Orange Shorthair

'' "Orange Shorthairs tend to be skittish and need lots of love and care from you." - Catz 4 On-screen Tip ''

Catz
"The skittish Scaredy breed needs TLC to calm their nerves." - Catz adoption banner

Catz II
 "The Wirehair Catz is the most neurotic of all the breedz of Catz. Often dubbed the “Scaredy Catz,” the Wirehair breed is scared of any moving object, including the mice, and often jumps to the ceiling, clinging in fear. This weary Catz needs your love and attention to help calm its nerves and with constant positive reinforcement, you will quickly gain this Catz love and trust." - Petz.com Orange Shorthairs are constantly nervous, often walking with a shake, or zooming around in fright. They sometimes even jump to the top of the screen and cling to the "ceiling" of the Playpen.

The Orange Shorthair SCP is distinct from the other cat breeds. Instead of posing in response to the camera, Orange Shorthairs will always take on one of a couple of different 'scared' stances. Orange Shorthairs also have a distinctive 'panic run' and tremble as they walk. These traits are also seen in other breeds if they have a very low confidence personality trait.

In addition to low confidence, Orange Shorthairs tend to have very low independence, which makes them constantly seek attention from the hand and also makes them prone to jealousy when the hand is attending to a different pet. They also typically have high nurturing and high kindness traits. They can also come out of the AC with 100 dogginess (making them a trickster), as well as 0 acrobaticness (making them a floofer).

Texture
Similar to the Maine Coon, the Orange Shorthair has two textures that are used to create its unique appearance. These are mottled 2 and mottled 5. Both are set to 60 transparency in the original breed, allowing glimpses of the coat color beneath.

Breeding
Orange Shorthairs' most notable physical feature, which can be passed down, is of course, their texture. Purebred Orange Shorthairs will always have the mottled texture regardless of the color their coat mutates to underneath. The muzzle and paws are grouped together in the breed file so will mutate together and will always match. The Orange Shorthair uses the first two color slots only.

They have a distinctive body shape with a small chest, high rear, and fluffy tail. In second gens, the scales are shifted causing some small differences in the build. These differences include thinner legs, a slightly different head and muzzle shape, and smaller irises in the kitten.

Trivia

 * Orange Shorthairs are one of the breeds that had real-life stuffed toys created of them to coincide with the original Catz game. Oddly enough, it resembles the Sophisto more than the original Scaredy.
 * Though the breed is known as the Orange Shorthair, there is debate about whether this is what it was originally intended to represent. Petz.com describes the breed as "WIREHAIR aka Orange Shorthair,", which has led some to believe that it was supposed to represent the American Wirehair, a real curly-haired breed. However, the breed file in Petz 3+ contains the label "Orange Longhair", which seems to make more sense with the fluffy tail this breed possesses.