even bybs tend to keep their cats contained, there simply aren’t enough pedigree cats to be out there roaming and creating the masses of cross breeds you seem intent on insisting exist.
The basic maths of 95% of cats being moggies shows the improbably of the vast majority of cats having any...
Primordial pouches are common, and weights vary greatly for domestics, they can be any size, weight, colour & pattern.
As above, more photos to see which tabby patterns your blue girl has. Like the vast majority of cats she has no breed, just a lovely domestic shorthair.
You need to find a vet with reproductive specialty.
mammary hyperplasia is caused by a hormone imbalance, usual treatment is to give Progestogen blocker and antibiotics.
This was not a false pregnancy, that is nothing like mammary hyperplasia so it’s concerning a vet would confuse the two.
It...
Like most cats he’s a domestic longhair, there are plenty of governing body stats to back up the fact that moggies vastly outnumber pedigree cats (CFA puts the figure at 95%) so the chance of having a mix is slim to none.
I’m not seeing any MCO resemblance, just a lovely red domestic longhair.
Males remain fertile for up to 10 weeks after neutering, and pregnancy is around 65 days. If he was done just before rehoming you may find the dates match up, or perhaps he’s just got smaller bits and appeared neutered?
Hair loss around the nipples happens close to birth, pinking up is around...
We’ve never needed cones on the many girls we’ve spayed over the years, it’s completely normal for them to lick the area a little.
Her wound hasn’t been closed very neatly but looks fine.
they’re not breeding for horizontal stripes, that isn’t what flow means.
there is not another standard using the term marble, it is used because it would be wrong to describe this pattern as simply classic and expect it to be both presented and judged correctly.
Is correcting wrong information ‘splitting hairs’? I wouldn’t have thought so.
Bengals are the only breed to have marbles, influenced by the horizontal flow of their rosettes, the marble pattern flows in an elongated way that classics do not.
Marbles are born with their pattern very tight...
Without a necropsy you’ll never know for sure, there are a number of things it could have been. Inhaled fluids commonly cause breathing issues within a few days if not cleared during birth, the mother could have passed on an infection, there are many guesses to be had but only a lab report can...
She certainly looks pregnant, and just like humans can be varying sizes, which isn’t always indicative of litter size, some can pack them into a smaller belly while singletons can be from a large size belly.
Unfortunately you’ve been given some terribly incorrect information on this thread.
As an experienced breeder I can assure you cats routinely get pregnant from a single mating (also number of matings is not indicative of the number of kittens, single matings produce anything from 1-8 kittens as...
A runt is a sickly kitten, if you just mean he’s healthy but smaller he will likely be fine.
However as a breeder I wouldn’t let a smaller kitten go or have their vet work done until the appropriate weight was reached.
As above get her booked in for spaying asap (and your parents cat neutered), there should have been a neutering contract if both cats were not done prior to leaving their breeders.
as mentioned they need their hips and hearts checked, along with dna swabs for SMA, HCM and Pk-Def.
Luckily you...
They’re very small for their age, at or below normal birth weights at almost 2 weeks. They do need to be woken for feeding, sleeping that long isn’t usual for young kittens.
She’s a blue & white classic tabby domestic shorthair, doesn’t appear to be silver of any colour (silvers always have a base colour, blue silver, black silver etc)
Paperwork is everything, mere assurances mean nothing at all.
As above, he’s a black tabby & white domestic and cannot have 2 pedigree ragdoll parents.
Hopefully you didn’t pay too much for him and depending on circumstances of the purchase could report to trading standards for false...
pretty red girl :)
agree, not everything on the internet is true and then gets spread around (such as one registries basic genetics page with errors 😏)
red girls are not rare or severely outnumbered by boys.
While most kittens are eating well by 5 weeks it’s not uncommon for some to lag behind, as they won’t be ready for adoption for 8-10 more weeks you have plenty of time for them to figure things out.
Don’t offer them chicken, give them proper kitten food, may need to mix it with formula to help...