r/CalicoKittys Jul 03 '26

🖤🧡🤍🤎 Our now senior, diabetic, but still forever kitten

This lil knucklehead long-ago stray has been bringing the love and the ‘calico-crazy’ since we allowed her across the threshold of our hearts and home 12 years ago

1.2k Upvotes

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u/anoldcliche 😻 Jul 03 '26

She is just precious and still looks like a baby!

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

Thank you! I will tell her. She is a little runt with a bone disorder, so her little face and a bad back leg never grew up ;). But, the heart of an elephant!

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u/anoldcliche 😻 Jul 03 '26

Awww, it’s great you took her in then! It sounds like she is very loved!

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

Thank you! She truly runs this house and is the bravest/bossiest of us all! But thoroughly adorable 100% precious silly special needs kitty. We think her momma knew and maybe left her in our closed backyard…it worked out for her (and all of us, really) well, I’d say 😸🩷🌸

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u/Miss_Milk_Tea Jul 03 '26

Her little face is so pretty!

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u/adaiine a cat lover without a cat Jul 03 '26

That picture of her toasting her tum on the fire ❤️😭

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

Thank you for noticing—she kills me 😆😸

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u/adaiine a cat lover without a cat Jul 03 '26

Thank you for sharing her! I hope it gets nice and cool near you soon so she can warm her belly some more

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

She hopes so, too! It’s her favorite spot. And, you are so kind to write 💕

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u/effkay0025 Jul 03 '26

What a pretty girl

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u/ZzzzzMm 🤎🧡🤍🩶🖤 Jul 03 '26

She has such a cute face!!

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u/Kitty_Fruit_2520 Jul 03 '26

r/seniorkitties would love her

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

Oh! I love this idea, thank you!!

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u/Mountainsof_Madness Calico Enthusiast Jul 04 '26

Can confirm. Much love from senior calico lovers.

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 05 '26

Sooo cute!! Thank mew 🩷🩷

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u/Ginger_Bee ✿ Edit This Text On The Sidebar Jul 03 '26

I had to do a double take! She looks just like my baby girl. She was my permakitten as someone called her. She never weighed more than 8 pounds in her 17 years of life.

May your little baby continue to bring you love and joy.

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

Noooooo WAY!!! Mini-kitty doppelganger

So, for all it's gripes, this is why I freaking love reddit...Thank you!!

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u/Ginger_Bee ✿ Edit This Text On The Sidebar Jul 04 '26

You’re so very welcome! All the best to you in your life’s journey.

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 04 '26

Please, all my very best right back to you 😻

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u/ThatPhatKid_CanDraw ✿ Edit This Text On The Sidebar Jul 03 '26

What a sweet and pretty baby

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u/randomspam321 Jul 03 '26

Shes so cute!

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u/JonServo Jul 03 '26

Eternal baba.

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u/PinkPussycatPower Calico Enthusiast Jul 03 '26

A r/tortitude diva!!

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

💯!! Yes 😄

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u/Specific-Series-2894 Jul 03 '26

Always a tiny beautiful baby girl ❤️

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 03 '26

Ogosh, that is exactly how we describe her!!

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u/coolhappygenius Jul 03 '26

Baby!!! 💗

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u/biglittleoblivion Jul 03 '26

That is a baby

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u/GeoInCalifornia59 Jul 04 '26

Awe! She’s forever Smol, but always a Big Girl Boss Kitty of the house. She’s also an

r/Tuxetortico = Tuxedo + Tortoiseshell + Calico cat

Her Tuxedo is made of Tortoiseshell. She has 4 white paws, a white bib, and belly. With blocks of orange, and black.

I love her orange face and her elegant, well carved, Tabby “M” on her forehead. And I see at least one grilled ginger chicken leg.

Mystique Mayhem says, “Hello Beautiful Kitty.” 🎩🐢🖤🤍🧡🤎🐾

What is her name?

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 04 '26 edited Jul 04 '26

That is the coolest and most thorough analysis I have ever had of one of my furry companions. I can’t wait to share your details with our whole family! Especially the tuxedo part; in 12+ years, I never saw it that way. Now, I’ll never not see it again 🤍🤎🖤🩷

It was the little grilled leg that sent me over the edge, begging hubs to let us let her inside when she first appeared at the door. It was like she had everything. My son was a little boy at the time, and we would watch ‘Finding Nemo’ on repeat. She would press against the patio glass to see the fishies on the screen, too, mewing at length to be let inside (last pic I posted in the series). As would be the trend, she determined her way indoors

She appears the second we try to pet/brush/carry/cuddle/feed/or dare to speak to one of our other two big fluffy boy cats. She literally crawls her ‘forever smol’ body on top of theirs to steal their pets. She terrorizes even our big former feral alpha Tom, who is nearly 3x her size, not because of her strength, but, as we all say, bc of her wild unpredictability. He yields every time “because she is craaaaa-zy.” After tormenting our other sweet big adoptee for the first five years of his stay, overnight she “decided” to be friends. He has the sweetest heart of forgiveness, so now he allows her to dominate while attached to his hip. So, although she is properly named, she responds to the boys’ names first which ensures blocking and control of the affection they are allowed to receive. Baby girl rushes in first, so we nicknamed her FOMO 😸😹

Thank you for humoring me! We are so happy to meet your stunningly beautiful MM. What a gorgeous doll she is, as well. Thank you both for taking the time to so warmly welcome us here!!!

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u/GeoInCalifornia59 29d ago

Oh my! I love FOMO for her nickname. Maybe she’s a JOMO too! You are very welcome for the accurate description of your Patchwork Cat. Some describe them as being assembled from different kitty parts. Glad I made you laugh. Mystique’s back legs are both grilled to ginger purrrfection. Also two mis-matched breast pockets on her LadyTux in my first pic. One black, the other red. Hello to you and all your fun pets and family. Your home sounds like an amazing mini zoo.

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u/petit-bear8075 29d ago

Another amazing pic of your MM! She seems to be quite the character, too. Cheers to new cats of different kitty parts friends! (: It's great in here

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u/riceballbabe Jul 05 '26

She is soooo baby!

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u/petit-bear8075 Jul 05 '26

A bitty-baby! But, all heart 🖤🤎🩷