Red Tabby Cats

I have a male red also named Milo. His sister is a faded cream color named Abby. I also have another red & white named Fennel. Milo & Abby are 12 yrs old. But Milo is the king of the castle. He is probably 18-20 lbs. He is very loving & puts the others in their place. But he Loves to eat.I’ve always had cats & I think the reds do have unique personalities.

I enjoyed the above comments but my male red, Reggie isn’t part of the norm. If he is outside and sees people he either runs under the truck or inside. Noises make him crouch. Squirrels terrify him. Today it was seagulls that sent him flying inside, I’ve never seen a cat move so fast. He is affectionate with me but only when he want to be. I can’t pet him or pick him up unless he wants to be touched.
He is almost 7 months old and weighs in at 10 pounds. A true long-hair, his tail is as wide as his body(including the oil from under cars) and his whiskers run about 8″. Lots of fur between the long toes. Oh, and his sleeping spot is on top of the kitchen cabinets.
..all in all he is a beauty, aloof, independant and the original scardy cat. I love and admire him.

I had a male Red Tabby Cat, Garfield, for twenty years this cat had the most gentle personality and loyal to the end. He was very chatty from the time he was a kitten. Very affectionate and tall for a domestic cat and lean and muscular. I would have to say by far the most genuine companion in the cat family. I would recommend a Red tabby Cat to anyone that is a cat lover or otherwise. Exceptional personality! Never strayed. I will miss him dearly, RIP my buddy. I love you!!!

My cat Marmalade is a male red tabby. He is a remarkable cat. I feel that he takes care of me nad acts like a watch cat. He sleeps in my room near the path I walk if I get up. He gets up on the computer table and wants cuddling. He will steal cheese off my plate when I have a snack.
I did agree with the article about food and affection. Marmalade eats his food up in about 2 minutes flat. But he loves affection most. I looks at me with his eyes full of love. He purrs if I pick him up. He likes to just lie on the carpet or in the sun near me. He is in the room but not intrusive at all.
But when I am upset, he will come and sit or lie down by me. He is a great companion and smart.
In fact, I tell my friends he know what I am going to do before I know it myself. Red tabbies are great pets for disabled persons.
They are psychic and caretaker cats. They seem sensitive to fleas.

Thankyou for the comments on red cats!I highly recommend them.I had a wonderful big red cat for 16 years.He was so kind,intelligent,and loving.Oh he loved food and weighed a muscular 20 pounds.He never turned down affection,new words,and did many tricks.He was always ready to communicate with alot funny sounds.He liked to participate in human activities and preferred people play to toys.When I exercised or stretched out on the floor he did the same!!!Big Red is dead 10 years but I think of him often,He was my good friend.

I have also just remembered a page I built a few years ago featuring a beautiful orange Persian cat – Faolán:

Orange Persian Cat

Here he is:

Yes, I have a soft spot for red cats too. And they do seem to be nice cats. I have just remembered “Yellow Cat“. An orange feral cat that Dorothy in California looks after.

I have always loved red cats, and have had one or more at a time forever. I have shown Household Pet classes at cat shows for over 30 years too and they`ve always been my favorite to show. All of the red cats that I have ever owned have been expert schmoozers, at home as well away. They love attention from anyone, anywhere, any time.
I also used to breed and show Siamese and Balinese cats. My specialty were the rare oddball colors. I bred for torti points, lynx points and torti-lynx points, which are nearly always girls. A friend produced an infertile male blue torti point once though. The boys in most of those litters were red and red Lynx points. As kittens, red points are basicly white kittens with blue eyes, and orange tinted tails, orange smudges on their noses, and the backs of their ears. They`re pretty, but color developes very slowly, and they don`t look ever look very Siamese colored if you don`t know about them.
Everyone always ooohd and aaahd over the neat looking tortis, and tended to overlook the reds at first. When the tortis ignored them, people would notice a red trying to sit on their shoulder, or standing in their laps making pawsies and staring deeply into their eyes. They weren`t so subtle, and alot of people were converted instantly. I always told everyone, that they try harder because their sisters were much more cool looking, sort of Mr. Congeniality.
I never noticed any of my red points being more aggressive. Temperament was always one of my biggest concerns. My kittens were always placed as pets first, show cats second, and breeding cats last. I was extremely careful about choosing gentle, docile breeding stock. As studs their, urine was stronger though. I would term them more as “Pushy Attention Hogs” and more creative with getting that attention.