Is there any such thing as a "tortietude"...

[jennielynn1970]

I didn't realize Lexie was a tortie... what a cutie pie!!

My Finae is a tortie, but dilute. It doesn't change the attitude much though, lol. She is the queen of the house, and lets all the other cats know who is the boss. Sophie is a calico, and a dilute as well, and she has some tude, but is mostly a sweetie pie and a mush. Not that Finae isn't a mush... she's my girl. Knows when I'm feeling down and blue and is there by my side. Sophie too... They are such good girls.

Glad that Lexie is enjoying her new home so much!! Sounds like she's making sure her new meowmie knows exactly what she expects, lol.

PS.... hope you start feeling better soon Kym!

[DrKym]

Thanks so much Jenn! and yes Miss Lexie is a very good Hooman trainer ...hell she has me totally trained to her each whim.....even to the volume of the TV....but don't tell Donna, she keeps laughing at me!

[Catlady711]

Torti-tude is totally real!!!



I'm fortunate, Sassy is a sweet little bugger for the most part and loves people. However if you squirt her for being on the counter she'll lay down her ears, swat at you and turn her butt as if to say 'ok squirt me here', then she jumps down only to go right back up there 1 minute later, this goes on all day.

Sabrina has a bit more of the torti-tude, she prefers my hubby, but does like other people when she wants to, and can get fairly ornery if she doesn't want to be picked up, she's more flighty of the 3 sibs.

However it isn't always confined to just the torti coloring, Josh (brother to my two torties) is a little spitfire and heck to handle at times, he's a torti in personality if not color anyways. lol

My mom owns a torti, and she's ALL Torti-tude, complete with hissing and biting if she doesn't get her way, but she does get very attatched to certain people and gets very lovey with them only.

We have a tortie that lives at our hospital and she musta just got the coloring because she's the most obnoxiously affectionate cat you've ever seen!! She gives head butts, kisses and when you pick her up she wraps her paws around your neck and literally gives you a hug. She loves everyone and I've never heard her hiss or growl and she's never swatted anyone. I'm thinking her coloring must be an illusion because she acts so sweet.

Based on the hundreds of cats I've dealt with in my 6 1/2 years working at the hospital, if the cat is a tortie we automatically use caution until we decipher it's personality.

Calico's can frequently be of a similar purrrsonality however not to the extent or frequency we see in torties.

[DrKym]

Lexie has taught me without a doubt that my existance is to be her slave....................................

earlier today while cathing up on PT I stopped rocking her.....she bit me till i rocked her again........not saying anything but I will never again decide anything without HER permission!

I am so blessed! thank you again Donna and here I thought it was just a Sphynx thing......silly me