No, they were saying that in their experience, the majority of the
female FIV cats had been calicos. I don't remember seeing the start of
this thread either, but it was either Patti, or MC that made the
observation about a shelter/sanctuary situation. It was only an
observation. Seems to me someone posted a paste from an authoritative
source asking if there was any known correlation between fur color, (ie
calico/orange gene) and FIV occurrence. From what I remember about that
post, (I wish I could find it!), the fellow found the question
interesting, but couldn't corroborate any studies involving color. He
went on to talk about assertiveness associations and we all grabbed the
ball and started talking about how calicos, (who are usually female and
feisty), would logically be more likely to become infected because
they're more likely to not back away from a fight.
Did that help, or are you still confused? :)
Nina
catatonya wrote:
I am SOOOOOOO confused! lol.
I don't remember who started this topic, but were they saying the
majority of ALL fiv cats are calicos or the majority of female
positives only?? Because I do know there are many more male fiv
positives than females. So it wouldn't make sense if most fiv's are
calicos because most are males and male calicos are rare..... Does
that make sense?
Someone straighten me out!!!
My fiv was black by the way........
t
