Originally Posted by sarahp



The animal attendant from the shelter said she's seeing an increase in female ginger cats coming through the shelter. Not a huge amount, but the numbers are increasing every year. I thought that was interesting!



There's some more info for you WilliesLove - ginger cats are almost always male!



I believe I read somewhere that the tortie and ginger colours are the same gene. If a male has that colour gene, they turn out ginger, and if a female has that gene, it makes them tortoiseshell. I'd have to go Googling for confirmation of that though...