What affects us affects cats
Introduction from Michael I love to see domestic cats from places other than in the West. It broadens the website and our knowledge. We need to read more about domestic cats in countries in Africa, Asia and South and Central America. Joyce emailed me with pictures and text of two cats she adopted which …
It can be very difficult to distinguish between torbie and tabby cats. For me, it may be almost impossible to be sure, on occasions. Ideally, you have to be a member of the cat fancy with some real experience. The difficulty depends on what type of tabby and torbie is being compared. Both are …
I believe that Zoe has perhaps the most outstanding cat coat pattern I have ever seen and I have seen tens of thousands. I believe Zoe is a torbie which means tortoiseshell with a tabby pattern mixed in. You can see a faint “M” on the forehead. I know the flashlight has lightened the …
Dana, aged about 17, lives with a neighbour, Anne. Dana was a wandering outdoor, indoor cat that found her way to Anne’s door when she was a lot younger at the time when her owner passed away. Dana is now an indoor cat preferring the comforts of home. She lives in an apartment. Although …
By Sarah Hartwell (of Messybeast.com) Estimates of the frequency of tortoiseshell and calico tomcats range from 1-in-1000 to 1-in-many-thousands though many are misidentified classic tabby-and-white cats. Contrary to myth, tortoiseshell/calico tomcats are not valuable in financial terms (from here on, I’ll use to term tortie to include tortoiseshell, calico and torbie cats). Though many …
After we all here on PoC enjoyed seeing Kays Hill ginger cats and then black cats and sharing photos of our own and others we know, Leanne has sent the photos of these beautiful tortoiseshell cats and kittens for us to share. The colour patterns of torties (calicos in the USA) are brindled or …
This is a picture of the most interesting tortoiseshell cat I have ever seen – just. I have seen some amazing torties partly because the tortoiseshell coat looks amazing in any pattern. In fact, this cat ranks in the top five most awesome cat of any type I have seen. The 64,000 dollar question …
By Gabriel This is the stray that came to us after leaving the gym — photo to follow hopefully – update a day late….see photo below: She kept on calling out and rubbing and thus we couldn’t leave her there with good conscience so we took her home as the 4th cat of ours. …
