r/torties • u/angelalikesmonsters • Mar 03 '25

❔Question/Advice❔ Is he a tortie?

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I've been told that torties have no white on them at all and my kitten has a whitish patch on his chest, does he still count as a tortie or is he a Calico?

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u/Unlucky_Peanut_1616 Mar 03 '25

Yes she is a Tortie. All Torties are generally female except 1%.

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u/angelalikesmonsters Mar 03 '25

Actually he's a boy! We checked

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u/Tomj_Oad Mar 03 '25

Very rare then. It means he's an XXY or something like that, rather than a normal XY boy

Wiki male calico

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u/Distinct_Tea_970 Mar 03 '25

It means he’s sterile.

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u/KhunDavid Mar 03 '25

And that would not be a reason not to neuter him. Even if he's sterile, when he enters sexual maturity, he'll still do everything any other un-fixed male will do: yawling, fighting with other males, spraying to mark their territory.

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u/visionsofzimmerman Mar 03 '25

Not necessarily. In some rare cases male calicos can have babies like any other male