Hi there,
thank you for your reply.
The owner of the stud cat whom I used said that I could contact her at any point throughout the pregnancy and the birth. She has already given me some valuable information but I'm worried because its the first time I've bred my chinnie, I used to breed Birmans and they were bulletproof. The owner of the stud cat said she never had any difficulties with her chinnie's but I'm just over anxious and want everything to go well. My chinchilla is quite small but my vet said she was in excellent health before I mated her.

Is it true that the chinnie kittens are born black? The stud cat owner told me that their white develops as the kittens get older?

Yes it's true. They are born almost black, with heavy tabby markings which fade as they get older

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How long does it normally take for the white to come in do you know? My chinchilla is white (Breed no. 10) but had a golden mother (Breed no. 54) and the stud cat I used was also a breed no. 10.

The stud cat owner feels that there is a very small chance that my queen will throw a golden kitten within the litter, she thinks all the litter will be eventually white.

I don't know how long the colour takes to develop, but as they are sold at 12-13 weeks it must have by then

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I wouldn't describe it as anything like black, but certainly they will be much darker than you expect, the colour is at the tips of the hairs and as the hair grows the silver undercoat shows more and more.

Liz