is it just me or do orange male tabbys seem to get bigger?

That's something that Twinkie was inclined to do of his own accord. I encouraged it at first, but now I wonder if that was such a hot idea. It's hard to just hold him in an ordinary arm/chest position because he wants to twist and climb up on my shoulder.

My Mulder is an orange tabby and so far heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s looking like heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]ll be huge… Heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s 8 Months right now and is almost as big as Spooky, who is 12 lbs at 1 and 1/2. Heâ€[emoji]8482[/emoji]s not fat at all though.

Jack my red boy is not quite 10 lbs vet doesn't see him getting any bigger--although he very long and with his fur most people think him much bigger.

Leslie

My Pumpkin is quite petite for a male cat I've always thought. He was still a kitten when he was neutered; but his "golden nuggets" had been in a while before that was done. He had trouble with some kitty colds that he had to get over first. Between that and the fact that he was a preemie, I've always wondered if it stunted his growth some. His paws are wider than my girls. He's the only male cat I've ever had. Punk lives with my Mother; but I can easily tell Mooch and Noodles would dwarf him.

Most of the ginger males I have come across (not many actually) were on the large side, there was really only my neighbours that wasn't. I haven't met very many dainty torties though, although quite a few plump ones. My largest cats have been black and whites though, and according to some reserach my vet read, overweight black and white neutered cats are the ones most prone to urinary issues.

My girl, Rusty tips the scale at about 12 pounds. Her sister, Dusty is about 9 pounds. Dusty is very dainty for a torbie. They are both almost 13 months old. Even though Rusty is a girl orange tabby, she acts like she is a boy. I keep forgetting and calling her a he.

Thinking of the cats at the shelter, most of the red/orange ones have been fairly big cats. Even the red females we have had (and we have had quite a few females this year, surprisingly).

There may be a little truth in it. I know with the Cornish Rex cats, that male red tabbies tend to be bigger then the normal size rex. I bred several of them, and all of them were a little larger then most of the other colors.

My orange tabby is a munchkin, and he weighs 10lbs.

I've got three red cats. Elmo is a Red tabby bicolour he's the largest cat I've ever owned. He is nine years old.

My sibling kittens are 8.5 months old and they are both already bigger than their Mum - Bart is a red Silver Tabby and Fluffy is a Red tabby bicolour too.

Interesting. Marley is a red tabby and at 6mo when he was nuetered he was 8lbs, now he is 8mo and probably between 10-11lbs. He is very long and lean, you can feel his ribs. He eats like he is a horse!! He would eat everything all day if I let him!! His head has always been big and his paws are huge. I am going to have to be very careful with him so he doesn't get fat because the way he likes to eat it could happen very easily!!

My 6 month old red tabby Scratchez is 8 lbs. His paws are getting huge. We have actually started to call him Mr. Regal because of his size and his gorgeous long hair. He looks like a little lion. He has a mane I swear.

Jack our 14 week old long hair red tabby is also the biggest out of the 3 brothers we adopted. At 12 weeks he weighed in a 3.5 pounds His brother Bear, a solid black, weighed 3.1.

Now Max, the third brother, is a short haired red tabby who came in at a whopping 2.2 pounds. He was the runt of the litter so his smaller size was to be expected.

It's been a few weeks since we had them weighed so I'm sure that has changed.

This is Ming-Ming. He's 4-1/2 years old. I was worried that my boy was becoming diabetic because he's 19, almost 20 lbs. He's not. Love him to pieces!! My girl was only 9 lbs. and very petite. I have to measure his food: I feed him 2X a day, Grain free and no free- feeding.

I just attended an all weekend conference on feline health at the U.C. Davis Veterinary Teaching School, and Dr. Niels Pederson (some may have heard of him) mentions during his lecture on cat genetics and colors, that orange male tabbies grow bigger and seem to have more aggressive, outgoing and confident behavior/personalities, but are super sweet with humans.

I don't think it's textbook in all, but personally I have seen this myself in most/many.

I also know that they are often times adopted out to those who formerly owned an orange male and swear they are the best for companions.  (??)

I've never owned one myself.

Just a  couple things to add in this thread