What Will My Kittens Look Like?

[Robi5573]

Hello, my two cats are still young, they are about 6 months old, but I am still curious about their babies, I mean, I have no idea if their coat will be completely white, their father is probably a mixed Birman cat, his socks started to appear, but they are yellow instead of black.
Also, I don't know what body are the kittens going to have, the father is pretty "fat", and the mother is "slim".


Thank you.

 

[StefanZ]

They will be copies of your tabby parent unless shecarries the pointgene

 

[abyeb]

At six months old, their color/pattern is set, so one would be a cream point Domestic Shorthair, and the other a brown mackeral tabby Domestic Shorthair. They're cute!

 

[Robi5573]

They will be copies of your tabby parent unless shecarries the pointgene

Their tabby will be more than just brown, I mean white?

 

[Willowy]

Are you saying you intend to breed your cats together? What plans do you have for that? The female can get pregnant as early as 4 months, but that's not healthy, so at some point you're going to have to keep them separated.

If they did have babies (and I'm not recommending that at all), the boys would be dark tabbies like their mother and the girls would be torties. If the mother carries the point gene, half of them will be pointed (datk point boys and tortie point girls). If she doesn't, none of them will be pointed. None will be all white---all white cats have at least one white parent. But if any are pointed they will be born white and develop the points later.

Ideally, pet cats should be spayed/neutered at a young age.

 

[Robi5573]

Are you saying you intend to breed your cats together? What plans do you have for that? The female can get pregnant as early as 4 months, but that's not healthy, so at some point you're going to have to keep them separated.

If they did have babies (and I'm not recommending that at all), the boys would be dark tabbies like their mother and the girls would be torties. If the mother carries the point gene, half of them will be pointed (datk point boys and tortie point girls). If she doesn't, none of them will be pointed. None will be all white---all white cats have at least one white parent. But if any are pointed they will be born white and develop the points later.

Ideally, pet cats should be spayed/neutered at a young age.

Thank you so much, I want them to have babies just once, I know that a sterilized cat has less health issues than a normal one.

 

[Willowy]

The thing is, by the time the female is ready to have a litter, the male will likely already be spraying and acting very hormonal, and may get to be hard to live with. Intact males make poor housepets. She shouldn't be allowed to get pregnant until she's. . .I think a year old? 18 months?---perhaps a responsible breeder could weigh in on that---but she'll go into heat before that so you'll have to keep them separated until she's older. If you intend to keep all the kittens I have no particular objection to allowing one litter but I'm worried that you may not be prepared for an intact male's behavior and I'd hate to see him lose his home because of it :/. And it is VERY hard to find good homes for kittens so if you aren't keeping all of them that's something to think about.

 

[talkingpeanut]

There is no benefit to your cats to allow them a litter, and in fact, you are risking your female's health and well being. How do you plan to separate them so the female doesn't become pregnant before she is 18 months old? What if she dies in labor or becomes ill? Will you be able to raise the kittens by hand?

You don't have health history information about your kittens. They would be much better off, healthier and happier, if you allow them to be normal pets and not a breeding pair.

I would highly recommend that you reconsider and spay and neuter now.

 

[SeventhHeaven]

Thank you so much, I want them to have babies just once, I know that a sterilized cat has less health issues than a normal one.

Not a good idea at all! From experience I had an oops litter white cats, white animals are weak genes. ie white
dogs many white cats are deaf. Sibblings? again weak you're kittens may have heart murmurs other medical issues or at worst seizures. Never breed if you cannot provide a good start for an animal. A cat does not need to reproduce to be a full Cat, virgin cats I think make the best pets, no issues, kittens Furever! Seizure meds is over 100.00 per month that's for life.