What exactly is a torby?

Norm

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Apr 21, 2001, 11:37:59 PM4/21/01

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We have a sweet DMH torby female named Heidi, we adopted her from the
SPCA in 1987.

She is mostly dark grey, with black, brown and white colouring. I know
calico's are tri-coloured, but what about four colours? She seems like a
tabby to me, but minus the stripes.

So, once again, what is the history etc. of Torbies?

Thanks,

Norm

Jack H.

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Apr 22, 2001, 1:54:14 PM4/22/01

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Never heard of it myself. By definition a tabby has stripes sounds like
someone took tortoise shell and tabby and made up a new word. who told you
she is a Torbie??

Jack H.

Norm

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Apr 22, 2001, 11:21:36 PM4/22/01

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That's what my vet put on her file when he first saw her. Go figure.

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Jack H.

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Apr 23, 2001, 2:42:51 PM4/23/01

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did she tell you that too? If not I would suspect just sloppy hand
writing!

Jack H.

Fruklass

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Apr 24, 2001, 4:45:04 PM4/24/01

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I think the word is "tortie," not "torby." It's short for tortoiseshell,
because the markings resemble the markings on a tortoise's (turtle's) back.

AmberLove0

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Apr 25, 2001, 11:31:58 AM4/25/01

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Hi,

From what I have read about Torbies is that they are a classic tabby with
orange patches mixed in. They must have the tabby stripes to be a torbie
(tortie/tabby).
Here is a link so that you can see what a Torbie looks like.
http://www.koontucky.com/bristol.html
I hope this helps.
Amber
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S*T*R*E*S*S That confusion created when ones mind overrides the bodies basic
desire to choke the living crap out of some jerk that deserves it.

Norm

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Apr 26, 2001, 1:08:45 AM4/26/01

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Thanks, cute pictures. BTW, are all torbies female? My Heidi fits your
description, she's just a DMH but she does have those nice ear tufts.

Norm

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AmberLove0

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Apr 26, 2001, 2:22:12 AM4/26/01

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Hi Norm,
Yes, most Torbies are females. Just like most of them are Maine Coon or a
Maine Coon mix. The description of Heidi I would guess that she has some Maine
Coon in her. There are not very many breeds that have the hairs on the tips of
their ears, like that. I am glad that I was able to help with you question.
Thanks for the compliments.

Purrshinka

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May 2, 2001, 5:28:43 PM5/2/01

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Hi. A torbie is correct. A tortie is short for tortoiseshell. A torbie is short
for a patched tabby. Classic and mackeral tabbies all differ in how they are
marked - mostly by how the stripes are. I have an adopted stray brown DSH
patched torbie and she has really unique markings.

Steph

Norm

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May 4, 2001, 12:21:10 AM5/4/01

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Thanks Steph. Heidi is a DMH torbie, she has sort of stripes on her head
plus swirls of brown, orange, black, and grey. Are all torbies as sweet
as my Heidi? She's got ear tufts like a Main Coon, but goes limp like a
rag doll when held. Very trusting kitty.

Norm