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Yes, I do! She isn't separated atm, though, but she will be as soon as the babies are born! :-)
Do you have a way to completely separate her from the boys until she is spayed?
Yes, I do! She isn't separated atm, though, but she will be as soon as the babies are born! :-)
Do you have a way to completely separate her from the boys until she is spayed?
Most of the babies will probably be pure white since white is very dominant and it pretty much "masks" everything else. You likely won't get any "siamese" looking kittens since the point gene is recessive and requires both parents to at least carry that gene (which, who knows, sparrow might). If you do get any it will likely only be one that looks like the daddy.Also, i was wondering what colour the babies will be? The dad's a seal-point siamese (with a seal point mum and a cream tabby dad) and Sparrow's pure white with possibly some ginger genes in her as her siblings were ginger!
Ooo, alright! I did try reading up on cat-genetics but it sounds really confusing! [emoji]128562[/emoji]Most of the babies will probably be pure white since white is very dominant and it pretty much "masks" everything else. You likely won't get any "siamese" looking kittens since the point gene is recessive and requires both parents to at least carry that gene (which, who knows, sparrow might). If you do get any it will likely only be one that looks like the daddy.
Oooh alright! I think the chances of her having the pointed gene are very slim though, both of her parents were pure white, so I don't know how some of her littermates were ginger!If she carries the pointed gene, half the kittens will be pointed. If she doesn't, none will.
If she's red under the white (did she have any spotting as a kitten? If so, that's what color she carries), her female kittens will be torties/calicos, and the males will be red. If she carries dark coloring, all the kittens will be dark. That is, if they aren't white. At least some of them will be white, not sure of the percentages.
Do you know what color Sparrow's mom was?
Ooooh cool, I didn't know that! Would Butty be a red though, or a black? Seeing as he's a seal point? Or do siamese's have different genetics for their coat colour? I know there's a pointed and non-pointed gene, with the non-pointed being dominant?With cats, genetically, they're either red or they're "black". Black can mean brown or blue tabby or solid black or blue or tuxedo. . .anything not red. So I don't want to say "black" because most people think solid black, so "dark" it is.
Anyway, white "covers" their genetic color, so you don't usually know what color a white cat is until they have kittens, unless they showed some spots.
This is how she could have non-white littermates: dominant white=W, not white=w, they get one gene from each parent. If a cat gets even one W gene, they will be visibly white. If either parent inherited WW, all the kittens would be white (because all they could pass on is W) so both of her parents must have been Ww. In a litter like that, statistically, 25% of the kittens would get WW, 50% would get Ww, and 25% would get ww and therefore not be white. Phew! I think that might be understandable, lol. If she is the kitten that got WW, all of her kittens will be white, if she got Ww she could pass either one on so she could have non-white kittens. Of course that's statistics and not every litter will have a perfect percentage mix, but in general.
But even if she gives birth to all white kittens, you might not know for a few weeks because pointed kittens are also born white! So it's kind of a time-release surprise.
Do you know if her ginger littermates were male or female?
Oooh okay, I'll leave them alone then! :-)
Don't put anything on the stumps, they will dry up and fall off eventually. Anything applied is potentially poisonous to newborns. Eating a LOT is normal, a pregnant/nursing mother uses a lot of energy and reserves, She will get skinny no matter how much she eats and now is a time to give her kitten food, or something high in calories and nutrition. I don't know about buffalo milk, but I know goats milk is great, egg yolk is good too. Yogurt wouldn't hurt either. She is absolutely gorgeous too, all the luck and keep us posted! PS, I'm betting on three kittens, looking at how big she is. When My cat had 7, she was twice that size, she looked like a basketball with legs!
Thanks for clearing that up! [emoji]128522[/emoji]The tapeworm is from ingesting a flea. The tapeworms do not transfer from mom to kitten, or cat to cat.
Other worms, such as round, ring, and hook, can transfer through shedding, the stool, and mom's milk.
Kittens, unless exhibiting symptoms, are not wormed until 6-8 weeks old. Some worm preparations are safe for pregnant and lactating moms.