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To really like tabby cats

137 replies

Thetelly8 · 24/12/2025 23:49

My favourite type of cat

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catlovingdoctor · 25/12/2025 14:41

Yanbu, I love them!

TroysMammy · 25/12/2025 15:02

I had a tabby and white who was a lovely, well behaved and serene cat. I've now got a white with grey tabby markings on his head, bum and tail. He is lovely but is an incorrigible reprobate.

Howmanycatsistoomany · 25/12/2025 15:03

I'll send you my super clingy tabby boy - he's currently dribbling all over me...bleurgh 😹

Currently have 3 tabbies, a black and white (mama to the tabbies), and a peach and grey.

AllPlayedOut · 25/12/2025 15:07

thecatneuterer · 25/12/2025 13:38

If anyone in London or surroundings has a tabby cat shaped hole, this one is currently looking for a home. I'm fostering for Celia Hammond's. She was abandoned on a high street with her kittens, which she looked after in a fly tipped pram for a couple of days until we were told about her and went to rescue the family. She was adopted for a few weeks, but has come back to us as the adopter found her too affectionate - always wanting to snuggle with him at night, which disturbed his sleep. Pm me for details.

What a beautiful cat and what an arsehole of an owner. I wish him many, many sleepless nights to come and that she gets the wonderful loving home that she deserves.

thecatneuterer · 25/12/2025 15:11

AllPlayedOut · 25/12/2025 15:07

What a beautiful cat and what an arsehole of an owner. I wish him many, many sleepless nights to come and that she gets the wonderful loving home that she deserves.

In fact he is a lovely man, she was just the wrong cat for him. The arseholes are the original owners who failed to neuter and then dumped her and her kittens in a busy street.

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 25/12/2025 15:49

DS’s fucking mental tabby ( he’s half Bengal)

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Thetelly8 · 25/12/2025 15:56

ArseInTheCoOpWindow · 25/12/2025 15:49

DS’s fucking mental tabby ( he’s half Bengal)

He’s gorgeous

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TheTecknician · 25/12/2025 16:04

Ginger cats ARE tabbies - red tabbies, to be precise. But then, tabby cats come in a variety of colours and patterns. My sister once had a tiger tabby, a kind of brown-grey colour with black markings and black spots on his front. Two vets independently said he was likely to have Abyssinian ancestry.

buckleberryferry · 25/12/2025 16:04

Our beautiful and mischievous little snuggly boy 😍

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cherrybobbins · 25/12/2025 16:07

My tabby

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Whiskeyandkittens · 25/12/2025 16:12

Some gorgeous tabbies 😻 We have a selection but a couple of tabbies in there!

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TheGoodOnesAreAllGone · 25/12/2025 16:38

My mini tiger and ginger pest

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To really like tabby cats
SwirlyShirly · 25/12/2025 16:47

Same!! I had a beautiful tabby cat for nearly 18 years but she died in February. One day I may well have another!

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To really like tabby cats
To really like tabby cats
PhantomOfAllKnowledge · 25/12/2025 17:09

SwirlyShirly · 25/12/2025 16:47

Same!! I had a beautiful tabby cat for nearly 18 years but she died in February. One day I may well have another!

Are you in London - there's a lovely one upthread needing a new home - returned by previous rescuer for being too snuggly and affectionate Confused

FernwoodRydal · 25/12/2025 17:12

I don't have a cat (allergies 😭) but YANBU

Galadali · 25/12/2025 17:42

My beautiful boy, 19 years young until he died last month. Thank you for this thread 😭

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To really like tabby cats
RavenT · 25/12/2025 17:49

I've always had rescue cats. First 3 were all black and white. All utterly adorable.
Fourth cat is a tabbie. He's very funny and mischievous.

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Ilovemycat11 · 25/12/2025 17:55

I love my tabby cat, he is such a huge part of our family. His mum is a bengal, and he is just beautiful 🤩

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cadburyegg · 25/12/2025 18:25

YANBU. Here’s my gorgeous girl.

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SusanSHelit · 25/12/2025 18:34

Just popping back on to admire all of these absolutely stunning tabby cats! Very tempted to find myself a little tabby kitten with some of the money I received for Christmas! I'm not sure how current dcat might react, but she might be ok with a kitten if I introduce them slowly

Blindbobisagreatcat · 25/12/2025 18:36

I bring you, the ginger fool.

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Americano75 · 25/12/2025 18:47

I have one, currently asleep above my head. I adore her, she chose me at the shelter.

I also have a boy tuxedo who's currently sharing some melon with my husband.

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CoubousAndTourmaIet · 25/12/2025 19:04

What a lovely thread!
We had two gorgeous tabby boys, but sadly lost them in 2022 and 2023. I miss them so much. We currently just have one sweet little blue tortie girl, but she's 13 now so we don't want to inflict a kitten on her. I'd love another male tabby at some point though.

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To really like tabby cats
TattiePants · 25/12/2025 19:26

Here’s my (very) big and completely daft boy. His sister is much smaller and solid grey & white.

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To really like tabby cats
CalzoneOnLegs · 25/12/2025 19:46

SusanSHelit · 25/12/2025 18:34

Just popping back on to admire all of these absolutely stunning tabby cats! Very tempted to find myself a little tabby kitten with some of the money I received for Christmas! I'm not sure how current dcat might react, but she might be ok with a kitten if I introduce them slowly

Are you near London ?

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