INCREASED Pigmentation in Calico Tokay...

[tombo46]

I just checked on my lot and noticed my Calico male was "different". I thought I must be imagining things so I took a picture and compared to an older one.

Every single Calico I've sene has shown a reduction in pigment however this (I believe) has happened overnight...

Before...



And just now...



It's mainly noticeable on the head but you can see it has increased in most parts. He looked the same as the first photo just last night.

This isn't light/dark colour differences either. I have seen both!

 

[Aimless]

crazy!
how old is he? could this be influenced by some sort of hormonal fluctuation or something?

 

[tombo46]

crazy!
how old is he? could this be influenced by some sort of hormonal fluctuation or something?

Age is unknown. He's LTC. Your guess is as good as mine!

 

[Riverside Reptiles]

Has it really increased or is it the angle of the photo? It does look increased around his eye. But other places on his body look mostly the same to me just at a different angle. But obviously it's hard to tell just from the pics. I know that David Tracer had some instances where his tokays just radically changed pretty much over night.

 

[tombo46]

Has it really increased or is it the angle of the photo? It does look increased around his eye. But other places on his body look mostly the same to me just at a different angle. But obviously it's hard to tell just from the pics. I know that David Tracer had some instances where his tokays just radically changed pretty much over night.

It has definitely changed. There used to be hardly any pigment on his head and now there's loads. Calico's certainly are strange! Like the normal "calico" that turned into a granite over night!