My friend's cat recently gave birth to kittens. Unfortunately, the parents are siblings, but an important thing to also note is that mom is a calico with less than 50% white and the dad is a ginger tabby with hardly any white as well. They also have a pointed gene in their genetics, as they produced a flame point kitten in their previous litter.
So with that being said, I am taking in their "pure white" kitten, as I wanted to get a pointed cat as our next family member. It is a male, and I say "pure white" because according to my friend, the kitten was born with just the tiniest hint of orange stripping on the legs and only the legs. So I tried to do a bit of research in both genetics and pointed breeds. From what I have seen, nearly all kittens that are pointed are born completely white, but I did see a few kittens that appeared to be newborns with the slightest color. So according to the information on genetics that I have read, this isn't possible with the exception of colorpoints. I know that the colorpoint gene is temperature-sensitive, and thought maybe he became rather cold in the leg area rather suddenly, or if any part of the mother's womb was cold if that is possible, but I kept getting searches on google about adopting kittens and such.
What is everyone's thoughts on this?
Anytime I look up things such as "white cat with orange legs" or "white cat with striped legs", I get flame points and lynx points. I do have an image, and it doesn't appear to be a kitten with fever coat either, but the image does not show the legs, just the face and a little bit of the back. I've also double-checked quite a bit with her and she has confirmed that the kitten is indeed completely white, with the exception of the legs. I'm really curious because I've never seen anything like this, and I've been looking up images of cats for the last seventeen years thanks to Warrior Cat forums. @_@ Is it just a stroke of luck in terms of unusual patterns, or a colorpoint?
Also, I had a really weird few weeks with this situation. She told me two weeks ago that her cat was pregnant, in which I told her that if she had any white ones, I want it. Then, hours before she gives birth, I told my friend's husband to "tell his girl to have them babies already", and then she gives birth hours later. I had found some pointed kittens that I was looking at just in case things didn't work out, and who also replied later in the day after the birth when I had been waiting for days to hear anything back about them. After speaking with her on the phone about an hour after the birth, I turned over, looked at my desk, and found a picture with a flame colorpoint staring at me from my other cat's microchip package. Then the following day, I see nothing but colorpoints. Everywhere I went, there was a colorpoint, in places where the algorithm wouldn't have put it there, such as Wayfair, Chewy, and Petsmart advertisements with cats photoshopped onto cat condos. I had a weird day and it has me even more hyped up. Someone help to quell me. xDD She is going to keep an eye on his ears the first few days as well, to see if there are any changes in color.
Disclaimer: My friend would love to have her cats fixed, and I'm even thinking about paying for the expenses myself due to not only this litter, but two other coworker's of mine also have two litters of kittens each, and at least one of them has four with two males and females, and both are indoor/outdoor cats. I literally had five different litters to choose from for the past month, it is crazy how many people at my work have unaltered pets. As well, it is also a lot of cats, and while we do have an AWESOME low cost spay and neuter facility nearby, I don't have the funds to spay and neuter all of their cats. I was thinking of reaching out to someone somewhere to see if something could be done for everyone (and that's if the one group will even accept the help) but I literally had the idea a few hours ago so I'm still trying to think it through and iron out the whole idea. The friend with the parents of the kitten I am receiving is actually not supposed to have pets in their apartment as well, so she hasn't been able to get them out to have them fixed. She doesn't know how they do it, but they never get into the windows or anything, so they have never been spotted, as the complex is very, very strict about this rule.
So with that being said, I am taking in their "pure white" kitten, as I wanted to get a pointed cat as our next family member. It is a male, and I say "pure white" because according to my friend, the kitten was born with just the tiniest hint of orange stripping on the legs and only the legs. So I tried to do a bit of research in both genetics and pointed breeds. From what I have seen, nearly all kittens that are pointed are born completely white, but I did see a few kittens that appeared to be newborns with the slightest color. So according to the information on genetics that I have read, this isn't possible with the exception of colorpoints. I know that the colorpoint gene is temperature-sensitive, and thought maybe he became rather cold in the leg area rather suddenly, or if any part of the mother's womb was cold if that is possible, but I kept getting searches on google about adopting kittens and such.
What is everyone's thoughts on this?
Anytime I look up things such as "white cat with orange legs" or "white cat with striped legs", I get flame points and lynx points. I do have an image, and it doesn't appear to be a kitten with fever coat either, but the image does not show the legs, just the face and a little bit of the back. I've also double-checked quite a bit with her and she has confirmed that the kitten is indeed completely white, with the exception of the legs. I'm really curious because I've never seen anything like this, and I've been looking up images of cats for the last seventeen years thanks to Warrior Cat forums. @_@ Is it just a stroke of luck in terms of unusual patterns, or a colorpoint?
Also, I had a really weird few weeks with this situation. She told me two weeks ago that her cat was pregnant, in which I told her that if she had any white ones, I want it. Then, hours before she gives birth, I told my friend's husband to "tell his girl to have them babies already", and then she gives birth hours later. I had found some pointed kittens that I was looking at just in case things didn't work out, and who also replied later in the day after the birth when I had been waiting for days to hear anything back about them. After speaking with her on the phone about an hour after the birth, I turned over, looked at my desk, and found a picture with a flame colorpoint staring at me from my other cat's microchip package. Then the following day, I see nothing but colorpoints. Everywhere I went, there was a colorpoint, in places where the algorithm wouldn't have put it there, such as Wayfair, Chewy, and Petsmart advertisements with cats photoshopped onto cat condos. I had a weird day and it has me even more hyped up. Someone help to quell me. xDD She is going to keep an eye on his ears the first few days as well, to see if there are any changes in color.
Disclaimer: My friend would love to have her cats fixed, and I'm even thinking about paying for the expenses myself due to not only this litter, but two other coworker's of mine also have two litters of kittens each, and at least one of them has four with two males and females, and both are indoor/outdoor cats. I literally had five different litters to choose from for the past month, it is crazy how many people at my work have unaltered pets. As well, it is also a lot of cats, and while we do have an AWESOME low cost spay and neuter facility nearby, I don't have the funds to spay and neuter all of their cats. I was thinking of reaching out to someone somewhere to see if something could be done for everyone (and that's if the one group will even accept the help) but I literally had the idea a few hours ago so I'm still trying to think it through and iron out the whole idea. The friend with the parents of the kitten I am receiving is actually not supposed to have pets in their apartment as well, so she hasn't been able to get them out to have them fixed. She doesn't know how they do it, but they never get into the windows or anything, so they have never been spotted, as the complex is very, very strict about this rule.
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