Topic: The Tortie Appreciation Thread (Read 50438 times)

Hippykitty · « **Reply #152 on:** January 07, 2008, 23:17:57 PM »

I haven't read all of this thread, but would like to mention that I have several ex-feral torties up for homing if anyone is interested. You can see their full details in the rehoming section: "Ex-feral need re-homing". Here are some piccies:

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Sam (Fussy_Furball) · « **Reply #151 on:** January 07, 2008, 22:44:19 PM »

I have say to Rossi doesn't actually have totietude she has something even worse .... Abytude

When she came to me she was a bolshy brazen little thing however after watching and learning from her Big Step Brother (Zephyr) she has picked up all his bad habits and combined them with her tortietude ..... She is now bolshy, brazen, sometimes annoying and incredibly cocky but has perfected the "but I'm so cute ya gotta love me" face she knows she can get away with blue murder

ccmacey · « **Reply #150 on:** January 07, 2008, 21:57:43 PM »

Tortitude??? Is thats what its called I have one very

Torti lol It's something you cant actually "get" unless you have one lol

Lyla even tried to gas us today, she had jumped onto the cooker and turned the knob, I didnt know till I smelt gas

Have to be on naughty allert from now on, what will she do next

Will get some pics when get camera sorted out

Teresa Pawcats · « **Reply #149 on:** January 07, 2008, 21:55:54 PM »

After blacks and black/whites torties seem to be the next most likely to end up in rescue,or at least they do with us and usually pregnant or with a litter of kittens in tow.

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #148 on:** January 07, 2008, 21:46:05 PM »

Awwwwwwwwwwwww Sherbet

I dont know puddy and I was totally unaware of torties till I met Sasa

puddypaws · « **Reply #147 on:** January 07, 2008, 21:31:56 PM »

I ewas looking through cat rescue sites today (as one does) and I've noticed there seem to be a lot more torties than I've noticed in the past. Any ideas why or just a lot of cats that need homes?

Teresa Pawcats · « **Reply #146 on:** January 07, 2008, 21:18:31 PM »

Meet Sherbet for some reason what she lacks in tortitude she makes up in Purr itude, she is one of the most affectionate torties I have come across despite being homeless.

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Bazsmum · « **Reply #145 on:** January 07, 2008, 18:28:56 PM »

Pippa's had that lovely thick fur all the time Ive known her (only about 6/7 months)....she came to me as a stray

I dont really know her age but the more I get to know her I do reckon she's an oldie cos of the way she moves, she has that "somewhere out there" look also.....she sits in a corner staring at the wall!!!

We reckon she defo has her senile moments....but she is a real people charmer and adores kids

When brushing her she does shed alot of fur but it looks more grey when on the brush!

unseeliechylde · « **Reply #144 on:** January 07, 2008, 11:15:14 AM »

Aw Pippa is gorgeous!

she looks to have fur just like our wee Skye - very thick and soft!

Skye is like a chinchilla / british shorthair when it comes to her coat, but as she is still in her baby fur we don't know if it will stay that way, but we hope so. How old is Pippa? Did she always have such lovely dense fur?

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #143 on:** January 05, 2008, 18:22:48 PM »

I love Pippa, she looks like a British Shorthair

gibraltarcat · « **Reply #142 on:** January 05, 2008, 16:13:56 PM »

Wow, Pippa is so like Sweep

She isn't growling quite so often now at Jonty, Thank goodness

Bazsmum · « **Reply #141 on:** January 05, 2008, 02:35:23 AM »

My Pippa wont tolerate any other cat....she will give them an evil stare and growl!

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unseeliechylde · « **Reply #140 on:** January 05, 2008, 00:09:19 AM »

Aww I'm sure they'll come around eventually! It just takes time (as you know, of course!

) - I can still remember how chuffed I was when we had the first touching of noses and walking past each other with no batting or posturing

that took about 2 weeks!

gibraltarcat · « **Reply #139 on:** January 04, 2008, 23:23:22 PM »

Thanks for the lovely comments, unseeliechylde

Sweep is now blushing and all overcome

!!
Skye is such a pretty little lass

Do hope Sweep and Jonty will become good friends too. I live in hope!

unseeliechylde · « **Reply #138 on:** January 04, 2008, 22:36:28 PM »

aww Sweep is a lovely lump of huggable tortie-ness!

Our wee Skye has now been with us for about 3 months (making her 7 months now), and her tortitude is definately showing!

I know what you mean, gibraltarcat - Skye and Riley (our first boy), didn't get on too well to begin with, but as you can see from the last pic, they adore each other now!

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gibraltarcat · « **Reply #137 on:** January 02, 2008, 17:17:19 PM »

Hi Bazsmum
Sweep says hi to Pippa and aren't we both beautiful

I fostered her when she was approx 1 years old with 5 ten day old kittens. They quickly found homes and Sweep just gazed at me with her head on one side and.....she won!! Unfortunately, she's not too keen on my boy that I adopted last July, but we're working on it!

Bazsmum · « **Reply #136 on:** January 02, 2008, 16:50:09 PM »

Sweep is so like my Pippa....I aquired her last year as a stray and assumed the age to be approx 4/5 but Sweep has got me wondering?

gibraltarcat · « **Reply #135 on:** January 02, 2008, 15:41:24 PM »

What a lovely thread

Here is 12 year old Sweep, the softest pudding cat, but does have tortietude!!

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summerleft · « **Reply #134 on:** January 02, 2008, 15:09:53 PM »

Heres Miss S***ty Kitty ( named as she had bad worms when we got her and she used to have bad runs then walk all over OH whilst he slept

)

bit of a freak of photography this one

unseeliechylde · « **Reply #133 on:** December 03, 2007, 10:23:31 AM »

aww Meesha is gorgeous!

