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RE: RFL Kitties
I could be missing something but i STILL don't get why using a retired fur is still so recommended, apart from the fact that if it shows then the starter's hidden obviously has to be higher and not the same.
It was obviously very useful back when Bengal Snow was first retired as there were only a couple (if i remember rightly) of new more recessive furs.
Use a Ben Snow now and if it shows then all you will know is that your starter will be hiding one of the 25 or so more recessive, so nothing to get excited about.
So the most recessive, which is at the moment Bali Cream, would be the most recommended now, although if it's not pure then this could complicate the affair (i could explain why but it would take yet another paragraph to do so.)
Anyhow, if Cream shows and there's only 7 known furs that could be hidden + maybe a new TR.
Apart from this point, everyone can afford to use a Salty or a Bali Cream these days, in fact i imagine that most catteries, big and small have quite a few of these so i'd say go ahead and use the lesser traited ones on starters if it's the fur that you're going for.
If you get either showing and same gender as the starter so no breed back possible THEN is the time to use a well 7/9 traited more dominant fur on your starter until you get a shown of the opposite gender, as if you hit the jackpot on breed-back you will then have much more scope to develop other traits than if it's hidden behind, let's say, the Salty.
Once again, i wouldn't even look at a 2/3 traited Tortie hiding Aby Dark Choc plus little background, but i'd pounce on one showing for example, Red Tabby, especially if the Tabby parent shows and hides some good traits, but this isn't essential as i now have practically the whole range of furs to pick and choose from to fine tune and get the traits i want into that Dark Choc.
**As the RFL kitties this year do not carry any new traits these points are rather superfluous to the OP but still good to reiterate from time to time.
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