My new cat

gardenandcats · Post by **gardenandcats** » Oct 08, 2005 11:00 pm

This is Lily my new Tortie Point siamese shes 4 months old now.

Snow · Post by **Snow** » Oct 09, 2005 12:11 am

Oh wow - she's a beauty! Our first kitty as a married couple was a Sealpoint - and we loved her dearly. Congratulations!

Pam R · Post by **Pam R** » Oct 09, 2005 1:25 am

Aww, she's precious. Look at those cute "feet." Congratulations!

lazygardner · Post by **lazygardner** » Oct 09, 2005 1:30 am

Lily is just beautiful.

LucyGoose · Post by **LucyGoose** » Oct 09, 2005 6:46 am

Awwww, she is adorable!! Thanks for sharing!!

Annie · Post by **Annie** » Oct 09, 2005 8:17 am

Oh what a cutie she is!

PeggyC · Post by **PeggyC** » Oct 09, 2005 9:15 am

She's darling!

Thanks for sharing with us!

patsue53 · Post by **patsue53** » Oct 09, 2005 9:58 am

She's a cutie!!

putnamgardens · Post by **putnamgardens** » Oct 09, 2005 11:08 am

Lucky Kitty....I'm so glad she's got a loving home. She's beautiful too. Later, Love, Lisa

Justaysam · Post by **Justaysam** » Oct 09, 2005 12:28 pm

What a sweetie! My son got a new cat, I should take his pic. He is a stinker!

wishiwere · Post by **wishiwere** » Oct 09, 2005 4:23 pm

What a sweetie! Congrats on the new family member!

Lionitus · Post by **Lionitus** » Oct 09, 2005 6:04 pm

What a beautiful kitty. I've wanted a new kitten for quite some time. She is lovely and I think I detect a hint of "I will rule this house one day!" What a great face!

Congratulations. I wish you many happy years together.

Lionitus

newtohosta-no more · Post by **newtohosta-no more** » Oct 10, 2005 6:53 am

She's beautiful! Congrats on the new family member.

impatience · Post by **impatience** » Oct 10, 2005 10:53 am

She is a darling! Hope she grows into that tail-it is as big as she is!

Nothing in the world cuter than a kitty. Makes me want....................stop me.

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Oct 11, 2005 11:28 pm

Very pretty, but what's a tortie point? I know the seal point.

gardenandcats · Post by **gardenandcats** » Oct 15, 2005 1:29 am

The tortie, or parti-colors, are an interesting phenomenon of the hybridization process of the red gene.
The parti-colors are a "by product" of the red gene and come in the four Siamese colors with random mottling or "blotching" of red and/or cream with the basic Siamese color. They often also have what is called a "blaze," a symmetrical split of the red and/or cream on one side of the face mask and the Siamese color, such as seal, on the other half. Indeed, this is a very striking appearance. Because the red color gene is sex linked, tortie or cream parti-color points only come in females.
Only a flame point male can throw off a female torti. Torti's are hard to come by. I have searched for years. And where I found Lily they had 3! torti female kittens.
if you look at her tail you can see the red. And her ears look red from the front because they are very red on the back sides..

Old earth dog · Post by **Old earth dog** » Oct 15, 2005 10:36 pm

Thanks GC! I've always thought color genetics in our critters is pretty fasinating.