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Big Meow Maine Coon Cats
Breeding and showing healthy, beautiful Maine Coons since 1994
KITTENS
What is a rare kitten color to get?
...a red GIRL!
Why?
Red is the only color that is sex linked.
It is carried on the X chromosone.
It takes two red X, one from each parent, to produce a red girl.
A male is XY.
If the X is red, this is a red male. A red male is necessary to produce a red girl.
But, that is not enough...
A female is XX.
If one X is red and the other X is not, then the girl is a patched tabby or tortoiseshell.
If both X are red, she is a red girl.
The mom-cat must have at least one red X to produce a red girl.
And...the dad cat has to be red.
Dad-cat is responsible for determining the sex of kittens.
If he throws a X, it is a girl. If he throws Y, it is a boy.
This is a red girl 2 weeks old
Is there anything more rare than a red girl?
YES!
A cameo, also called red-silver, GIRL!
To produce a cameo girl, you have to have those two red X you already read about.
But, you now have to add the silver gene to make
cameo, or red-silver.
Dad has to be a cameo or red male.
Mom has to be silver patched or smoke tortoiseshell.
She has to have one red X.
Silver gene is a dominant gene.
That means, you have to "see it to be it"...
See it on the outside.
And it only take one dominant gene to produce it.
This is a cameo girl 2 weeks old.
She is going to lighten as she gets more coat.
This is an example of a red tabby
This is an example of cameo
New Arrivals
Piper and Toe-ny have babies born April 2, 2026.
There are 5 girls...
2 cameo, 1 red, 1 tortoiseshell & 1 brown patched tabby.
There are 2 boys...
1 red tabby & 1 brown tabby.
Individual photos and availability coming soon.
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