The Tough Ass Torties Association

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Tortie Facts

Did you know that...?

A tortoiseshell is a cat whose coloring is a flecked mixture of either black and red (sometimes with bits of white), or blue and cream (diluted black and red).
The difference between a tortie and a calico is the pattern; torties have small flecks of colors mixed together, while calicos have large blocks and
usually a large amount of white.
Torties are almost always female. This is because the genes for color reside on the X chromosome, so for a cat to have multiple colors (i.e., black and orange), they must have two X chromosomes, therefore making them female.
Tortoiseshell is not a breed; it is a coloring.
There are torties of virtually every breed of cat, both long- and short-haired.
Torties almost always have copper or yellow eyes. (Except kittens)
People often talk about the "tortie temperament," which says that torties have an attitude’,commonly referred to as "tortietude".

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