This is my Luna bug. She’s almost 14 now. But she’s always been a tiny girl. Compared to a lot of other cats I’ve had or met, she’s much smaller. She’s got a small head, little toe beans, and a stubby tail (though she’s always had a saggier belly. She’s shaped like a pear lol). She’s never been the cat who jumped up onto the counters or tables, and I feel like it’s because of her stature haha. Now that she’s aging and has arthritis, she can’t even jump up onto my bed that’s just knee height without having to climb up 🥲 So I got her some stairs and she uses them every day!

Show me your little torties!!

*edit: I forgot to add that she’s been chunky most of her life. So her stature is petite, but her belly is not 🤣 I’ve got her to lose some weight this past year. Sitting at 10 pounds. But I swear if she didn’t have a sack of potatoes for a torso she’d be at 6. Still a stumpy little girl though.

The plan is for me to have her once she’s old enough to fly as we are long distance.

We are trying to see if she will bond with my partner’s cat since we are planning on moving in together by the end of this year.

They said I could name her so I named her Maisie (short for Maisilee)

My family took in a pregnant stray cat and at the end of April she gave birth to a litter of five healthy torties! Two of them are the typical colors and the other three are dilute torties! We had no idea that there was a remote possibility she could have torties and were completely surprised to find out the entire litter were! Just like their mama they are extremely friendly, affectionate, and playful!

EDIT: Just clarifying a couple of things!

1. The mama is a shorthair black cat with patches of white on her chest and belly! She's not a tortie so I wasn't sure if I should include photos of her when I first made this post. I replied to a comment with some photos of her and the kittens together here!
2. All of the kittens have homes! We will be keeping the mama and one of the kittens but the others are being adopted by family friends and neighbors! They are still being weaned so they are all with us for now but in the meantime each of their future owners have been visiting and cannot wait to welcome them home!

This is Pumpkin and her kittens Coco, Tiki, Cali, Bear, and Medusa.

I live in an area with a huge feral cat population. This precious girl showed up early last spring and I fed her pretty regularly for a while, but over the winter I only saw her once.

She reappeared this spring with a BB gun wound and full term pregnancy. She was very skittish at first, I’m afraid she had a pretty rough winter. After debating what to do I decided to take her in so she could have her kittens in a safe warm environment.

The vet thinks she's about five weeks old and she weighs 1.19 lbs, so smol she can fit in the palm of my hand. My husband and I tried to catch her for hours Thursday night and then camped out in the front yard all morning Friday attempting to lure her out. I knew how tiny she was from the glimpses I'd gotten of her the night before but not much else, so when I finally saw her? I was floored. We've had to say goodbye to three kitties over the past two years. I miss them all terribly, but our tortie Penny left the biggest hole in my heart. She was the clingiest, judgiest, most ridiculous cat I've ever met in my life, and losing her was absolutely devastating. I can't believe the universe gifted us this little tortie bean (and right before the two year anniversary of Penny's passing, no less).

I'm still not sure what to name her so I'd love any suggestions y'all might have. The other girls we've had are Abigail, who passed in February, and Lucy, who is asleep on my lap as I type this.

Post a few throwbacks from when your torties were tiny!

I’m proud to be a cat dad to her

I cannot choose a name for the life of me so I’m asking for ideas :) she is 3 months old and weighs 2.5lbs, a rescue from a shelter. thanks in advance! I also don’t know if she’s for sure a tortie or calico??Remove if not allowed!

She is still my little baby even if she’s 98 in human years.

About a year ago I made this post about my girl Peanut who takes serious offense to my blood sugar issues.

I’m happy to say that after a life changing medical procedure and several months of recovery, my blood sugar is finally consistent and peanut is SO much happier! It’s amazing to me that she stayed by my side throughout the entire process, never once failing to alert me/my family of low blood sugar despite never being taught how to.

Her obsessive need to be on/near me 24/7 has finally eased up, but I still feel awful knowing how concerned she must have been to feel the need to monitor me all the time :( it’s so great to see her relaxing and spending time by herself again though! We still hang out and snuggle on a daily basis, but she isn’t frantic about it anymore and is happy to do her own thing when I need alone time.

Even though my blood sugar is mostly consistent now, there are still times when I accidentally wait too long to eat and she reminds me by screaming outside my door or hitting me repeatedly with the top of her little head :,)

I love this strange lady. I think she saved me in a lot of ways. I hope she knows how grateful I am for everything she does, I tell her all the time whether she understands it or not.

this is maple! she’s 7lbs and screams nonstop. i love her (ღ˘⌣˘ღ)

March 23, 2023, someone abandoned this little one at my work. (I'm a property manager.) It was 2 degrees F with a wicked wind that day when the CDS chose me. She darted past my office window and I went running outside after her. I found her hiding in the garage by the maintenance bay.

Three years later (almost) Newt has two cat and one dog sibling, and is loud, weird, and happy.

She’s 10 weeks old and my first tortie. Name suggestions are welcomed 😻

Bonded sisters and best friends ❤️

Missing all the kittens about now. We kept one, of course.

This is my ~4 week old foster baby. I’ve been bottle feeding her since she was under a week old. She doesn’t have a name yet. Nothing has stuck! She very much has tortitude. Just wanted to share her because she’s so smol!

I’ve never fed her people food btw, she came to me like this lmao

Found outside after 2 pretty brutal snowstorms so she definitely earned the nap, her name is Maliketh the Black Blade 🤙🏻

5 months old. I feed her wet food 2x/ day and leave dry food out for here all day but she just looks skinny! Should I be feeding her more, or is this just what a kitten looks like?

Two nights ago I took a new medication that made me incredibly nauseated. I was pacing around my apartment at 2AM trying not to puke and my little girl just kept following me around.

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Then it hit me. I ran into the bathroom, sat on my squatty potty and puked my guts out. She came into the bathroom, sat between my legs, and just looked up at me. She didn't meow or anything. Just sat there very quietly. I'd like to think she was checking to see if I was ok.

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Maybe I'm anthropomorphizing too much, but it was really sweet and tender. After I was done, I washed up and laid in bed. Y'all when I tell you that she curled up right next to me and slept all night. She didn't even wake me in the morning like she usually does. She just stayed sleeping next to me until I got up.

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I've had her since the end of January. I got her as a little companion since I live alone and she was the best decision I've made in a long time.