06-07-2020, 08:37 PM
Excellent. Your persistence and fishin' itch were well rewarded...and scratched.
Howsomever, in spite of everybody thinking that is a daddy cat...because of the dark color...I say it is a dark spawning phase mama kitty. The head and body proportions are those of a female...not a spawning male. And, contrary to common belief, the larger females do color up a bit during spawning too. Male cats that size have heads that are noticeably wider than the bodies...and the bodies are more slender. If that was a male cat it would have weighed only about 10 pounds at most.
Howsomever, in spite of everybody thinking that is a daddy cat...because of the dark color...I say it is a dark spawning phase mama kitty. The head and body proportions are those of a female...not a spawning male. And, contrary to common belief, the larger females do color up a bit during spawning too. Male cats that size have heads that are noticeably wider than the bodies...and the bodies are more slender. If that was a male cat it would have weighed only about 10 pounds at most.