How about those fabulous Torties!

The wonderful picture Liz posted of her beautiful SiSi, it made me realize that we have threads for just about every cat color permutation, but I had yet to see one dedicated to the beautiful, underrated tortie!

I'll kick it off with my girl Abbie. When I first moved to Chicago, I had little money & no furniture. It was me, a blanket, and a B/W TV. When I found out I passed my nursing boards, I didn't go out and buy furniture or a color TV. I got Abbie. Nineteen years later, she's still with me.

Here are her baby pics:





a little older:






for a couple of years I had a roommate who had her own cat. Poor Emily. Abbie was a young cat, and Emily a senior. This was the only type of interaction they had for two solid years:


Now she's a senior citizen herself. Her health is failing, and I see her lose a little ground every day. I felt the need to start this thread before I only had sad news to share. Here is a pic from a few months ago:


Now, calling all torties!!!! Let's see these beauties!!!

Awwwww she's gorgeous!

Theres my Rosie in my siggy

Yay for Torties! How cute!

that last picture of Abbie is awesome

Kelly, Abbie is so very very precious!!! You can tell from the pictures that she has quite a personality! Nineteen years of having that sweetheart with you - that is so wonderful! It kills me to hear that her health is failing. I am so sorry. I really wish cats lived much longer than they do. But I have to say - the last picture you posted is my favorite. She has obviously gotten more beautiful with each passing year!

Abbie is the sweetest from her baby pictures to her latest!

Thanks everyone for your kind words about my girl. And I agree that cats don't live long enough

Come on all you tortie lovers. Let's see those pics!

Abbie is so gorgeous, Kelly! She has such a sweet, loving face!

Abbie is so beautiful!

Her'es Paige, My little attacy kitty, that my mum loves so well (She calls her a raccoon, why, I do not know.)also known as Jubb Jubb, the lover and protector of Gibby Bippits the tiny, from Mean Miss Hiss.





Showing some tortitude (daddy, take a shower, you stink!)


I am known as the sleeping perch of the pigglesnort.


Having a bath


With her one remaining soft claw after she learned not to scratch..


Plotting something..Note, the chair of doom she prefers sitting under.


And I have some of her playing but I think that's enough.

Oooh a thread for my little Tortietude Doku!

I didn't do it I SWEAR!


Hot diggity dog this feels good! (Yes she is laying upside down in the sun)


This is MINE!


"Oooooh the sun will come out TOMORROW..."


And I have to share one of her as an itty bitty baby:

What pretty Tortoishells!

You can hardly see it but Isis is a diluted Tortie. She looks all gray in pictures but she is actually black, gray, and small amounts of orange. She is my lover girl! I've had her for 4 years now I think. GOSH has it been that long? how time flies when you have a great thing!(or four in my case!) Yes it has been four because Twig is going on 6 so she will be about 5 next year. WOW! anyone seen my brain!?

Lovely tortie babies

Here are a few of my sweetie, some you've seen in other threads...









...but there's a new one from this morning, too, snuggling with Daddy...

I can't share anything for this thread, but I have to say that I adore torties, and particularly dilute torties. They are all SSSSSOOOOOOO BEAUTIFUL! Every one of these beauties in this thread deserves to be admired and adored.

Love them all! Especially, the one with her/him drinking out of the straw!

I used to have some torties in australia they were beautiful!!

I'm trying to have my dad send me pics I scanned at their house of Titsi, my first cat she was a beautiful dilute tortie.

This is Nakisha.... she passed away shortly after her first bday. Her bro passed on shortly before she did. It was very upsetting since i had not seen them in 8 months.... Her bro passed on before I came home and her a week later. She was very sweet and Im sorry to say these are my only pics of her....







I do have one more but i cant find it right now...

Miches

I love torties.

Abbie is sooooooo beautiful. In about 13 years my Mystyc will be 19. I'm sorry your girl is old, but I am so happy that you and her have a wonderful relationship It makes me so happy when people have their cats(or any other animal) for their whol lives. Let her know she has a new fan.

Paige She's so beautiful.

I just love that kitten pic of Doku, what a cutie.

Cindy's so beautiful

Nakisha was beautiful. I'm sorry she's gone.

All the torties are so beautiful.... I've got a few of MyRage, I'll just have to add them to Photobucket.