So today was a complete show of tortitude, or maybe just Mei's personality showing more. She will be 4 months in less than a week and she's showing some interesting behaviours. I woke up with a noise of something breaking, two plant vases on the floor, Meimei was spooked with a raccoon tail but after a couple seconds started rolling in the dirt while I was trying to get her off and clean up. While cleaning she was trying to roll around and even bit the broom a few times. I took her out of the room for a bit to vacuum the remaining dirt, she got PISSED. When I opened the door, she saw my older cat Yumi and got raccoon tail again, then she started charging with airplane ears, making tiny kitten angry noises, she tried to start a "fight" with Yumi but she whooped her disrespectful kitten ass and ran away. I then fed them some wet food and tried to play with Meimei so she can spend some energy. Appearently I didn't have a choice on when to stop, after 10 minutes I went to get a coffee and as soon as I put down the wand she jumped my leg with airplane ears and tried to bite me without biting (kinda like a smooch, she does that a lot) then ran away in circles (with airplane ears at all times) and jumped on Yumi again. I think it's been like an hour I'm trying to calm this beast down by playing with her and she JUST got tired and is taking a nap. She is the princess of tortitude 😭

Hi! I recently adopted a beautiful kitten who I believed to be a Calico (first image), but once I brought her home, I realized her colors are less patchy and more mottled, like a Tortie, so I did some digging and discovered that Tuxedo Tortie’s are a thing. This, along with my regular Tortie and Dulite Torbie, complete my accidental Tortie Clan. Say hello to Olive, Ophelia, and Millie!

This is my boy Baby Bird!! I adopted him last week!! I at least think he’s a tortie, this is my first cat i hardly know any of the cat lingo😅😅.I love him so much!! he’s about 18 weeks old I was wondering if he is kind of small for his age? The last photo is for scale him next go my laptop. I saw somewhere that male torties can be kind of small, and I’m really hoping this doesn’t open him up to any health issues…. I’m a broke college student lol… I actually didn’t know he was a boy till the moment I was filling out the paper work to adopt him, they put the wrong sex on his card! But I don’t care either way he’s such a sweetie and I’m lucky to have him!!🩷🩷🩷

When I adopted Lilith as a kitten a year ago, I was warned about tortitude from my friends, and instead I have ended up with the sweetest baby in the world. She is constantly begging for cuddles, meowing at me for pets, constantly purring when she's touched, and just always happy to be around me. She does not even have a teeny bit of attitude in that tiny body of hers.

She likes to sit in my lap while I'm at my computer, and if I lay down, she wants to be either on my face or under the blankets with me.

I was told she would change when she grew up and the only thing that's changed is that she is somehow even more sweet than when she was a kitten. She has even somehow managed to win over my older cat, Maple, who hates everyone and growls at Lilith's brother, and she can even hang out with her without Maple being upset about it.

She is my baby and I would do anything for her.

She's gotten so big already. 😭 Her name is Titania, and she's also getting fluffier as she grows.

We lost our second tortie sister about a week ago. She made it to the ripe old age of 19 and a half. We loved her, and still do, so very much. She was rich in tortitude, and of all creatures that I have known she has the best character arc. She used to be really afraid of all things and a bit of a loner, but in the last several years she was like a brand new kitten, and curious, and even more loving. When her sister Lucy passed about 8 months ago, Maya was there for her and us, and without words she seemed to understand. She was always very friendly and loving.
We will see you and Lucy in our dreams, and someday we will be there with you again, Miss Maya. 

Thank you all for being the best online community. Torties for life!!!

This is supposed to be for a Day of the Dead festival.

She is still smol but a lot less smol than she used to be! She LOVES to jump. & ankle attacks just the same! Last pic is her when I first posted about her!

She’s a pretty gorllll!

That’s it. That’s the whole title of the post.

Typical tortitude. The first pic was after I got home after being out of town for a bit with the neighbor watching her. She was happy I was home but made sure to know she was not pleased with me for leaving. She is a tiny baby and I love her sweet and spicy attitude so much.

I promise there’s a tortie a few seconds into the vid lol. Ue the foster kitten doesn’t understand the big cats’ water bowl. I tell Skooma (resident cat/tortie) to show her and drink and I might be crazy but it looks like she understands TWICE in a row lmao.

Maybe some more helpful context: Skooma uses talking buttons since she was a few weeks old and uses them very accurately.

Every autumn and winter my mom hand makes her grandbabies a blanket….. including her grandkittens. 😂

No humans saying "you've already had some."
No packet being put back on the shelf.
Just unlimited snacks, all for Cherepashka.

At least, that's our explanation for this very pleased little face. She looks like she's found the answer to everything and decided to keep it to herself.

We took this photo at our rescue cat café in Vinnytsia, Ukraine. There are Russian attacks here too, as in other Ukrainian cities. We can't make the war disappear, but we have to keep caring for the animals who depend on us.

Warm beds, full bowls, and time to sleep like this. We want them to keep having those things.

More Cherepashka and her café neighbours on Instagram: "@catcafe.me.rescue" 🐾

Ciggy and Cinderblock ❤️

Sometimes I feel like I can't relax, I should be doing something...

Finished my cold brew and set the empty cup on the stairs to bring up on my way out for work… only to hear a clang a few minutes later and find Felanie lapping away. Generally not interested in most wet foods or people food like my other cats, but she is unstoppable when she smells coffee lol

I love supporting small artists and I would really like to collect some tortie art, but its hard to find. 99% of what shows up on Etsy is clearly AI and I don't want to support that. I figured if anyone could recommend me some good tortie art it would be this sub! Can be any kind of art - prints, pins, stickers, pottery, etc. Picture of my tortie included just because.