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My beautiful girl, Annie, I am pretty sure is pregnant. This will be her 2nd litter. I bottled raised her from the time she was just a few days old, she still had a dried piece of umbilical cord on her. I think she is what they call a Manx Siamese , she's a rumpie. She looks Siamese except she has no tail whatsoever and her back legs are longer than her front. But to point of my question.. This litter was an accidental one, she slipped out. Well a large orange cat, and a large black cat was in the area, both I'm sure bred with her. What are the slight chances of her having babies with blue eyes, or possible calicos? I am not sure if it us just an orange and a black that makes Calicos or if her having white on her and bred to an orange or black could cause it. The babies will definately find loving homes, I was just wondering what might come from this litter.

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Cori,

Here's the deal, both cats may have bred her, so the litter could have 2 sires!!!!!

If she is truly pointed (Siamese pattern) with no other white, and neither the Orange nor the the Black have white, there will be no calicos.  

Unless the Black or the Orange is also carrying the Siamese pattern, the kittens should not have the Siamese pattern.  Thus, with no white and no Siamese pattern, the odds of getting blue eyes are almost nil.

If she is a seal point, you can get blacks or brown tabbies out of the black and red tabby males and females or brown tabby males or tortoiseshell/tabby females out of the orange male (probably a red tabby).  If she has a different color of points (ears, face, paws and tail), then there could be some other variations on this, depending on what recessive coat color genes the black and orange male may be carrying.

You could let me know what you do get.

Best regards... Norm.  

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Norman Auspitz

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I can answer most non-veterinary questions about cats. My particular expertise is pedigree cats, breeding and showing. However, I am versed in feline behavior, cat breeds and their characteristics, general feline husbandry, and the like.

Experience

I judged for the Canadian Cat Association from 1975 until 1982. I am currently an approved allbreed judge for the Cat Fanciers'' Association (the world''s largets cat registry), and have been judging for them since 1991. I have been breeding pedigreed cats since 1971 and have been exhibiting pedigreed cats in shows since 1970. I obtained my first pedigreed cat in 1970 and have never looked back. In 1971, I obtained my first Abyssinian which has become my primary breed. In addition, I have bred Manx and Persians. Currently, besides the Abyssinians, I am also breeding Maine Coons.


Organizations
Cat Fanciers'' Association, inc. (CFA) and the Manx, Maine Coon, and Abyssinian breed councils. I am currently Abyssinian breed council secretary.

Publications
Cat Fancy Magazine, The Abyssinian Chapter in The Cat Fanciers'' Association Complete Cat Book, and Articles for various editions of The Cat Fanciers'' Association Yearbook

Education/Credentials
I received a B.S. from Drexel University in 1968, a M.Math from University of Waterloo, in 1970, a Ph.D. from University of Waterloo in 1975, and a MBA from McMaster University in 1980. I received my approved allbreed judging status in the Cat Fanciers'' Association in 1999.

Awards and Honors
We have produced a number of Cat Fanciers'' Association (CFA) National winning Abyssinian and Maine Coons. We have produced a number of Abyssinian and Maine Coon Distinguished Merit females (an award for a top producing cat), including the first Distinguished Merit Abyssinian in the red (sorrel) color. I am the CFA Abyssinian breed council secretary and belong and/or hold office in a number of cat clubs. I am also a member of the CFA Judges Association.

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