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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".
Tortie Folklore
Torties have made their mark in history and folklore:
The Celts believed that a tortoiseshell cat was good luck in a home.
In Scotland and Ireland, a stray tortoiseshell cat settling in one's home is a good omen.
To dream of a tortoiseshell cat means luck in love.
Edgar Allen Poe was devoted to his tortoiseshell Catarina. She inspired his story "The Black Cat".