Comments on: Judging a Cat (Wrongly) by the Color of its Coat

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 22:29:10 +0000

I have three boy cats. A big black cat and two brothers who are gray and white. I think a cat’s personality grows as you raise it. I got them all as kittens and have worked with them to be very good cats. They are all very friendly to me and everyone and lovable. So I have cats with two different coloring and all the same temperment. Before these three I had a kitten who was white, she was very lovable but had a problem using her box, so I gave her to some very good friends who had a fenced in yard.

By: mx

mx — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:50:17 +0000

Whilst I accept that some cat can be percieved as aloof, my black cat, Tom, was the most loving child – he hated me going to work and when I came home, spent the rest of the night sleeping on my lap, and then under the duvet at bedtime!! My tuxedo, Munkie, slept on my chest with his paws tucked under my chin… all night… I think female cats are more aloof than colours, but maybe that’s because opposites attract and male cats prefer female owners?! Who knows, but I know I love and miss my boys… :o/ x

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 05 Nov 2012 16:04:00 +0000

I have had two black cats who were no doubt the most friendly and affectionate cats I have ever had. I have had a black and white striped tabby who was the devil herself and an orange tabby who was a close second to the devil.
I currently have a tortie who is shy and can be a bit standoffish–to everyone but me! With me, she cuddles daily and purrs and loves on me. With everyone else, it depends on her mood.

By: 5Cats

5Cats — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:46:43 +0000

Cats don’t care about what colour your fur is – at all!

Neither should we. Various breeds may have personality differences, and differing colours, but a Maine Coon is the bestest cat ever! Regardless of fur-colour! I miss my ‘Rocky Cat’ and my ‘Sylvester’ (Norwegian Forrest) my ‘Felix’ (Tuxedo) and most of all my ‘Calico’ (guess! tri-colour). We are (were) the 5Cats in my screen name. (I’m cat #5 of course!)

By: rain of lead

rain of lead — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 12:45:07 +0000

I have a black cat who will fetch
and he is one of the most loving animals I have ever had.

By: K

Sun, 04 Nov 2012 05:06:35 +0000

This is exactly why we need a “title IX” for cats of all coat patterns.

Personally though, I’m a Siamese supremest.

By: Rosa

Rosa — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 03:08:13 +0000

To be fair, individual members of the group sometimes have a bad habit of confirming the bias. I have an orange Maine Coon, and it’s the friendliest cat I’ve ever met–loves people, always trying to be in someone’s lap, and on a twenty-five-pound animal, that’s pretty darn noticeable. My own reading indicates that that’s more of a Maine Coon thing than a orange thing, but I do find myself thinking more fondly of orange cats in general. Strange what kind of associations can be created.

By: pestilential

pestilential — Sun, 04 Nov 2012 02:19:44 +0000

And yet the study of the tamed Russian foxes shows that there is in fact a connection between coat color and personality, and that there’s a specific reason for it.

Are you sure there isn’t for cats? You say ‘little evidence,’ but does that mean it has been studied and no evidence has been found, or does it mean nobody’s really looked into it?

By: Odyssey8

Odyssey8 — Mon, 29 Oct 2012 18:38:22 +0000

I had a white cat who learned to do PLENTY of tricks:

a. She would come on command
b. She would sit on command
c. She would cuddle on command
d. She would jump up or jump down on command
e. She would even meow on command

She went to the big catnip patch in the sky several years ago, but she and the other cat that I had at the time (a tortoise shell cat who also eventually learned to come and jump down on command) are in my thoughts every day.