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<blockquote data-quote="GoingNorth" data-source="post: 362899" data-attributes="member: 1963"><p>Torbies and torties are not the same. I'm going to avoid the genetics lesson despite being a former breeder and all of that. Torties are solid color females (The only way a male can a tortie or torbie is for him to have an abnormal genetic makeup, usually XXY e.g. Kleinfelter's Syndromej. If a tortie has white, she is a calico.</p><p></p><p>Torbies are patched tabbies: they have the same sort of markings but instead of black patches they have brown/black tabby patches. Torbies don't get any special names if they have white markings: they are just "torbies with white".</p><p></p><p>In both cases the red patches may very well show tabby markings. It is genetically impossible for a red cat to not have tabby markings. So, if the red patches are of any size, you may very well see at least faint tabby markings on those spots as wel.</p><p></p><p>I have always found the torbie and tortie girls to be a bit free spiritied, sort of the "indigo children" of the cat world. No genetic reason for that I can see, but some of them can be a bit difficult child, though usually in a good way, LoL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="GoingNorth, post: 362899, member: 1963"] Torbies and torties are not the same. I'm going to avoid the genetics lesson despite being a former breeder and all of that. Torties are solid color females (The only way a male can a tortie or torbie is for him to have an abnormal genetic makeup, usually XXY e.g. Kleinfelter's Syndromej. If a tortie has white, she is a calico. Torbies are patched tabbies: they have the same sort of markings but instead of black patches they have brown/black tabby patches. Torbies don't get any special names if they have white markings: they are just "torbies with white". In both cases the red patches may very well show tabby markings. It is genetically impossible for a red cat to not have tabby markings. So, if the red patches are of any size, you may very well see at least faint tabby markings on those spots as wel. I have always found the torbie and tortie girls to be a bit free spiritied, sort of the "indigo children" of the cat world. No genetic reason for that I can see, but some of them can be a bit difficult child, though usually in a good way, LoL [/QUOTE]
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