By Tim Stickings For Mailonline
Published: 11:36 GMT, 21 March 2019 | Updated: 11:36 GMT, 21 March 2019
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A cat has turned from black to white after developing vitiligo in Germany.
Elli, aged three, was diagnosed with the skin pigmentation disorder when she was 18 months old.
Medics assessed she had vitiligo after her owner, Nicole Böhm, from Rauenberg, Germany, noticed a change in her fur.
The pussy cat was originally mainly black with a white tuxedo like her sister, Rosie.
Before and after: German cat Elli used to be mainly black (left) but was diagnosed with vitiligo aged 18 months and has now turned almost completely white (right)
Elli, who lives with her 39-year-old owner in southern Germany, was diganosed with vitiligo after her appearance began to change from black (left) to white (right)
But now she has been left almost completely white with small black patches.
Her owner has made