What is the difference between a tabby and a Maine Coon?
The difference between tabby and a Maine Coon is that the former describes a coat and the latter describes a cat breed.
Tabby coat
Are tabby cats male?
No. People ask, “are tabby cats male?”. They should ask “are red tabby cats male?”. To which the answer is: there are more male red tabby cats than female tabbies. To an informed cat owner or someone who knows cats the question in the title sounds a bit silly. But we must be sympathetic …
Finding Lost Cats in London through Animal Communication
By Tim As an animal communicator specializing in working with lost animals, I’ve had the pleasure of reuniting many families with their missing pets. Two such cases transpired in London not too long ago when cat owners in London contacted me about their missing cats. The first cat, Colin, wandered off after being in …
Florida: Beautiful Red Tabby Cat Needs New Home
Hello kitty lovers! My name is Garfield. I am a two year-old neutered declawed male tabby cat, who lives in the south of the good ole USA – in the Central Florida area. No matter how hard I try to figure out the reason why my guardian bestowed that moniker on me, I continue …
Orange Tabby Cat Stars in Major New Film and Raises Profile of Domestic Cats
Ulysses, the ginger tabby cat who is a co-star of the new Coen brothers film about music is in fact three cats. I didn’t realise that but I do know that he is a key player in this acclaimed film, which, I believe, raises the profile of all domestic cats. It makes all domestic …
Toyger Takes Off in Popularity
The Toyger is a “Frankencat”, so said an American television presenter. He was being impolite. He was referring to hybrid cats. The Toyger is a hybrid cat. Hybrid cats are nearly always man or woman-made; a human creation. When hybrid cats are also domestic cats they are sometimes referred to as “exotic cats”. They …
Happy Christmas from Caroline
By Caroline Here is my favorite holiday card for everyone at PoC, featuring! not one, but TWO ginger tabbies. Happy, Happy Holidays to You all here at Pictures of Cats! 🙂 Update: Another picture of Shrimp: Caroline
Photo: Dorothy and Marvin
This is a photograph that Dorothy emailed me of Marvin on her lap. I was surprised at how big boned he is. He is a large, solid, red tabby cat. He was semi-feral (I think that is a fair description). DW invited him in to her life and home.
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