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| 2407.1 | Sure, adopt! | IAMOK::GERRY | Home is where the Cat is | Thu Apr 27 1989 10:28 | 21 |
| Hi,
I wouldn't hesitate to take a kitten from a mother/son breeding.
Breeders often breed related cats together to set desired traits
in the breeding line. My cat Stripees is a result of a mother/son
breeding. You just should be very careful that this daughter kitten
doesn't get "gotten" by her father...but you seem like a very
responsible person who is going to have her fixed anyway.
The thing about related cats breeding is that if there are any bad
health problems or deformities on the cats bred together, then it
is likely that the offspring will have the same or worse problems.
If the kittens appear healthy, take the little blue and white one,
fix her and give her a loving home. Then, maybe you can think of
a way to snatch up momma kitty and have a sneaky spay job!
purrs
cin
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| 2407.2 | | FSHQA1::RWAXMAN | A Cat Makes a Purrfect Friend | Thu Apr 27 1989 10:40 | 24 |
| I'm not a breeder and don't know much about breeding animals; however,
I think most breeders out there will agree that inbreeding is not
condoned in a program. In Mia's case, I think you will have
little or problems with a first generation inbreeding, especially
because the cats involved are of mixed heritage and therefore somewhat
healthier than a purebred cat. When you think about it, there are
a lot of strays out there that probably came from an inbred litter
so how can any of us in this file who own former stray cats really
be sure of their ancestory? I don't think it is really a big deal
now, but could be if offspring of future litters are allowed to breed
at random. I think that is when you start running into problems.
I could be wrong and would appreciate a breeder's clarification.
I do wish their was some way you could convince your neighbor to
spay/neuter her animals! I have a few low-cost spay/neuter
applications that I would be happy to give her. I would continue
to harp on her about it until she finally does something about it!!
In any case, you are a wonderful person for taking kittens from
these litters.
/Roberta
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| 2407.3 | | FSHQA1::RWAXMAN | A Cat Makes a Purrfect Friend | Thu Apr 27 1989 10:42 | 7 |
| Thanks you, Cin! That is just the answer I was looking for!!
Knew a breeder could help!
/Roberta
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| 2407.4 | | YOSMTE::CORDESBRO_JO | | Thu Apr 27 1989 13:03 | 11 |
| I agree with Cin, one mother/son breeding is not going to be a problem.
You should let your neighbor know that inbreeding is not something
that she should allow to happen, though. Inbreeding and linebreeding
are complicated and shouldn't be performed by people who are not
knowledgeable about genetics. I would also discourage her from
keeping any of these kittens herself, since she has demonstrated
that she isn't responsible about preventing unwanted pregnancies.
If the son was to get to any of the females in this next litter,
then she could be asking for trouble.
Jo
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| 2407.5 | Kate's favourite hobbyhorse again | SUBURB::TUDORK | SKEADUGENGA | Sun Apr 30 1989 14:42 | 14 |
| I hope you can convince the neighbour.
Its such a problem when people don't spay their cats and let them
keep having kittens. They then need us to find homes for the kittens
and you think "if I find homes for this lot then he/she'll just
let the cat have another lot. The only way to get him/her to realise
their responsibilities is to leave them with unhomed kittens".
Then you look at the adorable little furfaces, try (unsuccessfully)
to harden your heart, take a deep breath and say "of COURSE I'll
try and find them homes, but don't you think that Mum would be much
happier if she was spayed this time, etc, etc, etc".
Good luck, I'm sure your new kitty will be fine. Keep us posted!
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| 2407.6 | update | BRAT::GERMANN | | Tue May 09 1989 13:56 | 20 |
| Just an update on the kittens. They are growing well and are doing
those wonderful kitten things. My daughter thinks the grey one
is a female. I haven't seen them in over a week, but get daily
reports.
It sounds like they have a home for one of the black and white ones,
and our home (did I REALLY say that?) for the grey. That leaves
one black and white kitten available if anyone is interested.
The adult (?) male cat has been spraying in the house and the owner
is NOT pleased. I am hoping this will convince her to at least
have him neutered. He is also fighting alot in the neighborhood.
I have given them some prints of the information here. Thanks
so much to all of you who really care. Maybe we can convince them
yet!!!
So, now we have to name this little grey cutie!!! I'm not great
at that - any ideas?
Ellen
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