![]() ![]() Photo by Simone Johnsson.īecause there are two coat types interacting there is a very wide range of color+pattern effects in torbie cats. It’s a bit complicated, isn’t it? Seal Pointed Torbie Cat. When pointing is just tabby pointing it is called “lynx pointing”. Seal colored torbie pointing is standard colored solid pointing that has been “broken up” by making it tabby pointing and tortoiseshell pointing combined. Here is an interesting type of torbie cat. There are silvered, non-silvered, golden, and chinchilla or shaded silver/golden. You can get some complex color mixes with torbie cats. Apparently torbie cats have spotted bellies (as do tabby cats) whereas a tortoiseshell does not. If you have that and no red the cat is probably a straightforward tabby cat. For example, in the cat described as a brown mackerel torbie in the picture above (second from bottom on the left), you can clearly see the stripped tabby pattern and just about see the red in the coat. ![]() I think the key is that you are looking for some red or orange within a tabby pattern of some sort, be it, spotted, stripped (mackerel) or swirls and blotches (classic). as well as the red fur which is what you see in the tortoiseshell cat. ![]() How do you identify a torbie? The silver classic torbie in the picture above is fairly easy to pick out because you can clearly see the classic tabby pattern of swirls etc. This describes a tabby cat with patches of cream and red fur. ![]()
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