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post #1 of 17
Thread Starter 
I am trying to decide if this little kitten I have would be called a calico or a tortoiseshell. I did google but it was less than helpful. Some pictures that look like her are called calico and some are tortoiseshell so I have no idea what the proper term for her would be.

Callie
post #2 of 17
I say Calico because it looks like the black and orange are separate and do not intermingle. Also, since she has a good amount of white spots that makes me think Calico as well.

She is so cute :
post #3 of 17
I vote calico
post #4 of 17
that colour is considered calico.
enjoy your new kitty!
post #5 of 17
Thread Starter 
Thank you I was thinking that was the right color definition.

So would you say a tortoiseshell would be a cat that had very little to no white with lots of intermingled color kind of like a pile of sawdust for lack of a better description?
post #6 of 17
That is a calico.

This is a tortoiseshell. The patch under her chin is a light apricot. No white on her at all.

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...N/PICT0534.jpg
http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a1...ravenchair.jpg
post #7 of 17
Thread Starter 
Beautiful girl you have there. I have had 2 cats that color in the past. I love how they look.

The last one Cookie looked exactly like your girl but without the patch on her chin. Even her back feet are nearly identical.
post #8 of 17
Definitely calico. Lovely. What's her name?

Calico and torty are my two favorite colorations for cats. Both are beautiful. And OH! so often they KNOW how pretty they are. I suppose it must be hard to be humble with a coat like that.
post #9 of 17
Silly me. I now see her name is Callie. I have a calico named Callie, too! Short for Caliope. Only she's both a calico and a tabby, sort of. The spots are striped - striped orange, striped dark gray tabby.
post #10 of 17
Thread Starter 
Yes it is Callie simple and not very imaginative but I think it not only fits her coloring but her personality.

She wont be staying with me unfortunatly I will need to find her a new home in a few weeks. But I am enjoying her while she is here Or I should say she wont be staying with me if I can find her a new home. Other wise she will join my other cats.
post #11 of 17
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Originally Posted by Ann-Marita
Silly me. I now see her name is Callie. I have a calico named Callie, too! Short for Caliope. Only she's both a calico and a tabby, sort of. The spots are striped - striped orange, striped dark gray tabby.
I have a 15yo female Stimpy, that has spots like that but they have the stripes as well so she isnt truly calico. Wonder what that variation is known as.
post #12 of 17
We jokingly call it "tabico". It reminds me of a loud print dress - lots of color and pattern, and a little too much overall.
post #13 of 17
Definately a calico..very cute!
post #14 of 17
Calico I have a pastel Tortie and her colors flow they are not blunt like a patch here or there they just flow. She is beautiful I like her name! I love the calico's and Torties and yes they do know how beautiful they are
post #15 of 17
Tortie--black and red, small clumps or patches acceptable

Calico--a tortie + white

So, if you have a black and red cat with ANY white genetically it's a bicolor (tortie + white). That's if there is any white.

CUTE kitten too!
post #16 of 17
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Originally Posted by Ann-Marita View Post
We jokingly call it "tabico". It reminds me of a loud print dress - lots of color and pattern, and a little too much overall.


My Torty had a litter when I was about 11 or 12 and one of them was another torty and 2 were orange tabbies and 2 were black & white, and one was a Tabico. I love it.
post #17 of 17
So beautiful!!!!!
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