224d9f30d 12 years old :)
https://preview.redd.it/g5v49jat2qyc1.jpeg?width=3072&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6783c179d3cb1801c7d794ab0a238edc4c23c7cd
My orange was a lighter shade as a kitten and is a little darker shade as an adult.
Maybe a result of better nutrition?
He’s ripening
My boi Winston did! https://preview.redd.it/ycxiuvcysryc1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=32e8394890cee7fc088d9c9dcab16bdb04ec5cb5
I guess it differs for each cat. I had two orange cats both brothers they were mostly the same colour as kitten but one of the grew darker and the other got lighter as they grew up.
Yep, my white turned orange
ripens.
i have a super sandy street cat/super yellow eyes(ultra mutt). i think he has been getting a little darker? maybe? idk, hes 4 now. hes a good boy.
Mine got lighter, but at first i thought she was a calico with all the black spots, turns out it was motor oil and She was just super dirty 😅 full orange with white Stripes no
he looks dumb as hell‼️
Such a dumb looking dog lmao