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Old 06-06-2008, 12:48 PM
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Kitty Questions.
One: I was wondering, Wendy touched upon this subject but Shakey distracted us by having a another kitten, How could I tell if any of the kittens will be semi-long haired? As the father of the kitties has semi-long fur, Although it appears he wasn't the only daddy. So could his, what can I say without sounding stupid .... "fur genes" have effected the other dads kitties? Some seem more... fuzzy/fluffy than others, but they are all the different sizes so I wondered if that can effect the appearance of their fur length.

Two: This also is quite a silly question, especially to the more experienced breeders, but, I've always been lead to believe that the runt is the last kitten to be born, until I realized, that number 1 kitten is smaller than number 6 so is it possible for the runt to be random? Sorry if it's known knowledge but this is the first litter I have been old enough to understand/ more involved in.

I think that's all I have to ask
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Old 06-06-2008, 12:52 PM
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Two: This also is quite a silly question, especially to the more experienced breeders, but, I've always been lead to believe that the runt is the last kitten to be born, until I realized, that number 1 kitten is smaller than number 6 so is it possible for the runt to be random? Sorry if it's known knowledge but this is the first litter I have been old enough to understand/ more involved in.

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I can only answer this question as I don't deal with the SLH or LH breeds sorry. The "runt" (and I loathe that word) of the litter can be any of the babies born. i.e. a 5th baby born out of 8 might be the smallest, or the 2nd baby born of 3 might be the smallest. In a litter of 6, you will find the weights may vary dramatically. We have had litters of 5 and 6 and there there is a 200 gram span between the smallest and largest baby.
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Old 06-06-2008, 12:56 PM
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Re: Kitty Questions.
The gene that causes the cat to be long hair/semi long hair is a recessive one, so if the kitten is to be a anything other than short hair, both parents would have to pass on a longhair gene. What is Mum?

I don't think there are any rules about kitten size, little ones and big ones can come out in whatever order. Thats what I've found anyway.
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You should have a rough idea wether they have longhair by the time they are 6 weeks. Not always though, lol. A friend of ours has a beautiful black & white moggy and she has only now started to show that she's longhaired, she is 8 months. Obviously with the peds it's easier, as we know what we should get

As cat said, the smallest can be any of them, this litter at the minute baby 3 is the little one
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Old 06-06-2008, 01:17 PM
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I can only answer this question as I don't deal with the SLH or LH breeds sorry. The "runt" (and I loathe that word) of the litter can be any of the babies born. i.e. a 5th baby born out of 8 might be the smallest, or the 2nd baby born of 3 might be the smallest. In a litter of 6, you will find the weights may vary dramatically. We have had litters of 5 and 6 and there there is a 200 gram span between the smallest and largest baby.
Thanks guys, I hate the word runt also seems like a harsh word, but thats all I knew how to say it, if you get me

Saikou Mum is Short haired. But it confused me when I got my SLH friend (Cheese), as his parents wasn't SLH thats why I chose him, because he obviously was a wonder of the world lol... and he's the one I speak of in my first post.

Wendy OH YEAH! I remember you saying, thats when I was directed to your homepage! All the excitement of that day made me light headed... sorry D:
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Thanks guys, I hate the word runt also seems like a harsh word, but thats all I knew how to say it, if you get me

I know exactly what you mean We need to think of a much better word to describe the "tinies" in the litters
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I know exactly what you mean We need to think of a much better word to describe the "tinies" in the litters
OMG That made me awww so much.... TINIES!!!! we have to call them that


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Haha, I call them Dinkies, lol.

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Re: Kitty Questions.
Ahhhh - Sola is my Tinie Dinkie Girl - she was the middle cat and came out breech. Star was the Tinie Dinkie of her litter and you should see her now
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North and Star's Mum had long hair - North had a short shiny coat - Star has always been fuzzy - Their Grandma didn't have long hair!!



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Haha, I call them Dinkies, lol.
Now see, I couldn't call 'em dinkies 'cause years go when I was a toddler, we had little 3 wheel push bikes and they were called Dinky's
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