![]() The first National Tabby Day to celebrate tabby cats will be held this year on April 30 with the inaugural event taking place at Bideawee Animal Shelter, 410 E 38th Street, New York, NY 10016. Today is National Tabby Day and we’re thrilled to be a part of this important day. Read the story about how tabby cats received the M marking on their forehead, and explore their place in religion (or more accurately, in mythos focused around religion) But some people believe the M was placed there by Mohammad and others believe that Mary made her mark on this blessed cat. We think it stands for “marvelous’, “magnificent”, “magic”, and “majestic”. Tabby cats almost always have an “M” marking on their forehead. Torbie: A tortoiseshell cat with tabby markings.If your tabby only has markings on the face, legs, and tail, they are called Tabby Points. Below are some handy charts that our friends at Messybeast developed: ![]() For example, “Tabby and white” have mostly white fur and stripes along their backs or tails. There are other types of coloration, as well. These are like the ones you’ll see on a leopard or jaguar (you can find a Were-Jaguar in our novel, Shepherd’s Moon!). Rosette spots are those that have dark centers inside rosettes. They can be found in many different types of domestic tabby cats. Oceloid Spots are those similar to the ones found on cheetahs. The mackerel tabby cats are named after the mackerel fish because some people think their pattern looks like fish scales (hence the nickname). They are the narrow “striped” cats you see. Let’s take a look at the four basic types of tabby coat patterns. Tabby cats are found in a variety of different breeds. In fact, the word tabby is often used as a generic term for “cat” (just like “hound” is often used as a general term for dogs). In fact, usually “tabby” means stripes, swirls or spots on a cat that is orange, brown, white or grey colored cat. To begin, a tabby is not a breed of cat, but a general way of referring to a coat pattern. Each of these cats is magnificent and it’s about time someone came up with a holiday celebrating their beauty.Īnd so, in Celebration of #NationalTabbyDay, we’re talking about a few fun facts you may not know… ![]() We also have one vocal foster cat we call Kreature. If you follow us on Instagram, you probably know that we have three beautiful full-time tabbies: Cassie, Kyra The Cog and Alexandra.
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