Hopefully this isn’t too much of a downer, but it’s been a month since I lost my beautiful girl to a mystery illness and I’m finally ready to share a post.

I will never forget the first day I saw her. Marigold went from a backyard stray to an indoor queen with her tuxedo kitten in tow, June 2020.

She loved and was loved to the fullest because that’s just how it was with us. Pure love exists and it’s a gift I will hold onto for the rest of my life. 💞

And thanks to this sub for helping me realize she was not just a tortico, but a tuxetortico!

She was about 8 weeks old when we found her.

My daughter and fiancee found this kitten her head was stuck in a commercial A/C unit. Couple of days prior they kept hearing a faint meow at my future son in law’s office complex but could not locate her. After a couple of days they finally found her with her head stuck in a spare commercial A/C unit.

It took 2 hours to get her loose, my daughter and her boyfriend tried to cut through the steel but it was too dangerous. They called the Fire Dept but they wouldn’t help since she was a stray and not a pet. They said the only way to get her out is force her head back through which will probably break her neck. My daughter for asked one of firemen to do since would been traumatic for her to do it. One of the young firemen said he would do it so my daughter didn’t have to. They lathered her up with Palmolive, they were able to get her free.

They brought her to our house since they already have three rescues. So we tool her in. We had to feed her with a syringe for 2 weeks every 3 hours, she would not use a bottle. She is currently 17 weeks and thriving.

Hi all! 👋 I had no idea torticos were a thing until I stumbled across this subreddit. I recently rescued a tortico and wanted to share her story and pictures!

I live in a kind of rural area. I like XC skiing and had an evening where I was wanting out of the house, so I drove out to my XC skiing spot to see if they had groomed the trails so I could ski the next day. On the way back towards town, I was at a stop sign out on a rural highway and saw a cat cross the road! It was just a brief moment but I love cats (had them my whole life), so I put my car in park and jumped out. I found this little lovely in the ditch. The snow was taller than she was.

She came to me and let me pick her up. Her ears were rock solid, as was her tail. She was horribly underweight. I brought her into my car and she started purring and rubbing all over me. I could tell she needed help so I brought her home. I got her food and water, some toys, a bath. She was immediately the most loving, sweet kitten. We had been getting a ton of snow and what I didn’t know was the next day was supposed to be ungodly windy and down into the negatives. I’m not sure she would have survived the night and the next day 🥺

I took her to the vet after the weekend (I found her on a Friday evening). She had tapeworms, roundworms, but was FIV and FELV negative. She has frostbitten paws, ears, and tail. She ended up having to have her tail removed because it was horribly broken in two spots, frostbitten, and necrotic. She has a little nubbin now for a tail.

I scoured lost pet threads for weeks but never saw anyone looking for her. I decided to keep her and named her Fern, which the internet told me means resilience, natural beauty, tranquility, sincerity; magic, hidden strength, new beginnings. She has been the most delightful addition!

She’ll be getting spayed in a few weeks and has gained weight. She’s had a few URIs that have all gotten treated. Shes worm-free. She’s playful, loving, and THRIVING. I can’t wait to see her grow and am a faithful convert to the tortico community after having many, many grey cats.

This is Wynnie, my Wyn 🖤 I have been around a while, have lived a life full of cats, and I swear, I have known her for lifetimes. My little twin flame. I know that when our time together is up, we will find each other again, again, and again 🥲

This little angel came into the shelter I work at on Christmas Eve alone at only 600grams. I bought her home to foster as she’d have a lot of weight to gain before desex and my big tough black “street” cat fell in love with her, obviously I could never break them up so she’s joined our little family.

We're considering the name Millie atm

The whole litter, what are the odds! Mama is an all black scaredy void and Dad is a textbook one shared brain cell orange boi. They made a perfection sampler.

She just has a small white splotch on her chest and a decent size spot on her tummy.

Taffy is such a princess. Shes quick to let you know that you are not worthy of petting her. Yet she's not a smart cat. I have to "rescue" her daily. She loves the dog's crate but pulls the door closed behind her. She has yet to figure out that she can just push it open.

They said my little ukraine refugee is too white for tortoiseshell group 😄

She’s been in my life for a year now, I always called her a tortie. Now I’m thinking she may be part of this community :) thoughts?

My kittens!!! So dear to me

we had to take her little sister (miette) to the vet today bc of some eye infection and last night i tried to keep them in seperate rooms so they wouldnt lick eachother.

this girl screamed at the door for i kid you not 3 hours straight until i got fed up and swapped them around
(miette outside, twyla (pictured) in my room) and boom! no yelling!! she doesnt care abt sister. she only cared abt being in my space lmao

now shes being sweet like she didnt cause me 2 hours of sleep while i was dealing with another sick cat. independent creatures my ass