What does the "M" on a cats forehead
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What does the "M" on a cats forehead
| Thu, 07-29-2004 - 6:57pm |
mean? I've heard various tales of what it means. I've always heard that if a cat had a M on their forehead they were good mousers.

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Hi Irhodasmom.
I never heard of that. Boy is a "true tabby" he has the "M" right inbetween his ears on his forehead ..
I am off to do some Kerry work tomorrow!!
Iri
I love the story about Mary and baby Jesus!
Renee'
The reasoning on why the M makes them good mousers - I don't think it's true, but I can't say it's false either - lies in the belief that many tabbies make good mousers because the basic brown tabby coloring makes for good camoflauge outside. Logically, there is some sense behind that, but a cat who is raised inside, never encounters a mouse is unlikely to be a great mouser, even if they are a tabby. My cats think mice are scary beasties and won't go near them. I've come home to see a mouse sitting in the middle of the floor terrified of the cats, and the cats cowering on the furniture terrified of the mouse. Bunch of geniuses here...
The story about Mary and the baby Jesus is pretty common. Also, if you look over a striped tabby cat (mackeral I think) and even on some spotted, ticked or classic tabbies - you'll be able to see that they carry a back stripe that's usually fairly solid and around their shoulders, they'll have the tiger stripes and that will usually be the only place that a density of them actually touch up to the back stripe. Thus, if you look over a tabby cats back, if you want it to appear, you can see a cross. It's very noticable on some tabbies, it's not there at all on others.
Breena
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