Early-stage symptoms include: 1  skin next to the nail becoming tender, swollen, or hard. 2  pain when pressure is placed on the toe. 3  fluid building up around the toe.
Within the spotted pattern you will hear many descriptive terms referring to the type of spotted pattern a cat or kitten might have. The most common terms are; Single-Spotting, Cluster Rosettes, Paw-Print Rosettes, Doughnut Rosettes, Arrowhead (Rosettes), Embryonic Rosettes.
There are four tabby patterns that have been shown to be genetically distinct: mackerel, classic, spotted, and ticked. A fifth includes tabby as part of another basic color pattern, the patched tabby, which may be a calico or tortoiseshell cat with tabby patches (the latter is called a torbie). cat's coat can be described as red tabby or gray tabby. Black and blue are colors that usually show up without tabby markings, but with some cats, a faint tabby pattern can actually be noticed. White is the only color that does not have any tabby markings.