User blog comment:Ravenflight92/Random rants/@comment-1913002-20100313023026

Some information on cat genetics:
 * All ginger (or cream) cats are technically ginger tabbies. The difference between the two is simply how visible the stripes are.
 * Tortoiseshell toms are A) Extremely rare and B) STERILE!
 * The only way a female cat can be ginger is if A) Both parents are either ginger or cream (Squirrelflight) or if B) The father is ginger/cream and the mother is tortie/dilute tortie. A male cat can be ginger with only one tortie/ginger parent. Therefore, ginger toms are much more common than ginger she-cats.
 * This isn't genetic, but it is related to cat development: Kits' eyes don't open until they're about a week old, and they don't reach their final eye color until they're about month old. DO NOT NAME CATS AFTER THEIR EYE COLOR!!!!!!!!!!!