Jessika
09-21-2005, 02:08 PM
I am in absolute LOVE with tortoise-shell calicos (and I am very well aware that calico is NOT a breed of cat, but rather a coat pattern :P). But I read once that tortie and torbie mean two different things? I go back and forth between the two because I can never remember which means what...
I own two, Nicole and Allie. Allie has no white on her at all, just cream (her toe), orange and black all mixed up.
Nicole on the other hand has no definable "spots" like a calico should, but does have a white underbelly and part of her legs, and her toes.
Now, they are BOTH tortoiseshell calicos, correct? Or is Nicole different from Allie? I've heard that Nicole is considered just a regular Calico (but she has no... spots!) because she has white on her, and Allie is a tortoise-shell because she has no white.
Allie:
http://dontstay.zoto.com/img/24/f1f036f44e8445916758d16b3bc107bb-e90be.jpg (http://dontstay.zoto.com/user/image_detail/IMG.3.f1f036f44e8445916758d16b3bc107bb-e90be_CAT.15_REC.1/date_uploaded-desc/0-30)
Nicole:
http://dontstay.zoto.com/img/24/f9a66e8dc744a8a20fb0a3c57f69067b-7e7fe.jpg (http://dontstay.zoto.com/user/image_detail/IMG.8.f9a66e8dc744a8a20fb0a3c57f69067b-7e7fe_CAT.18/average_rating-desc/0-30)
Not a very good pic of Nicole, my apologies. BUT I THOUGHT I knew what I was talking about as far as my cats when, but apparently I don't. :(
Oh, and IF there IS a difference between slang for "tortie" versus "torbie", please explain. I've heard that (can't remember which meant what) but one meant that it was just colors all mixed up, whereas the other meant you were tortoiseshell with stripes. Or something. idk haha
I own two, Nicole and Allie. Allie has no white on her at all, just cream (her toe), orange and black all mixed up.
Nicole on the other hand has no definable "spots" like a calico should, but does have a white underbelly and part of her legs, and her toes.
Now, they are BOTH tortoiseshell calicos, correct? Or is Nicole different from Allie? I've heard that Nicole is considered just a regular Calico (but she has no... spots!) because she has white on her, and Allie is a tortoise-shell because she has no white.
Allie:
http://dontstay.zoto.com/img/24/f1f036f44e8445916758d16b3bc107bb-e90be.jpg (http://dontstay.zoto.com/user/image_detail/IMG.3.f1f036f44e8445916758d16b3bc107bb-e90be_CAT.15_REC.1/date_uploaded-desc/0-30)
Nicole:
http://dontstay.zoto.com/img/24/f9a66e8dc744a8a20fb0a3c57f69067b-7e7fe.jpg (http://dontstay.zoto.com/user/image_detail/IMG.8.f9a66e8dc744a8a20fb0a3c57f69067b-7e7fe_CAT.18/average_rating-desc/0-30)
Not a very good pic of Nicole, my apologies. BUT I THOUGHT I knew what I was talking about as far as my cats when, but apparently I don't. :(
Oh, and IF there IS a difference between slang for "tortie" versus "torbie", please explain. I've heard that (can't remember which meant what) but one meant that it was just colors all mixed up, whereas the other meant you were tortoiseshell with stripes. Or something. idk haha