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| 2274.1 | | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Tue Mar 07 1989 19:21 | 19 |
| Don, mailed the contract to you this morning. You should get it
in a few days. You, of course, will have to change the names to
those of your cats. Be sure to set a date for the spay/neuter.
I usually give the buyers 10 months from the date of birth.
A word of caution, don't let anyone come and handle the kittens
until you have them vaccinated.
I am interested in the vet's prediction of color. Lilac is a dilute
and usually would not be apparent in all 5 litter mates of a seal
to chocolate breeding. Sealpoint is the dominant color. If the
seal parent is heterozygous seal, you may have blues instead of
lilacs.
I would wait til they were older to be sure of the color.
Good Luck to you and let me know when you get the contract.
Jo
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| 2274.2 | *really* not likely to be lilacs! | DINSCO::FUSCI | DEC has it (on backorder) NOW! | Mon Mar 13 1989 13:26 | 30 |
| re: .1, .0 (color)
> I am interested in the vet's prediction of color. Lilac is a dilute
> and usually would not be apparent in all 5 litter mates of a seal
> to chocolate breeding. Sealpoint is the dominant color. If the
> seal parent is heterozygous seal, you may have blues instead of
> lilacs.
"usually" isn't a strong enough word!
To get lilac points at all, the seal would have to be carrying both blue
and chocolate, and the chocolate would have to be carrying blue.
If the parents had this genetic makeup, the chances of any *one* kitten of
this breeding being a lilac point is one in eight; seal or chocolate point
is three in eight (for each); and blue point is 1 in eight.
The chances of one kitten in this litter being a lilac point is therefore
a bit less than one in two (1-((7/8)^5)). The chances of *all* *five*
being lilac points is only one in 32768! (It's like tossing a coin and
getting "heads" fifteen times in a row.)
> I would wait til they were older to be sure of the color.
This is good advice. Many experienced breeders find it hard to figure out
what colors kittens will be at an early age. (Part of the problem is that
they've been known to change colors a couple times on you!)
Good luck,
Ray
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| 2274.3 | I questioned it too.... | LEDDEV::LIND | It does to work! At least I think so!! | Tue Mar 14 1989 11:17 | 10 |
| Thanks for the advise. It seemed highly unlikly to me that anything
other than Seal or Chocolate would be likely, and I don't remeber
the people that I got the cats from mentioning Lilac.. But they
both mentioned Blue in the Granparents..
Remembering my old Bio. classes it did'nt make sense..
Thanks again..
Don
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