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- From: Lynda Fincham <gaea@zooid.guild.org>
- Subject: Re: Two Siamese Cats Free to a Good Home
- Organization: ZOOiD BBS
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 17:11:43 GMT
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- dan@msen.com (Dan Sugalski) writes:
- >Lynda Fincham (gaea@zooid.guild.org) wrote:
- >
- >: A tortishell cat is still a tri-colour cat, although often the third colour
- >: (white) is hard to see, or only appears in small patches. Tortishells have a
- >: different type of markings, usually orange (with white) "sprayed" over black,
- >: where calico's have large patches of the three colours.
- >
- >Umm, my tortie and the others I have known have been solid, with no white
- >markings. Tabby/tortishells will usually be ticked, but this ticking is
- >not a white marking and is usually cream on a tortishell coat. White
- >markings or solid pattern can occur on any color coat.
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- For all intents and purposes, a tortishell is considered the same as a calico.
- They have much the same type of personality (I find that they are wonderful
- cats at home with their owners, but bring them to the clinic, and watch out!),
- and they are 99% female, with the few males being sterile.
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- It's for these reasons that most people consider them tri-coloured cats,
- although some may not have any white/beige on their fur. White is a very
- common secondary colour, but with the exception of "true" tabby markings (ie,
- the original brown/beige/black striped cats), and calico/tortishell, that's
- usually all it is, a secondary colour. Most cats are only bi-coloured, or
- mono-coloured (is that the right word??).
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