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TABBY CAT / MOGGIE
Moggy or moggie (plural moggies ) in Commonwealth English is an affectionate term for a domestic cat , but is
also used as alternate name for a mongrel or mixed-breed cat whose ancestry and pedigree are unknown or only partially known. Because of this mixed ancestry and free-breeding, a moggy can either be very healthy, or, if from an inbred feral colony, genetically unsound and sickly. However, as feral colonies are often left without any form of human intervention and veterinary attention, the sickly generally do not live past kittenhood, leaving the colony as a whole healthy. Sometimes people use Tabby to name those cats even though this word mean something else. A tabby is a cat with a distinctive coat that features stripes, dots and/or swirling patterns. Tabbies are often mistakenly assumed to be a breed of cat . In fact, the tabby pattern is a naturally occurring feature that may be the original coloration of the domestic cat's distant ancestors . Tabby coloration is found in many breeds of cat, as well as among the general ' moggy ' (mixed-breed or mongrel) population. When cats are allowed to breed randomly, the coloration of the population tends toward brown mackerel tabbies with green eyes, leading geneticists to believe that this is the common wild phenotype of the domestic cat. That is probably the reason why people call them tabbies, their usual coloration not being pure color, but stripes. And there is infinite number of possible combinations in color.
But whatever we call those non-pedigreed cats, we still love them. And they cover the world in the same places people does. There is great chance you have one now
beside you either purring in your lap, or pulling your trousers because it is bored. If you have one yourself, please send us stories or photos of your cat.
