Sorting Out Female Cat Facts

Last week on #caturday Hobo managed to get onto the keyboard and wrote one of her diatribes to me. She loves doing that venting and I never know what she’s going to come out next.

In case you didn’t notice, the header image on this post was just taken of Hobo trying to insert herself into this post. Guess she’s afraid I’m going to write a rebuttal.

Something that came up in the comments on the post was her reference to Queen. First, the comment about the lady on the balcony not being the Queen, that Hobo is my Queen. It was a reference to Queen Elizabeth who appears on the balcony at Buckingham Palace during special events like the recent Jubilee. She’d been laying here as I watched the events.

Names for Female Cats - Molly, Queen & Dam

Any female cat can be called a Molly. It’s the female cat version of tomcat. The origin of the term is unknown.

A female cat of breeding age, is pregnant or has had kittens is called a Queen. When a pregnant female cat is having her kittens, she’s Queening which is where the term Queen came from. Hobo is of breeding age so she is a Queen.

The term Queen is apt among groups of domestic cats you’ll find they generally have a matriarchal social structure with a female in charge.

The term Dam for a female cat is more specialized. It refers to the rare or purebred female cat. The term is used for recording the cat breeding records.

Cats Can Deliver a Litter With Multiple Fathers

Ever wonder how the kittens in a litter can have such a range of colour and markings? I’ve always thought it was in the parent’s genes like humans get characteristics from both parents.

Queens can mate with multiple male cats when producing a litter and more than one of the males can father kittens within a litter.

Are They Righties or Lefties?

Studies have shown female cats tend to lead with their right paw while males will lead with their left. When I thought about my two females here when they reach for something, they do usually use their right paw.

Tortoiseshell Cats Are Usually Females

I have always loved the look of calico cats. They look like multicoloured patchs. Calicos are almost always female. A male will usually be sterile.

A tortoiseshell (or torti) cat is often referred to as an ‘unfinished calico’. Their colours are usually mixed but not in the defined way a calico cat is. Like a calico, a torti will also usually be a female.

Hobo’s household buddy, Tramp is a Torti. Here she is here:

Hobo gave up trying to get at the keyboard and has curled up beside me to go to sleep.

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