Breeding and Showing Cats/breed & color

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Expert: - 6/28/2008


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a stray had kittens at our house.  she is a tuxedo kitty with rust colored spots in the black fur when she lies in the sun and light yellow-green eyes.  2 of her kittens are black (black whiskers even) and have gorgeous dark brown stripes on either side of their spine - looks like a mink stole. their fur is somewhat long and velvety but with a shorter dense layer, too.  what combination could give that coloring - i've never seen anything like it.
thank you.

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Hi Chris

With a cat of unknown ancestry it is difficult to even start guessing but it sounds like there may be tabby in the background somewhere, though most kittens do have some tabby markings when very young which tend to clear as the kittens grown into adults and their coat colour deepens.

Do enjoy the kittens - they sound delightful.

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Marcia Owen

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I can give answers on cat breeding and showing having 'served' over 30 years in this particular field. I head up a Yahoo Group and also a cat club (NBA Cat Club) devoted to educating novices in the correct way to breed, and also show with both GCCF and TICA on a regular basis, and am well versed with the show world, having been involved in the management of the major GCCF Supreme Show in the UK for over 25 years. Genetics however is not my strong point.

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30 years of continuous cat breeding and showing with two major organisations.

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GCCF (UK) TICA Various UK cat clubs

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Our Cats, Cat World, Club magazines

Education/Credentials
Normal middle school education, and college. Best education credentials I have are raw experience of 30 years

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