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I need help identifying these kittens

Sunfox Nov 22, 2006 03:56 PM

I'm going to pick them up on Saturday. I was told that the mother is a tortoiseshell and the male is calico (I know, it's very unlikely that he is). I'm just wondering if these kittens could be torbies? Can anybody help me?

If better pics are required, I'll take some when I go to pick them up.

Thanks everyone.

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2.0 kittens (Magus and Maximus)
1.1 Mali Uromastyx (Ra and Isis)
1.0 Satanic Leaf-Tail gecko (Diablo)

Replies (7)

ttpurr4cat Nov 22, 2006 05:57 PM

They look like tabby cats to me They are very very cute.
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Tabitha and Samantha..always in our hearts
A house without cats is like a garden without flowers

PHKitkat Nov 22, 2006 06:32 PM

Hi There,

The kitten on the left looks like a brown tabby and the one on the right looks like a grey tabby with white.

They are so precious!

Regards,
PHKitkat

PHMadameAlto Nov 22, 2006 08:39 PM

They are just too cute for words!
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Smile, it will make them wonder what you are up to!

JaimeMarie Nov 24, 2006 06:08 AM

I agree they look like tabby cats to me (when they have stripes at least here we call them tiger tabby cats).
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Jaime owned by
Mya the dog
and the cats:Crash, Gabby and Tucker

PHTessie Nov 25, 2006 08:51 AM

yup, adorable little tabbies!
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PHTessie

gocatgo Nov 25, 2006 10:22 AM

>>I'm going to pick them up on Saturday. I was told that the mother is a tortoiseshell and the male is calico (I know, it's very unlikely that he is). I'm just wondering if these kittens could be torbies? Can anybody help me?
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The one on the left looks like she's a tortoiseshell tabby a.k.a. "torbie". She has the tortoiseshell coloring and the tabby stripes.

I can't see any tortoiseshell in the one on the right however it may just be the picture. If she has the reds of the tortoiseshell and stripes, she would also be a tortoiseshell tabby which is called a "torbie".

My KatyKatt is a torbie too. She's the gray stripped one on the left. She has the gray/brown stripes of a tabby and the coloring of the tortoiseshell.

You have some adorable little kitties there!

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Ruby and the Kitties
Simba, Samantha, Katrina & KatyKatt
Meow!! Meow!! Meow!! Meow!!

How wonderful to do nothing and then rest afterwards. Meow!

Wiscats Nov 25, 2006 06:34 PM

The coloring of neither kitten is torbie. The one on the left is tan/black tabby and the one on the right is gray tabby with white. (There are fancier names - like "blue" instead of gray - but in the long run they are neither one torbie.)
Also these only describe color combinations, not breed. They appear to be lovely DSH - domestic short hair - kittens. Congratulations!
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Poucette-Noelle CCarlini-Rexford
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Minette Wiscat-CCarlini
Monsieur Gervais le Blanc Wiscat
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