Torties!

Anita, I'm glad you rescued Roxy - sounds like she's a total sweetheart!

A little off the subject, but...

I loved my Tortie Macumba so very much; she was always there with her sweet purrs for so many years. When I had to make the difficult decision to let her go , my sweet husband (then boyfriend) brought me a tortoishell-colored teddy bear :teddy: that winds up to play music. I don't know where he found it, but I keep it on the dresser with Macumba's collar on it, to hug when I miss her. Its coloring is so much like hers!

torties??? hmm never too keen on them before
Absolutely adore them now. Rosie is one of the most feisty, loving, cheeky felines around

Tess, that is so sweet what your husband did! what a nice way to keep your kitty spirit alive! Thanks for sharing!

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Ugly!

They're absolutely beautiful! They look to me like they're dappled with sunlight; as if they were resting under a shady grove on a sunny day, and kept the markings from the sun. And once they bond with you, they are very loyal and loving.

Hi Fran - your Cindy sounds sweet. I can't see your picture, though.

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So I see! Well, we'll just have to take another crack at it. I've been having variable success with this process Here, I hope!, is my girl...

Awww...she's pretty! Thanks for showing the picture!

Here are some interesting ancient myths about Torties:

It is said that the first tortie came to be in Southeast Asia during a magic ritual.

The Celtics believed torties to be good luck.

The English thought that rubbing a wart with the tail of a tortie during the month of May would get rid of the wart.

Japanese fishermen used torties as ship cats in an effort to stave off ancestral ghosts.

Okay, so I'm a little confused about this tortie business. What exactly defines a tortie? I know it's about color, and not breed.

Here's a pic of Miss. Penny, is she a tortie?

Here's another pic of Penny, showing her underside as much as I could get her to do. She's kind of grumpy today cuz I won't let her outside.

Notice the resemblence to Salem's Hobo? Both missing an eye!

She's beautiful! Do you know what happened to her eye? Thanks for the folklore info.

I think a tortie is primarily black & brown speckled with just a tiny bit of white if there is any white at all, where a calico has more white, and the splotches of black & brown are larger & more defined.

And of course there are dilutes of both color types, with grey instead of black.

found this link: - according to this, Penny is a tortie & white. Pretty!

http://www.thecatfarm.org/caq.htm

"What is the difference between a Calico, a Tortoiseshell and a Torbie?

A Calico cat has three colors, one of which is always white. The patches of color are more distinct than that of a tortoiseshell (tortie). A tortie has black and red hair all mingled together not in a "patch" pattern as the calico. A tortie which also has white in their coat is called Tortoiseshell with White. A torbie is a tortoiseshell cat with tabby markings. Any of these cats instead of having the black and red coloring can have blue(gray) and cream(peach) coloring. These cats are called muted or diluted. "


Also ran across this link when searching for a definition. I love the picture - I've never seen a dilute tortie before...isn't she gorgeous? http://www.rebeldreams.net/torties/main.htm

Okay, so I'm a rude mommy and made Penny show her tummy. Her coloring is more patchy then blended. I am under the impression that a calico must have red or a variation of red, like orange. Penny's color is fawn, I guess. It's a light tan color, not red or orange.



I'm thinking Dottie (top left picture in my signature) looks more tortie than Penny. Dottie's colors are very blended. She's a real light gray with a buffy/cream. She has no large patches on her at all.

awwwwww....

As for Penny's eye, Tess, we don't know what happened to it. My mom found Penny in the driveway early last December. We estimated Penny was about 4-5 weeks old. The eye was milky white, and eventually became neucrotic. She's been on all sorts of antibiotics since in an effort to get it cleaned up. When I took Penny from my mom in mid-May, you could hardly stand to be near her because her eye was draining this snotty green infection. My mom's vet did very little to help. My vet has been super and nearly has that eye totally cleaned up. Penny was very sick last week, and I'm waiting for her to get a little stronger before I take her back to get her eyelids stitched together.

Here is a picture of my tortie, Sabrina. She is a wild girl but a very sweet and a quiet girl.

Let me start off and introduce you my Sabrina. She is a little over two years, you can tell, she doesn't look like a 2yr old. Sabrina still looks like a kitten but I think she has a bit of a Siamese in her. Here is a few pictures of her:

This little seal tortie bicolor will be coming home with me sometime this month. I am so excited to be a part of a tortie clan.

If I sent someone a couple of photos direct - can you put them on of my tabby doing the ness amendments - I just cannot get the hang of doing it and trying to make them fit.
Thanks
Kev

You can send them to me kev!

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Hey Super cat, I saw a picture of your cat Marbles and she is the spitting image of my cat, Liberty Belle!

Here's my kitten Tortie, Amber:

Originally posted by tuxedokitties
Ugly!

They're absolutely beautiful! They look to me like they're dappled with sunlight; as if they were resting under a shady grove on a sunny day, and kept the markings from the sun. And once they bond with you, they are very loyal and loving.

Hi Fran - your Cindy sounds sweet. I can't see your picture, though.

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And it seems that my attempt to rectify that was only partially successful -- it appeared when I posted, but it has fallen off since then. (Went back to other pics that I posted and it seems they have suffered the same fate!) Don't know what's goin' on, but until I figure out what I need to do on the HP site, I'll just attach Cindy-Bun...