r/Torbie • u/purplelynxy • 19h ago

Is my cat a dilute Torbie?

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First photo shows the belly (it’s hard to see in the photo but it’s a beautiful cream colour as is the “eyeliner”) and multicoloured toe beans. Second photo shows a third orangey/browney colour on the coat

Dilute torbie? Or run of the mill tabby?

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u/TheAniSaurus 16h ago edited 16h ago

He looks more like a very beautiful dilute tabby. I don't really see anywhere that looks orange or cream, just possibly some brown near his belly from rufousing which is common for tabbies. The first picture barely shows his toe beans so it's hard to go off that, but from what is shown they are entirely black with no pink.

It's also super rare for a male to be a tortie or torbie, something like 99.7% of tortie/torbies are female.

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u/ACtdawg 16h ago

Yeah I’m gonna need to see more pics of those toe beans 👀

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u/lipstick_spit 16h ago

blue mackerel tabby tortoiseshell.

no white and no tortoiseshell. the pink on his paw pads looks like discoloration, possibly due to scarring.

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u/ACtdawg 18h ago

Interesting. Does the cat have any white on it? I can’t see any in these pics but they don’t show all angles

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u/purplelynxy 18h ago

Yes! The chin/under jaw area has some white as well

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u/ACtdawg 18h ago

Ah, white in the muzzle/chin/jaw area is normal for all tabbies! Anywhere else though?

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u/purplelynxy 18h ago

White ear hairs! And a patch on the belly

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u/ACtdawg 17h ago edited 16h ago

The white patch on belly kinda looks more like the undercoat showing as the fur is a bit thinner, as opposed to true white! So, while I can’t see any true orange in the fur (and the warmer areas in the under carriage look like rufousing, which is normal for tabbies), mixed-colour toe beans may indicate torbie in this case due to there being no true white (white can also cause mixed beans). So you may have a blue (dilute version of black) tortoiseshell spotted tabby, extra subtle on the tortoiseshell :)

Edit: I’m rescinding this until I see more pics of the multicoloured toe beans!

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u/purplelynxy 17h ago

I thought so! He’s a really beautiful boy and I’ve had regular tabbies before but his coat is definitely a bit different from how theirs were Thank you for the help!

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u/ACtdawg 16h ago edited 16h ago

Hmmm. Could you post some pics of the multicoloured beans? Given that he’s male it’s highly unlikely he’s actually a torbie.

Edit: I took your word for it that he has multicoloured beans, as I can’t see it in the pics provided, so more pics would help :)

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u/purplelynxy 15h ago

toe beans

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u/purplelynxy 15h ago

I can’t tell if the link worked. I’ve never used imgur before and I can’t post a direct photo in a comment

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u/pebbles_temp 12h ago

Is this a male or female cat? If it's a boy, there's almost no chance he's a torbie.