Who likes calicos

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Originally Posted by fireblossom4

I looooooooooooooove Calicos! Ever since I got Callie and Paddy I've been a big fan!

If you
Calicos 2 tell me!!!
I have to agree. Their coloring is amazing & unique.
 

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Just when I typed this Molly jumped on my lap. I love how her cheeks are different colors. LoL
 

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I use to have a strong, independent, loving and sweetie girl named Babygirl. She was so beautiful and so full of personality. I love you, Babygirl (RIP)

 

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baby girl has very unique coloring!

My 22 year old baby was a long hair calico...so pretty and dynamic.

My current kitty is a torby, but her tabby markings have greatly decreased as she ages. So...I get mostly a calico with a little bit of tabby...both which I love.

Yepper, love the calicos!
 

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I do like calicos and I have a 7 year old longhaired one named Cala.
 

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I love calico's! My bella is a calico

She found me one day last year whenever I had a bad tooth ache (wisdom) and had to go to the dentist and my mom took me to work with her, and it was street sweeping day so we had to park all the way down the street, well I heard MEOW as I was walking by and she was all over me, and then there we went knocking on doors, the whole time she followed us too and the nighbors said she showed up a week ago but no one feed her or anything
So my mom went back the next day with a bag of food and bella jumped right in the car
She is my big baby, but does have that attitude that everyone talks about
and she is a big mama's girl!



The other side of her is almost completly white !
 

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I have always loved calicos. They are pretty.
I have a dilute calico named Molly. She is a little princess.
 

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I have 2!! Well, technically they are tortie and whites, but still. They are the greatest and definitely have a unique 'tude!!

Here's Claire


This is Misty, a dilute
 

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I love calicos, weve had many different coloured cats, but Jazzy was our first tri-colour
 

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Cleo is my first and only calico. She doesn't have the calico/tortie attitude for some reason! She's the sweetest, most docile and loving kitty! This picture looks like she's giving attitute, but she just woke up!

 

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What is the difference between calico and tortie? I'm guessing true calicos have the white belly and patches where torties are an overall mix? If that's the case, I have 3 torties but have always wanted a true calico (hence my username!). I think they are so pretty. My best friend has one, and she is gorgeous!
 

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Me me me!!
I love calicos!! I currently have one calico(Lucky).









And Callie(RB kitty) RIP




I also had a sweetie named Gracie......(RIP)
 

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I used to have calicos all the time. My mom had a nack for being able to find the calico strays and taking them in. Currently we only one calico named Cali...shes the only surviving calico out of 2 calico litters. So she was coming home with me. Shes the queen bee of the house and the only one that Hercules and Lil Man really accept into their little clique....She is one unique kitty cat and I love her...Shes a daddys girl tho...
 

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Originally Posted by calico2222

What is the difference between calico and tortie? I'm guessing true calicos have the white belly and patches where torties are an overall mix? If that's the case, I have 3 torties but have always wanted a true calico (hence my username!). I think they are so pretty. My best friend has one, and she is gorgeous!
You're correct about the torties, their colours are blended. No distinct patches. Then you have a torbie, or patched tabby, a tortoiseshell where the tabby pattern is very distinct all over the cat. Calicos, torbies and torties can all be dilute as well as having a few different colour combinations ->

Non dilute calico/tortie
calico (black, red, and white patches)
tortoiseshell (black, red and white mixed up)
chocolate calico/tortoiseshell (chocolate, red and white)
cinnamon calico/tortoiseshell (cinnamon, red, and white)

Dilute calico/tortie (colours often refered to as creams)
calico (blue, cream, and white patches)
bluecream (blue, cream, and white swirls)
lilac-cream or lilac calico (lilac, cream, and white)
fawn-cream or fawn calico (fawn, cream, and white)

Non dilute torbie/patched tabby
brown patched tabby (brown tabby, red, and white*)
*A brown tabby is genetically a black tabby
chocolate patched tabby (chocolate tabby, red, and white)
cinnamon patched tabby (cinnamon tabby, red, and white)

Dilute torbie/patched tabby
blue patched tabby (blue tabby, cream, and white)
lilac patched tabby (lilac tabby, cream, and white)
fawn patched tabby (fawn tabby, cream, and white)

Also cats who don't have one of the following combinations are not true tricolor (though torties and their dilute counterparts may have a negligible amount of white):

Red (more of a deep orange), Black, White
Red, Chocolate, White
Red, Cinnamon, White
Cream, Blue, White
Cream, Lilac, White
Cream, Fawn, White
 
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