Colorpoint cat parent shares the ameowzing transformation of their cat since she was found as a shivering kitten to a: 'Regal and very toasty marshmallow.'

Ayala Sorotsky • Writer and Editor

May 26, 2026 10:15 AM EDT

We constantly think we know cats, but they never cease to amaze us.

It's not a secret that colorpoint cats have a tendency to toast over time - it's even a central part of their charm. But seeing before-and-after pictures of a cat's transformation with this much change of color can be surprising. And the surprise on the online faces of the r/ToastedCats Reddit community, after seeing the most scared and shivering white kitten turn into the most beautiful toasted queen, was a big one. But just as the online feline family knows, they turned it into a hilarious thread of cat jokes and humor.

But this is not the only fur change that occurs in cats, even if it is one of the most common and known (and loved) ones. Some black cats become brown in the sun, for example. Cats' fur is like meowgic, and we're just the captivated audience to the surprises cats keep on giving us, even when it comes to a rescue kitten's adult fur.

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Whoa, it's hard to believe this is even the same cat! But you see what we mean about the magic coloring of colorpoint cats? It's just that. They're sort of the shape shifters of the domestic cat world, and it literally shows.
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Colorpoint isn't a cat breed, by the way. It's a common thread of a few cat breeds that have similar traits - mainly, the fur meowgic. They're all born white, because the cat mama's womb is warm all over. Since the kittens are out, they begin to color slowly over their life in the outskirts of their bodies (nose, paws, tail, ears, etc.) It happens because of exposure to cold, which doesn't happen when they're still in the womb. And it's even more reactive than that - fur of colorpoint cats who live in colder environments gets darker, even to the point of having black spots, and not just brown or beige.
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“Oh, the internet is giving me a lot of attention? Well, they should. I'm a beauty queen. They should all fall to their knees and kiss my paws. Now, go and give me another snack or twelve - this is my royal decree of the hour.”
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