Originally posted by fontanafox at Sleeping in...

Merry Christmas to all Torties everywhere!

my girls got out their festive breed and/or personality appropriate head gear to thank everyone for sharing their torties.

all the best to all the torties and their humons.

RIP Lovechild, shown here with her sister Scout.  She was fine and frisky yesterday morning, and tonight she's gone from undefined causes - her blood pressure just dropped to nothing.  I don't know what we're going to do without her.

Smidgie Paw!


Smidgie Paw UpClose!



I know she's not a torti... but I had to share this one... Noxie was very upset when she saw me packing for overnight at the sleep clinic for a retest this week... The only other time I've been away overnight was for the previous test, and she obviously remembered the backpack. She wouldn't come out of it for well over an hour.

So, I have two kitties from the same litter. Sisters, one tortie the other torbie.
I've come to you guys asking for help before but things are going out of control again.

'Zilla (tortie) has become a jerk. She was so sweet and kind, but recently she has been not caring, attacking her sister so yowls are heard, and now she has taken it upon herself to pee on anything that I own. Only mine. Not my boyfriend's stuff, nothing that I haven't touched or anything else.

I feed her on time, give her attention as much I can, boxes are clean. We even use cat attract in the boxes and have been successful for quite a while.

At this point, I am considering giving her up! Obviously I am unable to make her happy, fix whatever is bothering her, or whatever is going on in her fuzzy little mind. However, I am very, very weary to do so since I know torties don't get adopted easily since "they are scary looking", and also because she has these problems.

If anyone is able to give me any insight on this, I would love to hear it! I love my kitties and the thought of giving them up is like giving up a child to me.

Dear Smidgeon:

Thank you very much for ratting your sister out, that she had slipped out the window. I am completely overwhelmed and just as completely missed that I opened the window and never put the screen in. And best of all, you didn't FOLLOW your sister out the window. Instead you ran around the house to catch my attention and when THAT didn't work, you went to that window and leaned out it, watching your sister and meyowling.

I do appreciate that you have no interest in being outdoors. After all, all of your toys are indoors! However I feel I should warn you that gloating to your sister was probably over the top.


Dear Nox:

No, mewing at me with huge eyes as you scurry from the neighbors' yard over to our door will not save you. Being in OUR yard is not any better than being in THEIR yard. You are NOT ALLOWED outdoors unless you are in your stroller or on your leash with me. You are certainly not supposed to sneak out the window. You knew you were busted. Yowling pathetically at me now while gazing longingly out the SCREENED window will also not grant you the privilege of a walk today.

And I do know that your little sister was gloating, but hissing, growling and smacking her? Repeatedly? Sorry, Noxie, I'm siding with the brat this time.

My Tortie Betty is a cool cucumber but she does have her limits. Chloe (Tuxedo) below is sweet but mischievous. Used 8mm iphone4 app.