The Surprising Truth About Orange (Ginger) Cat Behavior

Ginger cats are the Gene Hackmans of cats.

I think we associate orange with the light-heartedness of golden hour and we project that onto them by treating them special.

I adopted my orange cat, Brandy, from a shelter, and ever since then, she's basically been my "shadow". She follows me everywhere and likes to bring me gifts. I've been able to train her to do the "high 5, come, and lay down" tricks. She's such a sweetheart and I don't know what I'd do w/out her. Cats truly are a blessing. 😻

My orange cat, rusty, can be silly, loving and extrememly curios. He has taught hisself to unlock and open a horizontal sliding window to sit out on the ledge. He never tries to leave and hasnt quite grasped closing the window yet. He can be really sweet and playful, but also moody. He keeps me on my toes!!!

We've had many, many cats, grey, black, multi color, white, and orange. I can promise you that I've never had more clumsier cats than orange cats. As far as affectionate, all my cats have been very affectionate, but my 5 orange kitties that we've owned in our time, 12 cats at one time, different colors, and right now 6, 2 which are orange, the orange kitties are funnier, and clumsier except the orange female.. None have been alpha except our female orange cat. She was smart, fearless, and the boss. The two orange cats we have now are both male. One came to us from our vet that was there to be put down. As a kitten, his arm was pulled completely out of the socket, and the nurves' endings destroyed. The 1100.00 surgery was too much for the " owner", apparently he was a stray, and they brought him in to be euthanized. We came in at the right moment. He's a three-legged mischief making beautiful cat, and i just love him so much. His name is Cheddar. There's a reason he's clumsy!😊. Then there's Colby. He was found in a plastic bag alongside a hot Florida roadside along with his brother. His brother was adobted, but we took home him and another kitty from the shelter. Max, a beautiful siamese that were the only two kitties left. Max is now the alpha, a very level-headed, smart, affectionate cat, while Colby is the most awkward, clumsy, affectionate cat I've ever owned. We do not pick our cats by color. They come as they are and in all different circumstances. I will say our 4 male orange cats have been everything they say about an orange cat and more. All our cats bring us joy and happiness, but our orange kitthave brought us more laughter.

All cats are great. Orange cats have strong personalities. They can be a very affectionate cat, but will sometimes have a domineering streak, sometimes very wild (but rarely). They are usually not afraid of dogs so much and the males tend to be bigger and stronger than other cats. Also they usually have strong voices and tend to be vocal. Even persian red/orange cats are more active than other persians. I have had a few cats, oranges were my favourite, because they are a little “dog like”. Also really like black cats, wich are usually very affectionate and inteligent.

We had an all orange girl and still have an orange and white male. We call the term "derpy" to describe their goofy behavior 🥰🥰🥰

My orange guy is the most curious cat I’ve owned he’s also super aware and sensitive to any change in his environment, he’s very affectionate and vocalizes a lot !! I adore his antics . Love your cat of the week feature !! ❤

I did read that orange cats did not survive well in the wild and were bred by the Egyptians for religious purposes. The Vikings also favored them.

My female orange cat is very sweet but also smart and loves food more than any other cat I have had. I have to feed her smaller amounts at set times of the day or she will overeat and get fat, and she knows those times. She is creative in getting my attention to try and get me to feed her sooner. She is also the only cat I have had who likes to have her tummy rubbed.

Orange cats are very cute….and I want one of them to be my little buddy ❤

3:26 Best part of the video!

When i was 4yrs old my uncles orange cat "Rhett" sat with me in a 30ft hallway tossing a hotwheels toy back and forth for hours. I'm now 29 and have good memories of my orange buddy "Rhett".

I am almost afraid to ask what they thought of black cats.
I recently got my first ginger feline friend.
He is a cat.

I used to have an orange cat names Richard. He was one hell of a cat for his attitude as well as trying to being with anyone who he sees other than me and my mom. Unfortunate he passed away last may to diabetes. I still miss him.

I have a ginger boy at my parents farm and he's the best little hunter I've ever seen. Yeah, he can be silly when he wrestles with the dog (250+ lbs Anatolian and the size of a large goat), but he's very sweet and loving around us. I also have had a calico (sweetest little girl in the world wide world, I miss my Painted Desert 😭) and I currently own a tortoiseshell, Esmeralda. She's super sweet, and has never shown me or my other cat (brown tabby Maine Coon mux) any tortitude since I got her.

My cat is a very sweet orange cat.

My ginger is a girl and she wakes me up at 3am eastern (USA)time on a regular basis

I had to chuckle. 9 times out of 10, yellow cats are male. The trend of orange cat behavior being silly, clumsy, etc speaks volumes!! 😉

I just adopted a bicolored cat (white and orange) and he's very sweet!
He was rescued, fostered, and socialized at a cat cafe. There are so many factors that have made him who he is and I'm grateful he's mine 😻