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Old March 9th 10, 05:08 PM posted to rec.pets.cats.health+behav
Paul M. Cook[_2_]
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"J Kaner" wrote in message
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Hi Group.

We've been told that when a cat has a litter of kittens and they all come
out with different coats, colours, patterns etc etc, and some looking
nothing like their mother then that is because the mother mated with a few
different male cats and each one of those males is a father to one of the
litter.

Is this right?

I personally don't know enough about cats to know if this can be the case.
I would've thought just one male cat would produce all the coat variations
in the litter.

The cat in question had a litter of 5 cats. Owners have no idea who the
father is. The mother is more of a tortoiseshell and mostly very dark
with the odd spot of white (not much)

In the litter there is a white toed, everywhere else jet black kitten, a
very sandy with ginger stripes kitten and a brown toed, everywhere else
jet black kitten and a totally jet black kitten The last one is a
tortoiseshells just like the mother.


So.... One father, or different fathers, for the kittens??

Anyone know?



Female cats can and do have offspring from different males in the same
litter. So this is surely a possibility.

Paul