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Bald and bald does not necessarily give bald unfortunately. It's all about the polygenes. A sticky bald can produce a fuzzy kitten and a fuzzy can produce a sticky bald kitten. Now with this girl you have I'd call her fully coated, and the texture is not coinciding with an ASH or DSH outcross. Say we have two Sphynx both phenotypically sticky balds, but their genetic make up is (Hr +++++-------) and (Hr++--------), that is where we get a variance in coats.
Congratulations to you to and Flora--I'm sure Flora thinks she's perfect....and so do I. She's gonna be a stunning girl.
Genetics can be tricky, I too thought bald x bald gives you bald except with different variations of coat (sticky, flocked etc).
In sphynx we dont see flocked, those are variations in the Peterbalds coat. But it is true that bald and bald can give you fuzzy. A genetically pure sphynx cannot produce a fully coated baby if its mated with another genetically pure sphynx. So logically the parents have to be heterozygotes for the devon rex allele. Making them (hr/re) both. It is also autosommal recessive so a sphynx can have that allele without any phenotypical expression. But when two heteros for re are bred, we have certain percentages of see a genetic devon as a result.
Even two homozygous (hr/hr) sphynx can produce fuzzy (not fully coated) kittens, it just depends on the polygenes at play.
I love the name Eclipse, and I love the kittens short muzzle, she is precious.
Did anyone else look up the "BIG" words?? lol I did.
You crack me up! lol
It's true you can read a lot of BS on the net. I stick with actual studies that are scientifically backed. I've read plenty that HCM is a big heart murmur... we just have to be careful I think in our searches for knowledge
She is beautiful and I love her coloring! It looks like she will be a healthy baby girl. Any name yet???
Yep....Hairriet
I'm curious though, I wonder what the registries will think and how they'll register her.
Hairriet is a great name for such an unexpected little girl. Her coloring is gorgeous! I'm curious though, I wonder what the registries will think and how they'll register her.
I can't wait to see your babies. Zodiac looks like Neon and Venus' father.