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Mr. Bigglesworth
I have four year old cat, his mom was completely dark back and his dad a was a lighter black with a few grey spots on his face and body. But my cat is snow white all over except with dark black on his face in opposite placement of his fathers with a tiny black spot on his nose plus a dark black spot on his butt, back of his back and front leg left side, and a dark black tail with numerous white hairs. He has the same color eyes but pink skin while his parents had white. I understand he may be inbreed because his family are barn cats. Also he was had 4 other siblings all identical to there mom in every way. I have a picture of him but not his family tragically they all stayed barn cats and was eaten by coyotes, aside from the ones that were adopted. And if its any conciliation he has a allergic reaction to flea bits that cause him to itch intensely and hair to fall out and/or get scratched out.
AnswerDanial,
Your cat has a gene called the piebald white gene that can express many different ways, from one white toe to the entire cat being white. This is a dominant gene, so either the father or mother or both had to have at least one copy of the gene. He is not an albino (in albinism, the cats will have blue eyes with a pinkish cast), true albinos are very rare in cats, especially feral cats.
The particular pattern of white your cat has is called a "van" or "harlequin" pattern where the color tends to be on the head and tail with one or two small body spots.
Flea allergies are common in cats and quite common in the feral population.
Mr. Bigglesworth is quite a handsome fellow.
Best regards... Norm.
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