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Name: Ivy the Dilute Calico

Status: Adopted! | View Ivy the Dilute Calico's Success Story!

Adoption Fee: $50.00

Species: Cat

Breed: Dilute Tortoiseshell / Domestic Short Hair (short coat)

Color: Smokey grey & yellow, orange

Pattern: Tricolor

Sex: Female (spayed)

Current Size: 7 Pounds

Potential Size: 8 Pounds

General Potential Size: Small

Current Age: 15 Years 4 Months (best estimate)

Activity Level: Moderately Active

Indoor or Outdoor: Indoor Only

Good with Dogs: Yes

Good with Cats: Yes

Good with Kids: Yes

Declawed: No

Housetrained: Yes

Microchipped: Yes

Ivy the Dilute Calico's baby boy, Wesley the Kitten (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Ivy the Dilute Calico's baby girl, Alice the Golden-Eyed Tortie Kitten (adopted) can also be seen on our website.
Ivy the Dilute Calico's baby girl, Chloe the Kitten (adopted) can also be seen on our website.

Description:

Judy brought Ivy to the shelter to help find her a loving forever home. She belonged to a neighor who had too many cats to take care of. She came to us with 3 beautiful kittens and was a great mom. Her babies have all found their forever homes--will you help Ivy find hers too?

"Calico" refers to a cat's coloring. It is not a separate breed. One study has attempted to trace the origins of the coat pattern, and the research led them to port cities on the Mediterranean and in Northern Africa, the theory being that the cats were on board the ships that sailed those trading routes. (Cats were frequently "employed" on ships to keep rats away from the cargo.) Male calicos are rare--only 1 in 3,000--and are usually sterile. Calicos are believed to bring good luck. In some parts of the US, they are called money cats. The Japanese maneki neko--"waving cat"--figurine is almost always a calico.

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