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16-09-2009, 02:51 PM   #1

Tortie cats


Does anyone have a picture of a tortie coloured cat. The vet nurse said they were torties. I have been googling but cant find anything useful and i know this is the best place to ask. What is the charcteristic of a tortie, or could they be a calico colour. My friends ask me how there doing and i cant keep saying they look like mini rotteweillers. The kittens are so playful and roll around there bed and the largest cracker usual starts it off as well. There dad is ginger and ther grandma is a tortie



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16-09-2009, 02:53 PM   #2

Re: Tortie cats


Mag's Cassie is a tortie (and white) Luke's "Clem" is a dark tortie. Tortie is short for "tortoiseshell"



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16-09-2009, 03:02 PM   #3

Re: Tortie cats


As Dawn has said, Cassie is a tortie and white .........





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16-09-2009, 03:05 PM   #4

Re: Tortie cats


My daughter's cat is a dark tortie ........





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16-09-2009, 03:05 PM   #5

Re: Tortie cats


I may be wrong, but isn't "calico" the American term for "tortie"?



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16-09-2009, 03:07 PM   #6

Re: Tortie cats


Yep, think so Angie.



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16-09-2009, 03:08 PM   #7

Re: Tortie cats


Jane, here is a whole thread about tortie cats, with pictures!!!

http://www.catsey.com/showthread.php...ghlight=Tortie



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16-09-2009, 03:09 PM   #8

Re: Tortie cats


I think you'll find calico is the US term for our tortie and whites, Angie....



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16-09-2009, 03:10 PM   #9

Re: Tortie cats


ah yes, the white .......... like calico cloth.



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16-09-2009, 03:44 PM   #10

Re: Tortie cats


thanks ladies...



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