The Tough Ass Torties Association: HAPPY TORTIE TUESDAY

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

HAPPY TORTIE TUESDAY

Spats: "Happy Tortie Tuesday! Our friend Faith is not feeling well. Please stop by her blog and send her some get well wishes. Her brother is sick too! http://missyblueeyes.blogspot.com/

If you have any Tortie friends that you want to join, please tell them about us! Please send Mommy more pictures of yourselves that she can post!

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".

Tuesday, March 4, 2008

HAPPY TORTIE TUESDAY

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