Does your orange cat have black spots on his nose? They’re called Lentigo Simplex and they’re completely harmless! I recently asked my vet about them as I was curious. Tucker gets them on his lips and nose. They shift around a bit. Right now, he only has one at the bottom of his little nose:

Yes! There was a vet who was standing in for our regular vet in Boston who saw Dub once, and she mentioned this to me, but for the life of me I could never remember what it’s called. She told me also that it only occurs in orange cats, but that it doesn’t occur in all orange cats, but if your orange kitty has those black tips on their whiskers, they have the gene for it.

Dub also gets them on his nose and sometimes on his lips. I love them. :)

My goodness, your kitties are so handsome! My girl Kali (an orange tabby) has one, count-em, one BLACK whisker and the rest are white. No freckles though!

Yzzordorex, my girl kitty is also named Kali, but she’s a flame point Siamese cross. :)

I know Siamese, but have no clue what ‘flame point’ means. Fill me in?

Sam has freckles on his nose too! :)

I had never heard the term before the vet told me, but basically she is part Siamese and part orange tabby – cream colored but her Siamese markings are orange rather than chocolate, lilac, etc. And she has the same orange stripey tail as her brother does, but it’s got a little crook at the end (characteristic of Siamese).

Hope the orange kitties will indulge me if I post a photo by way of example… she is partially orange, after all… :)

Here’s my girl!

I miss that little smooshiehead.

Uh, that was to merry, re Sam.

Holy crap, this thread is cheering me up.

Tucker has several black whiskers. He used to have one. Then two popped up and now there are many. I think he’ll grow more freckles as he gets older as well. :]

Oh! Thanks for the info—I used to wonder about the spots on (now-deceased) Simon’s nose:

Oh, look at that boy. Oh, Simon was so super handsome.

Jen, your girl is so lovely. The orange with those blue eyes is amazing! :)

I dont see any freckles on Scruffy but he does have a little black bottom lip!