Thread: Brown Mackerel Tabby .....silver?!?

...no one knows? ....

I'm no expert but could she have Fever coat? It can make a brown look silver. Eventually it clears and the kitten will go back to looking brown. Fever coat is usually caused by an extended fever of 104F+ in either the mother cat or her kittens. It may be only one kitty is affected, not necessarily all the litter. As long as the kitty is healthy (no FIV/FLV), the proper color should come in with the adult coat.

I'm not sure that I explained properly what I meant... that is, looking at her you can easily describe her as brown. The point is when I picked her up, I moved the fur and I saw the roots plain white. That's why I'm asking... she was really similar to the 'golden tabby' here (there's a picture in the link where we can see the roots) the only difference is that in the baby the roots were white, not yellow......

Don't know if this will help but my Buddy is a red with a few creamy bits (under chin, belly etc) but all his fur looks cream near his skin. I hadn't noticed this before, I only looked after reading your post. I will try and get a picture tomorrow.