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| 2932.1 | | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Tue Oct 10 1989 17:07 | 14 |
| I have never heard the "too much meat thing". The siamese gene
is a thermal gene, and coat color changes are governed by body
temperature. Hence, as the cat ages, and the circulation slows
down, they darken. Also, when my Birmans spend lots of time in
the windows in the summer, there body color lightens, but their
masks tick out. So, it is a trade off. But, that wasn't your
question, was it.
I had a shaded silver for many, many years. Jesse would get "rust
coat" if he spent too much time in the sun. Does your cat spend
a lot of time laying around in the sunshine? If so, try encouraging
her to stay out of the sun and see what happens.
Jo
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| 2932.2 | Break out the zinc oxide! | SWAT::COCHRANE | Brace yourself - a brace of cats! | Tue Oct 10 1989 17:28 | 19 |
| Thanks, Jo, I never thought of it as "tanning" instead of
"tarnishing." No wonder Boogie looked insulted when I
brought it up. Here she was trying to be chic...... ;-)
Seriously, she isn't as much of a "heat seeking kitty"
as my three siamese are (who would lay in the sun in 90
degree weather if I let them), but has been know to spend a
lot of time looking out the window, hence getting sun.
Guess I'll try to entice her over to the north facing
window and see if it helps.
How does one get silver tabbies? Is there a dominent
color gene (brown, for instance) and silver might be
recessive?
Thanks again,
Mary-Michael
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| 2932.3 | | PENPAL::TRACHMAN | ExoticSH=Persian in Underwear | Tue Oct 10 1989 17:57 | 4 |
| M-M, my Misha is tarnished also - guess that's why mine is
pet quality!! and not show quality. Maybe, ??
E.T.
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| 2932.4 | out of my league | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Tue Oct 10 1989 19:12 | 7 |
| I wish I could help you figure out the genetics behind silver tabbies,
but unfortunately, I am not familiar enough with them. I know that
there are shaded silvers, and chinchilla silvers, and then there
are silver tabbies. I do know that shaded goldens and chinchilla
goldens are recessive to silver, but that is about it.
Jo
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| 2932.5 | I'm learning! | IAMOK::GERRY | Home is where the Cat is | Wed Oct 11 1989 09:44 | 9 |
| I'm just learning about Silvers...I have my first Silver Tabby Exotic
kitten...now I just hope she's Shorthaired!!! Anyway, I bred a Silver
Tabby Female to a Brown Tabby Male. The major problem with breeding
silvers is getting those beautiful green eyes.
Where's Holly??? She has a Golden!!!
cin
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| 2932.6 | My former show queen | SWAT::COCHRANE | Brace yourself - a brace of cats! | Wed Oct 11 1989 10:05 | 9 |
| A Sliver Tabby Exotic?!!! Ooohhhhh, I'm jealous! I bet
that's one pretty kitty!!! ;-)
Perhaps my "Doogie-Bear" is just tarnishing as she grows
older. I had entertained thoughts of trying to show her
again, as she granded with her previous owner, but maybe
we'll keep her retired with her "laurels". ;-)
Mary-Michael
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| 2932.7 | | REFINE::TAYLOR | After Chocolate hon', you're #1 | Thu Oct 26 1989 14:16 | 17 |
| RE: .5
Here I am Cin.. Just trying to catch up on ALL of these notes!!!
yes, Golden is a recessive Gene to Silver. I have a Golden. Both of
her parents were shaded silvers. She isn't a shaded golden or a
chinchilla golden, though. She's a Golden Tabby. The first one that
they've seen in CFF in about 10 years.
Silver is a dominant gene in itself. Most of the time (I believe) the
only way to get a shaded silver or chinchilla silver is to breed the
cat to a silver. Whether is be a shades silver, chinchilla silver, or
a silver tabby. I definitely know that the only way to get a golden is
to either breed two silvers together or to breed a silver to a golden.
Holly
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| 2932.8 | we always forget the most obvious | WR2FOR::CORDESBRO_JO | set home/cat_max=infinity | Thu Oct 26 1989 14:44 | 3 |
| Or, you can breed two goldens together to get a golden.
Jo
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