The Tortie Appreciation Thread

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

noooooooooooo problem 

[pappilon]

OOPS,the monkey  meant to be a cat i was doing some work in wild animal sanctuary in bolivia (Charity) two years ago and the monkey or mono comes from there sorry i am learning how to do piccis

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Very cute 

Didnt think it was a tortie cat 

[pappilon]

OOPS,The piccis is the one of bolivia when i worked in wild animal sanctuary,sorry i really have to learn how to do piccis

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Who is that monkey?

[pappilon]

  :wow:Kittybabe,you are a real cat person i often mention piccollo to Guida but she cant remember her,its nice to know she is remembered even if she was a bit of a pain , i remember persia and her familly including piccollo loved the next doorfor personal reason thats before you moved in???

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

I agree that the problem is that torties look so different from other cats and I reckon they often get a bad deal and maybe the mother cats teach their kittens not to trust humans. So now the tortitude is so well bred in and l.......................... sigh

I know Sasa must have had a terrible life cos at 10yrs old she is so scared of everything, she loves sofas and lying under radiators 

[pappilon]

DD was gorgeous and Daisy knows that chair is all hers 

OOOH,Thankyou,she was beautifull, they all are,tortie,tabby,.......they might have a temper but its not to do with the look or colour,i belive its the way us people treat them,piccollo was born in my place and she was tortie but beautifull nature, but DD was rescued and her privious owner treated her badly after three years with me she changed to a loving cat and yes she still had her moments but thats cats privillage

[blackcat]

yes. I obtained her under rather odd circumstances. She was at the home of a friend whose cats had just had kittens and was only 5 weeks old. I indicated I liked her and would love to have her but they refused. That night at the party, an old boyfriend gave me a really hard time (violent). When I woke up the next morning there was Tabitha Jane in a cardboard box on my doorstep. My friends way of apologising for the behaviour of their other guest I guess. Anyway, she lived a long and happy life in about three of my houses and would sit on the top of the fridge staring at new kittens like an owl (I had about 8 cats that that point, acquired progressively). After three days she would come down and start treating the kitten as if it was a new animated toy, tossing it around and generally beating it into submission as the matriarch cat does with younglings. From there on she would be really good friends with them until it was their turn to be introduced to the outside world At that point she started her - lets run flat out to the road and see if you can stop - game. The kittens fell for it every time and overshot to the other side of the road. After they had done that she was fine with them once more ... funny old girl.

[tab]

Awww I bet she was and obviously much loved and missed 
love
Tab

[blackcat]

she was a lovely cat 

[tab]

Tabitha Jane was nice with people. And she was generally good with other cats. Except when a new kitten made its first venture into the outside world when she would persuade it to run across the road . She never worked out she had to wait for a car though , so they all survived. She was also murder on all dogs. None would dare enter the yard.

Its not fair......its bad enough when people call their cats by my name but using my full name is beyond a joke 


 


This from the person who took a cat to the vets and was called with 'Ms Mogs you can bring Tabitha in now'
love
Tab

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Thats so sad ickle 

[No Name]

Can I join your club? 

I'm going to be trying to catch this little sweetheart tomorrow. She's one of a colony from a farm I'm starting work on

And please say a prayer because she doesn't look well so she'll be off to the vet on Monday. 

PRAYER OF A STRAY CAT

  Please send me somebody who'll care,

I'm tired of running, I'm sick with despair.

My body is aching, it's so racked with pain,

And I pray as I run in the rain,

That someone will love me and give me a home,

A warm cozy bed to call my own.

My last owner neglected me and chased me away,

To rummage in garbage and live as a stray.

But now I'm tired, hungry and cold,

And I'm so afraid that I'll never grow old.

They've chased me with sticks and hit me with stones,

While I run in the streets just looking for bones.

I'm not really bad, please help if you can,

For I have become just a "victim of man!"

I'm wormy and I'm ridden with fleas,

And all I want is an owner to please.

If you find one for me, I'll try to be good,

I won't run away and I'll do as I should.

I don't think I'll make it too long on my own,

Cause I'm getting weak and I'm so all alone.

Each night as I sleep in the bushes I cry,

Cause I'm so afraid that I'm gonna die.

I've got so much love and devotion to give,

That I should be given a new chance to live.

So PLEASE, PLEASE answer my prayer,

And send me somebody who'll really care

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

She does look sweet, hope you catch her OK and she is not too sick 

[Pinkbear (Julie)]

Can I join your club? 

I'm going to be trying to catch this little sweetheart tomorrow. She's one of a colony from a farm I'm starting work on

And please say a prayer because she doesn't look well so she'll be off to the vet on Monday. 

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[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

DD was gorgeous and Daisy knows that chair is all hers 

[karenjet]

I have to get my Daisy in here 

[Kittybabe (Ruth)]

Torties, here is photo of my tortie DD, she is in rainbow bridge now , but many years a go  i had two beautifull torties piccollo and fifi ,i try to see if i can get thier piccies here, i have to get some help to do that.

One of us can help Pavvy. I remember Piccolo... what a hunie and such tortitude   I remember when we first moved in and Piccolo used to come "visit" the new neighbours. So cute.

