I will be hand feeding, i just can't risk losing a baby

The stud owner has emailed me a page of info, i cant post it all on here its the wrong format but it basically says you can urine test the litter after they are born. type A kittens will have darker urine.

I'm even more confused now.

Anyone who wants to see the page and fancies shedding any light on it please either pm me or post your email address and i will send it over.

This is not the ideal situation, and not what i expected for my 1st litter!!

p.s.
my DNA results say she's type A OR type Ab.

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Alison your test results you posted on the thread would appear to say she is A carrying b.

They cannot tell if she is A or AB (which is not the same as A carrying b) on dna so when you test it always says that where any A factor is shown. The test result does say she is a carrier of b. Or has the lab come back to you with more information to suggest something else?

For example both my cats are homozygous A blood group. The dna test said:

non b/non b This cat is blood group A or AB.

so a carrying b isnt good witha a stud but Ok with a b stud?

very confusing i was told that all are ok with a b stud is that right?

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Basically, anything that causes a kitten to be different to mum is bad. If you have Ab to A then that is fine as kittens will all be either A or Ab or if you have b to b or A to A. Problems arise with b to A or b to Ab or similar groupings.

Hiya

This is what I have been taught:

A to A = fine

B to B = fine

A carrying b queen is fine with a homozygous A stud (no problems whatsoever as all kittens will be A or A carrying b) but carries a 25% risk with an A carrying b stud although problems do not normally occur on a first litter from this sort of mating - there is still the risk though.

B stud with a homozygous A queen is fine as all kittens will be A carrying b

An A stud with a B queen - you need to feed for first 18-24 hours

A B stud with an A carrying b queen - carries a risk in the same way as two A carrying b cats mating although higher risk from this mating.

And the moral of the story is if you own a Brit or a Selkirk get them blood grouped As you can see it really is a minefield with all the As and Bs and As carrying little bs

Sarah x

& Birmans!

And Birmans Sorry and also Devons (used BSH as outcross and have the whole a/B dilemma too!)