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FeralHearts

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What beautiful kitties!

Did you know it's possible for cats in the same litter to have different fathers? Yup - it can happen.

My girls are from the same litter, 2 sets of twins. Two are grey and white females. Two girls are I think they call them brown mackerel? Their mom was a calico. (One of the mackerels went missing at 1.5 years old but we are fairly sure a neighbor took her in.)

Cats genetics are very interesting!
 

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So beautiful!

Toffee and Fudge were from a litter of four and all kittens were identical. Given the fact that they were born in a feral environment, I think it's pretty remarkable that all four survived (their two brothers were adopted to a different family together) and also all four looked exactly the same. I remember the shelter saying they were a special case in the terms of this, too - they were little fighters!
 

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My last two cats were littermates. Their mother was a white Persian who had gotten out, in an area filled with street cats. Belle and Beau looked alike, so I suspect they shared a father. The other kittens were various colors.
 
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