Is this correct?

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.

"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

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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

And she looks so innocent!! lol.

Thanks for the answer Paul.

Yes. Female cats need to copulate to stimulate ovulation, so it's
quite possible she had several mates.

"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!!

"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!!

"J Kaner" wrote in message
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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!!

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.

On Mar 14, 10:00*am, "cybercat" wrote:
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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!! *

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.

"Max" wrote in message
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On Mar 14, 10:00 am, "cybercat" wrote:
"J Kaner" wrote in message

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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!!

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........

"Bill Graham" wrote in message
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"Max" wrote in message
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On Mar 14, 10:00 am, "cybercat" wrote:
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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!!

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