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Posted by phshowcat on September 15, 2002 at 07:26:39:

In Reply to: Re: Welcome posted by gocatgo on September 14, 2002 at 09:28:41:

Ruby writes: "She's shown her with three of her siblings. There were 7 kittens in the litter, all red/orange except two. One was a tortoiseshell and then there is KatyKatt who looked to be a gray tabby."

They are the cutest bunch of kittens and changes the answer that I would have given before seeing them :-)
When you first wrote I would have said that you have a domestic shorthair brown tabby with lots of rufus in her coat (red). Some have it, some don't, some people like rufus, some don't. Go figure.

According to an article at www.fanciers.com about torties and torbies, I would say that you have a torbie. This is from their page about colors.

"If your cat is randomly patched with different colors, you probably have a tortie, patched tabby, or calico.

For cats without white markings:
A "tortoiseshell" or "tortie" is randomly patched all over with red, black, and cream. The patches may be very mingled, or they may be more distinct.
A "blue-cream" (also called "blue tortie" or or "dilute tortie") is randomly patched all over with blue and cream. This is a soft, pastel color.
A "brown patched tabby" looks almost like autumn leaves, with patches of brown tabby and patches of red tabby. This color is also known as "torbie" because it is a tabby tortie.
A "blue patched tabby" is a soft color with patches of blue tabby and patches of cream tabby."

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