I really love all kitties, but seem to share a special bond with tortoise shells. Anyone else share this passion? I saw some beautiful pics on other topics of torties.
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Tortoise Shell Kitty Lovers?
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Like my baby Smartie?
I love them too! My first kitty, Peekaboo, was a dilute tortoiseshell, and she was such a wonderful cat.
Here she is (sorry the quality of the picture is so bad, this was in the days before digital cameras and before I owned a camera of my own, so I don't have any good quality ones, or many pictures of her at all, for that matter):
my bushee was a tortie, i think baby is one too
Spaz, my NFC is a brindled Tortie, no pics to show of her yet, but she's a big lover.
I actually had an Ocicat breeder friend that kept trying to get me to show her as a household pet.
Yeah, that would have went over real big with Spaz...not!
I actually had an Ocicat breeder friend that kept trying to get me to show her as a household pet.
Yeah, that would have went over real big with Spaz...not!
My mother in law has a tortise shell named Angel. I can't say she and I have bonded. I have bonded easy with every cat I have met, except Angel. She'll be purring and happy rubbing against you one minute and then bite you the next. Don't have a clue what I'm doing wrong with her!
My lacie is a tortie too.. I think they are so pretty.. My Chucky's and Titdens mom was a tortie too with double paws.. So cute...Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles
My mother in law has a tortise shell named Angel. I can't say she and I have bonded. I have bonded easy with every cat I have met, except Angel. She'll be purring and happy rubbing against you one minute and then bite you the next. Don't have a clue what I'm doing wrong with her!
Lacie is the same way except she doesn't bite me just anywhere. She bites me on the chin ??? I have no idea why she does it.. But she will get all snuggley in my face then bites me on the chin. Sometime I am watching TV or doing something and CRUNCH
Bookie - my most special guardian angel girl(RB)
and I have two tortie descendants of hers as well
Heres my little chatterbox Rosie
Such gorgeous babies!
Is THAT what Pansy is, a torby? I just thought she was a fat cat!
We got a lovely torti girl when I was in jr high. Her name was Stubbins, due to a traumatic amputation sometime in kittenhood (her previous owners had found her that way). She used to love to cuddle up on your chest and hug you, one paw on either side of your neck
Oh that sounds so sweetOriginally Posted by RicaLynn
We got a lovely torti girl when I was in jr high. Her name was Stubbins, due to a traumatic amputation sometime in kittenhood (her previous owners had found her that way). She used to love to cuddle up on your chest and hug you, one paw on either side of your neckand when she was very content there, her nose would get so wet it would drip. . . and you'd get a cold trickle down your neck!!
Childhood pets are the best
Our neighbours have 4 what I would call Brindle cats, siblings, but each one is a different build, all girls. Very nosey
Oh man, I'm all over this thread
I didn't know what a tortie was until last year, when my new vet said that Eponine is not a dilute calico (like the Humane Society told me when I adopted her), but actually a dilute (or blue cream) tortoiseshell. Here's my angel
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Kylie, your Peekaboo reminds me a lot of Eponine
Kylie, your Peekaboo reminds me a lot of Eponine
Spaz does the very same thing, but it isn't her nose dripping, it's kitty love drool.Originally Posted by RicaLynn
Is THAT what Pansy is, a torby? I just thought she was a fat cat!
We got a lovely torti girl when I was in jr high. Her name was Stubbins, due to a traumatic amputation sometime in kittenhood (her previous owners had found her that way). She used to love to cuddle up on your chest and hug you, one paw on either side of your neckand when she was very content there, her nose would get so wet it would drip. . . and you'd get a cold trickle down your neck!!
I think Dori fits in here
Lacie looks a lot like my foster Sugartoes. Here she is with her babies (just after birth).Originally Posted by DaiDreamer
My lacie is a tortie too.. I think they are so pretty..
And that little tiger kitten (Kiss) has some patches of orange stripes. Does that make her a torby, or just a tiger with light patches?
Typically, a cat must be a predominantly white animal with with the red, orange, and brown mottled patches to be a calico, whereas torties have little or no white.
little factoids:
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.
little factoids:
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.
