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I hope the pictures work soon!THE PICS AREN"T LOADING...or not right now. I'll check back later. And there is no such thing as "kitten spam," only "kitten prime rib." As it were.
I hope the pictures work soon!THE PICS AREN"T LOADING...or not right now. I'll check back later. And there is no such thing as "kitten spam," only "kitten prime rib." As it were.
Thank you here they all are 4 weeks old tomorrowWhatever she is, she's gorgeous.
I've seen your posts. I am not as sure in your case. Fever coat can develop shortly after birth in some instances. I was waiting for your kitten to get older before saying one way or the other. At this point it looks like ghost stripping to me and not fully developed pigment but little ones are sometimes so hard to tell withHi sorry to jump on someone else's post
Sorry to jump on someone else's post does this little girl look like fever coat? She was born black.
Thank you i am not very familiar with fever coats only seen a few people with kittens born like it and it seems to be more obvious with the darker head and legs etc. This little girl was born all black minus some light around the eyes and lighter belly and it has progressed. They are 4 weeks tomorrow.I've seen your posts. I am not as sure in your case. Fever coat can develop shortly after birth in some instances. I was waiting for your kitten to get older before saying one way or the other. At this point it looks like ghost stripping to me and not fully developed pigment but little ones are sometimes so hard to tell with
This is her around 6 days she was mainly black except around her eyes. I've never seen or heard of fever coat appearing but I haven't had any kittens with it at all.I've seen your posts. I am not as sure in your case. Fever coat can develop shortly after birth in some instances. I was waiting for your kitten to get older before saying one way or the other. At this point it looks like ghost stripping to me and not fully developed pigment but little ones are sometimes so hard to tell with
Was also meant to add this photo of her to previous post. Her at 10 days and today at 4 weeks is that colour change possible in fever coat?I've seen your posts. I am not as sure in your case. Fever coat can develop shortly after birth in some instances. I was waiting for your kitten to get older before saying one way or the other. At this point it looks like ghost stripping to me and not fully developed pigment but little ones are sometimes so hard to tell with
And would fever coat only effect the belly and a lot but not on the back at all?Fever coat can come and go... it's certainly possible to have fever coat show up in a kitten that was dark at birth, and I have seen this happen myself.
The best way to distinguish between fever coat and silver/smoke color is to look closely at the individual hairs.
- A silver/smoke cat will have hairs that are white at the base, with color restricted to the end of each hair. The silver gene is dominant, so it will normally only appear in kittens that have at least one silver/smoke parent (or a white parent that is making silver/smoke).
- A kitten with fever coat, on the other hand, will frequently have hairs that are light at the tip and dark at the base, or a mixture of light and dark hairs.
Thank you it seems like there is so much too it than a simply Google search. I did look at many threads on here too but I guess only time will truely tell. She is definitely my favourite (I haven't told her) due to her calm loving personality. I mean she just loves being stroked and loved!Fever coat is mysterious... even though it is often associated with illness, it can also appear on healthy kittens. As long as the mother and kittens appear to be healthy in every other way, I wouldn't worry about them, even if it does turn out to be fever coat... but I do think smoke color is more likely, in your case.