Isn't it quite unusual for torties to have green eyes? I thought most of them tended to have amber/gold eyes. She's a stunner! I'm becoming a huge fan of torties since I got our little dilute tortie, Skye, last month

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #132 on:** December 02, 2007, 21:56:37 PM »

Pleased you got Meesha on, she is lovely

And now this threads back up and running lets get all those calicos on that have arrived recently, my Sasa is feling sorta left out

Catjane · « **Reply #131 on:** December 02, 2007, 18:18:34 PM »

Finally I have a half-decent piccy of Meesha ... she's a nightmare to photograph!

Her eyes are actually green, but you can't really see it in this photo

It shows off her cute little triangle, tho

Oh, and if you look closely, you can see that she has ginger eye-lashes! Awwww!

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #130 on:** September 27, 2007, 19:31:41 PM »

Please keep us uptodate Rosie and I hope you win the case and they get hell

rosiesmum · « **Reply #129 on:** September 27, 2007, 18:22:41 PM »

Ickle

I just wanted to say thank you for starting this thread. Rosie was attacked back in April by 2 dogs and very nearly didn't make it. I was so cross and upset that I posted about it on a website that a few of the very good and supportive people from here (you all know who you are

) pointed me in this direction.

I am taking the dog's owners to Court and have today received a Court date of November 30th. I think we all take our family, jobs, pets for granted at times and it's true when people say 'You never know what you have until it's gone'. That is so true.

Thank you once again and I hope that Rosie knows that I love her so very much (even though she has gone back to her old, aloof, snotty tortie self!)

Sorry got a bit emotional after the letter, it brought it all back.

Love and hugs to all of you .xx

No Name · « **Reply #128 on:** September 27, 2007, 12:01:20 PM »

INTERESTING FACT

OUR BELOVED TORTIE TAKES IT'S NAME FROM
ARTICLES MADE FROM THE SHELL OF THIS LOVELY CREATURE:-

The HAWKSBILL TURTLE : Eretmochelys imbricata. The Hawksbill Turtle gets its name from its hawk-like beak. It ranges in size from 30 to 36 inches in length. This turtle's shell is the source of "tortoise shell", and because of this commercial exploitation has caused their numbers to dwindle. Their shell and oils are in constant demand, placing this turtle in danger.

No Name · « **Reply #127 on:** September 25, 2007, 18:34:40 PM »

[IMG]http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x219/icklegrace/Ruby.jpg[/iIMG]

the latest photo of Ruby aged 6 weeks

tez2384 · « **Reply #126 on:** September 25, 2007, 11:51:26 AM »

thank you

No Name · « **Reply #125 on:** September 25, 2007, 07:18:55 AM »

she certainly is very gorgeous

tez2384 · « **Reply #124 on:** September 25, 2007, 00:07:43 AM »

Heres some pix of my gorgeous calico called kitty she is 1 years old,

Gill (sneakiefeline) · « **Reply #123 on:** September 24, 2007, 18:19:32 PM »

Tooooooooooooo serious Desley

pappilon · « **Reply #122 on:** September 24, 2007, 18:12:48 PM »

Quote from: Ruth (Bazsmum) on September 24, 2007, 11:39:43 AM

Talking about genetic....have you seen the size of that banana the monkey has hold of

,Its true is the monkey which is tiny,they are squarel monkey and thier main diet is insects, the fruit are just a treat

No Name · « **Reply #121 on:** September 24, 2007, 12:11:10 PM »

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo

pretend this iittle kitty is a tortie

katbuzz · « **Reply #120 on:** September 24, 2007, 11:55:12 AM »

I agree and i'm more wary of gingers

. Buster my previous ginger cat RIP was much more aloof and aggressive than my tortie Mika and he lived with us since he was a kitten, so he didn't have the abusive background that Mika had suffered before we adopted her. I find Mika different from my other cats as she's more vocal and more demanding of attention, but not knowing much about tortitude, innocently I always thought that she may have siamese roots!!

Bazsmum · « **Reply #119 on:** September 24, 2007, 11:44:52 AM »

Millys Mum · « **Reply #118 on:** September 24, 2007, 11:42:20 AM »

Its not the banana Ruth, its a dwarf monkey

Bazsmum · « **Reply #117 on:** September 24, 2007, 11:39:43 AM »

Talking about genetic....have you seen the size of that banana the monkey has hold of

Millys Mum · « **Reply #116 on:** September 24, 2007, 11:35:20 AM »

I think its genetic too. Its the red bit, ginger cats, red dogs, chestnut horses often have that bit extra to their characters. Chestnut mares are known to be more difficult and theres some old rhyme to do with chestnuts and white socks

Kittybabe (Ruth) · « **Reply #115 on:** September 24, 2007, 09:12:13 AM »

That can be said for all cats, I just think that "tortitude" has become stereotyped as a characteristic, which personally I find adorable.

Pav, or course I remember Piccolo. I can't remember the other it may have been before we moved in next door. I remember being excited because of Piccolo and Jessie being so close by. Lisa had a couple cats that I recall one was a Tortie too wasn't she? There was always one cat or another in the garden. Piccolo had a fetish for the hedera plant in Guida's garden...

Desley (booktigger) · « **Reply #114 on:** September 24, 2007, 07:40:18 AM »

I dont agree that torties are like that cos of the way people treat them, I do believe it is genetic due to their colouring - if it was due to teh way people treated them, it wouldn't be just torties that had that kind of attitude.

pappilon · « **Reply #113 on:** September 24, 2007, 00:34:14 AM »

ITS,a tortie monkey

:evillaugh:sorry

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