Tricolour

[ellie]

Hello. Am a new owner and have a tricolour rosette which the girl in the pet shop said was male. A friend came in last night and said 'oh a little girl' I said it was male but he reckons that all tricolours are female. Is this correct. Not bothered either way but thought I best find out. Thanks in advance. Ellie

 

[Tom_cat]

No, just coz of the colour doesnt determin sex

 

[MemberX]

Nope I have a Tricolour boar with rosettes. Maybe take to a vet to ask the sex I think Cavy Spirit website has some pics up of the areas for checking.

 

[MintyAndGarry (TEAS)]

Blimey...if that was the case, I'd have a cage full of baby Benjamins by now....or would they have to be Benjaminas?! ;D

 

[ellie]

Thanks evryone, he obviously doesn't know what he's on about ?

 

[Juniper]

he obviously doesn't know what he's on about ?

Yes he does Your friend was correct about the colour... …just wrong about the species.

There are, as yet, no ‘sex-linked’ colours known in pigs* (unlike Tortoiseshell cats or Brindle mice – which are always female).

The colour that you call 'tri-colour' (often described as 'Tort & White' in pigs) would certainly be a sex-linked colour in cats.


* at least, not in pet or show pigs, it could exist in a laboratory somewhere but I have not heard of it.

 

[starla]

Hahah, I wish guineas colour did detirmine their sex! Then there would be no unwanted pregnancies!
http://www.cavyspirit.com/sexing.htm have a look at some of the pics here to detirmine your pigs sex O0

 

[MemberX]

It would be easier wouldn't it?...lol I didn't know that about the tort cats you learn something new everyday!

 

[starla]

Didn't know tortoiseshell cats were always female, ginger cats are usually always male but theres exceptions obv!

 

[kkbell]

Yup, my Bolan's a ginger cat and she's female, definitely as she'd had kittens in the rescue centre before we got her!

 

[JESSLOU]

i think with cats its the recesive gene vagualy reember doing it for bioolgy lol as for piggies not got a clue i have a tri color boar and a tri colour sow so ?

 

[Goldie]

No, a tri-colour can be either sex ... I love tri-colours! :-*

 

[ami_j]

when it is sex linked...eg cats and hamsters for example torts can only be female theres no such thing as a pure male tort they are hermaphrodites.
theblack colour and the ginger reside on the X locus...males are XY females are XX so an animal MUST have two X chromosomes to show both the colours making them female or in the case of "males" XXY- a bit of both