[No Name]

WEll, I dont have a tortie in teh house anymore!! I am not a big fan of them, but should be getting another one when I get back off my hol - she needs a home environment, so will get it regardless of colour!! I have looked after 3 torties now I Think, 2 were brindle, and then there was Lucy. Not met a lot of nice torties though, but the one who is coming next is supposed to be nice, and Lucy was most of the time.

awwww you must have met them when they had PMT ,,,Puss Mental Tension......I have always loved the tortie cat so much that I have tried to get a kitten for the past 2 years.
I advertised on a site and was told that my beloved Mrs Moggs needed to be re-homed and so I took her in (she is a dilute tortie), then two years later I thought I would try again. This time I took in a white Persian who had suffered a lot in his short 2 year life, he had behavioural problems so he was taken in by the Persian rescue who rehabilitated him. so I thought, I would try once more. I ended up fostering the sweetest little feral kitten until she became  tame enough to go to a new forever home.

Now at last I have ruby, who is from a litter of 6, 1 ginger male Tigger whom my friend is having,, 1 tabby female Peach my daughter is having her and 4 torties females and I chose Ruby who is the darkest but has one red sock..hence her name Ruby Red_Slipper........at long last my tortie kitten is coming home .well in approx 14 days

[blackcat]

Tabitha Jane was nice with people. And she was generally good with other cats. Except when a new kitten made its first venture into the outside world when she would persuade it to run across the road . She never worked out she had to wait for a car though , so they all survived. She was also murder on all dogs. None would dare enter the yard.

[Desley (booktigger)]

WEll, I dont have a tortie in teh house anymore!! I am not a big fan of them, but should be getting another one when I get back off my hol - she needs a home environment, so will get it regardless of colour!! I have looked after 3 torties now I Think, 2 were brindle, and then there was Lucy. Not met a lot of nice torties though, but the one who is coming next is supposed to be nice, and Lucy was most of the time.

[pappilon]

  Torties, here is photo of my tortie DD, she is in rainbow bridge now , but many years a go  i had two beautifull torties piccollo and fifi ,i try to see if i can get thier piccies here, i have to get some help to do that.

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[Ann Clarke (Tabby cat)]

Can't let this thrtead go by without a piccy of my darling little Sophie, now at Rainbow Bridge sadly. She was a very small cat with lots of tortie tude and certainly kept Dylan in his place despite being half his size 

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[tasha]

Currently being headbutted by my lovely little tortie, Maddie, who I think is classed as a Brindle tortie.

She has the tortietude and has been known to beat her brother Max up despite him being 3 times her size

Will have a look for some photos to pop up tomorrow

[Gill (sneakiefeline)]

Oh Helen 

[Tiggy's Mum]

She's gorgeous    I love her eyes in the first pic, just like an owl

[tab]

Ive been lurking rather than posting recently but I couldnt let this thread go by without adding to it.
This is Amber







love
Tab

[Cheesecat]

I now know your home phone number by the way 

What on earth are you talking baout Dawn?  Think it's about time you went to specsavers 

  @ the pics of the boys... surprised they werent being their normal party animal selves - I think Lucas and Riley would party at the opening of an envelope

Funnily enough, my specs I am wearing at the mo are from Specsavers, but they are rubbish!I only really realised since we moved and I have to analyse motorway signs as I dont know where I am going and I am squint squint squinting at them 

[katbuzz]

I know they say male torties don't exist but I think I might just have two little freaks of nature honourary torties 

 

[chrisleitz]

Helen, nice try     who is the headless girl?

[Tiggy's Mum]

I now know your home phone number by the way 

What on earth are you talking baout Dawn?  Think it's about time you went to specsavers 

[Lyn-Su]

Her trophy is a miniature Rugby World Cup and she's wearing a Rugby World Cup Beret, she isn't that impressed (think it was after we lost to South Africa.)

[Tiggy's Mum]

Scrumptious kitties

I know they say male torties don't exist but I think I might just have two little freaks of nature honourary torties    

[Cheesecat]

Oh Lyn she is lovely! 

What is her little trophy for?

I now know your home phone number by the way 

[Lyn-Su]

This little madam certainly has torti-tude! But I wouldn't have it any other way.

Miss Fearne

[Cheesecat]

Oh yeah I meant to say Gerti was a fab mum too - she fed her kitties until they were 10 weeks when they were abandoned 

[Catjane]

Unfortunately I have photo issues, so can't post piccies ATM.  However, I can't read this thread without mentioning my darling Meesha!  Torti through and through, tiny and torti - with no Tortitude!  She's a fantastic mum though, even now that Sabby is over a year old!!  She is a very 'good' cat, and highly intelligent.  She's a wonderful companion, as long as it's only me and her!  She's so sweet-natured, and she has a little cream triangle on her left eye     Oh, and she has green eyes!

Lovely to see a torti appreciation thread!

[Cheesecat]

Hi
I love this thread! Here is my Mika. I think she might have tortietude  , she's very vocal and purrs like a train!
Kat x

She is beautiful!

  to Purrs 

[No Name]

This is a lovely thread!

thank you, it is inspired by my overwhelming love and appreciation for the Tortie cat; true gift of nature,which cannot be bred but sometimes surprizes us in litters if we are very blessed