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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? Thanks. |
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"J Kaner" wrote in message om... 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 |
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"Paul M. Cook" wrote in message ... "J Kaner" wrote in message om... 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 And she looks so innocent!! lol. Thanks for the answer Paul. |
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Yes. Female cats need to copulate to stimulate ovulation, so it's
quite possible she had several mates. |
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"J Kaner" wrote Hi Group. Thanks to all of you who answered. All unanimous in the answer so all I can say is she must've had a right paaaaartaaaay!! |
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"J Kaner" wrote Hi Group. Thanks to all of you who answered. All unanimous in the answer so all I can say is she must've had a right paaaaartaaaay!! |
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"J Kaner" wrote in message om... "J Kaner" wrote Hi Group. Thanks to all of you who answered. All unanimous in the answer so all I can say is she must've had a right paaaaartaaaay!! Only from a man's point of view. Tom cats have spines on their penises, and the spines cause eggs to be released. The yowls you hear from the female are not yowls of pleasure. I imagine the boys had a party. |
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On Mar 14, 10:00*am, "cybercat" wrote:
"J Kaner" wrote in message om... "J Kaner" wrote Hi Group. Thanks to all of you who answered. All unanimous in the answer so all I can say is she must've had a right paaaaartaaaay!! * Only from a man's point of view. Tom cats have spines on their penises, and the spines cause eggs to be released. The yowls you hear from the female are not yowls of pleasure. I imagine the boys had a party. Yes, it is true that cats mate with multiple partners, but even some controlled partnerships will not give the desired results. Given the fact that cats may carry many, many, many various genes, there is no guarantee whatsoever that a cat will produce anything at all that looks like either the Father or Mother cat. Unless the cats have been bred in an ongoing controlled breeding program, there would be no way to predict what the offspring will look like. |
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"Max" wrote in message ... On Mar 14, 10:00 am, "cybercat" wrote: "J Kaner" wrote in message om... "J Kaner" wrote Hi Group. Thanks to all of you who answered. All unanimous in the answer so all I can say is she must've had a right paaaaartaaaay!! Only from a man's point of view. Tom cats have spines on their penises, and the spines cause eggs to be released. The yowls you hear from the female are not yowls of pleasure. I imagine the boys had a party. Yes, it is true that cats mate with multiple partners, but even some controlled partnerships will not give the desired results. Given the fact that cats may carry many, many, many various genes, there is no guarantee whatsoever that a cat will produce anything at all that looks like either the Father or Mother cat. Unless the cats have been bred in an ongoing controlled breeding program, there would be no way to predict what the offspring will look like. Some characteristics seem to be dominant, however....We took in a feral Siamese mix, and had him fixed, but we were (obviously) too late, because his progeny are all over town. For a while a couple of years ago, we would keep finding dead cats on the road that looked just like Smokey, and then we would be relieved when he would show up at our doorstep a couple of days later........ |
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"Bill Graham" wrote in message ... "Max" wrote in message ... On Mar 14, 10:00 am, "cybercat" wrote: "J Kaner" wrote in message om... "J Kaner" wrote Hi Group. Thanks to all of you who answered. All unanimous in the answer so all I can say is she must've had a right paaaaartaaaay!! Only from a man's point of view. Tom cats have spines on their penises, and the spines cause eggs to be released. The yowls you hear from the female are not yowls of pleasure. I imagine the boys had a party. Yes, it is true that cats mate with multiple partners, but even some controlled partnerships will not give the desired results. Given the fact that cats may carry many, many, many various genes, there is no guarantee whatsoever that a cat will produce anything at all that looks like either the Father or Mother cat. Unless the cats have been bred in an ongoing controlled breeding program, there would be no way to predict what the offspring will look like. Some characteristics seem to be dominant, however....We took in a feral Siamese mix, and had him fixed, but we were (obviously) too late, because his progeny are all over town. For a while a couple of years ago, we would keep finding dead cats on the road that looked just like Smokey, and then we would be relieved when he would show up at our doorstep a couple of days later........ True, my late cat Buddy was living in a feral colony when I took him in. He was the only male adult cat with the markings he had and yet most of the younger cats looked just like him. Paul |
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