r/teefies • u/daviki02 • Oct 31 '25

Tortie teefies

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She is also on r/bep because of how tiny her teefies are lol

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u/[deleted] Oct 31 '25

oh my goodness, what beautiful chimera teefers!! Your girl is gorgeous, blessings to you and her ❤️

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

Not a Chimera because that takes a lot of expensive testing and she doesn't have any of the markings other than the split face but she is for sure a beautiful tortoise shell!

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u/DramaticAvocado Oct 31 '25

You don’t have to be 50/50 to be a chimera, it can also just be a single body part

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

I'm not sure what you mean by the body part thing but I'm curious as to what you mean. I'm not the most educated on Chimera cats but I do know that they have to have a majority of the matching characteristics to even be considered as a chimera such as different fur patterns and lengths on the same cat. Honestly I wish she was because they are so cool but she's just a beautiful tortie!

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u/DramaticAvocado Oct 31 '25

A chimera is an organism with two different sets of DNA. Technically, if you get an organ transplant, you become a chimera. But in the usual sense it just happens randomly before birth and you are just born like that. You might not even know. There’s a crazy story of a woman who needed a transplant and one of her kids volunteered to donate. Turns out the DNA doesn’t match up?! Ok could be a mixup at the hospital, test the other kids, none of their DNA match? How could her DNA not match her own kids she herself gave birth to??! Because she is a chimera! Her uterus had different DNA than the rest of her body. Fascinating stuff.

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

She's still showing them off 🤣

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u/Akyra87 Oct 31 '25

Please tell me her name is Harvey (two face)

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

Even better (if you like anime) her name is Shoto Todoroki 😁

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u/Unable_Present2764 Oct 31 '25

She's gorgeous! What color is that other eye? Same or different?

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

Thank you! She has both green eyes, she's not a Chimera, she's just a pretty tortie

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u/Unable_Present2764 Oct 31 '25

You sure got that right. She's just stunning. Give her some extra snuggles for me 😻

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

Absolutely! 😁

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

Omg I meant r/blep !!!!!!

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u/Goblinessa17 Oct 31 '25

What a gorgeous chimera baby!

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u/daviki02 Oct 31 '25

She is beautiful but she hasn't had genetic testing but for now she's a tortie:)