16 Hidden Facts About Tabby Cats That Almost No Owner Knows

🐾 Want a longer, healthier life for your cat — and to support the channel while you're at it? My complete owner's manual is here: https://stevecooperpets.com/ Every house cat carries tabby stripes in its genes, even the ones that look solid black. And the M on your tabby's forehead? The famous stories about it are only half the truth. Tabby isn't a breed. It's a coat pattern, and this video covers 16 hidden facts about tabby cats that most owners never notice: the four tabby patterns (mackerel, classic, spotted and ticked), the M marking and the folklore around it, ghost stripes on black cats, and why every agouti hair on a tabby is banded from root to tip. We also look at orange tabby cats: why you'll almost never meet a truly solid ginger cat, why most orange cats are male, and the black freckles that show up on older orange cats, including the signs that mean it's time to call the vet. Then it goes deeper: how stripes keep a cat hidden at dusk, what a ringed tail held straight up is saying, what it really means when your tabby rolls over and shows you its vest buttons, the spectacle markings around the eyes and the slow blink, and the myth that coat colour decides personality. Number one goes back about ten thousand years and explains why your tabby picked your family long before you picked it. Subscribe for more on what your cat is really telling you, from a man who's had a tabby asleep on him for most of his life. #tabbycat #catfacts #catlovers