Cat born completely normal suddenly starts changing color, turns out the ginger feline has vitiligo, but that doesn't stop him from creating orange cat chaos: '[He's] doing orange activities daily'

When you adopt a cat, whether at the shelter or from the streets, you think you know what you are getting. What you see is what you get, right? Well, not always, not with cats. Sometimes, you adopt a completely normal kitten only for the kitten to stop growing, stay tiny forever. Sometimes, the opposite happens, and the tiny kitten you adopted doesn't stop growing, and suddenly, you realize that for the next 10-25 years, you have signed up to having a little lion in your house. 

And sometimes, you adopt the most predictable cat - a silly orange cat, yes, but a regular orange with regular orange proclivities. And then, out of nowhere, right before your eyes, your orange - the one that you trusted to be completely normal - suddenly starts changing colors. And you have to ask yourself what does it mean? What did you actually bring to your home? And will this orange still act like an orange? 

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    "My unique orange boy"

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    He was born without the white splotches! After he was neutered, we noticed small little spots forming on his forehead; he's still adorable tho! I was told it was vitiligo, but what are your thoughts?
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    DragonAdrex OP his name is "Žućo" which essentially means something like Yello,yellow. A name commonly given to orange male cats here
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    "Before VS After vitiligo"

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    Ilijin Does it has more braincells now?
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    DragonAdrex OP Absolutely not
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  • This was our question too! Orange cats are known for their shenanigans. They are loved for their shenanigans. And it's good to know that an orange cat will always be an orange cat, even if some of that iconic ginger color starts slipping off. 

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    razpr Did his eyes change color?
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    DragonAdrex OP They got a bit more green but in most pictures they appear to be more yellow, but sometimes green too. Might be the lightning too
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    DragonAdrex OP I've gotten some comments about his eyes, so | went to search for some pics to showcase the colours- they are both yellow with a bit of green
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    Unknown_being 13 Aww he looks like he got into flour XD So cute still!! I hope he is in good health
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    DragonAdrex OP He's in great health, doing orange activities daily (like catching giant moths)
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    Papierowykotek Cats get vidiligo??????
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    DragonAdrex OP They do! I've usually seen black cats with vitiligo on google
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  • You know what? Now that we are thinking about it, we don't know if we have ever seen a ginger cat with vitiligo either, and we have looked up cats with vitiligo quite a few times. Just means that he is all that more special, and we would like to politely request more pictures of him in the future. 

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    DragonAdrex OP Vegetarijanka И kuhinji Real footage of him btw
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