Quote Originally Posted by moonfroggy View Post
orange girl cats are very special. it is very rare genetically for girl cats to be orange and for boy cats to be calico. she is very special and very beautiful.
That reminds me of a cute story. A friend of ours isn't really a cat person, but used to work somewhere next to where a tortie was always seen. Eventually he made friends with this kitty and would bring "him" treats...gave him a masculine nickname, really bonded with the cat. Jason was telling us the story and I explained that torties and calicos are almost never male (I think the odds are something like less than 1/1000 and I believe they are sterile if they are male with that color scheme). Then Jason felt bad that he'd been assigning a masculine name to his little kitty girlfriend.

I agree that orange girls are special. I've seen a few, but they usually have that very pale orange coloration.