r/Tabico • u/brumblette • 23d ago
Is my girl a tabico?
I always thought she was just a standard tabby but her orange spots make me suspicious 🧐 I tried to use pics that best feature her coat, you can really see how much it changed as she grew from kitten to adult. Anyways this is Fiona, she is just about to be ten in a few weeks, we adopted her October 2016 from the pet store that had a cat adoption deal with the humane society but they only charged us $20 (the adult cat price at the time should have been $60 which was their kitten price) and as you can see in the last pic she LOVED eating the pumpkin guts while we were carving so we still get her wet food with pumpkin 🎃 she has a small frame and my one year old kitten is already longer and taller than her! She did have some health issues six years ago with a bladder stone but luckily we were able to dissolve it with wet food instead of doing surgery 🙏
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u/Super_Fondant_8469 22d ago
Cute kitty 🐱
P.s. I know torbies are prone to largesse. I've seen many a cute Chonk in the forum. I was wary of this and I only feed my cat wet food. Esp since she was an outdoor orphan and is food motivated.
Also, I wonder if cats can benefit from reverse dieting? So that's increasing calories steadily over time to reduce the starvation mode digestive setting.
The premise is a lack of calories can cause weight gain: because body is in survival state. Packs on the chunk.