Breeding 101: getting out of double genesis fur and keeping your super rece

[Kayla Woodrunner]

Okay, I can't stand it. Waiting until tomorrow to tell you my biggest mistake in Kittycats breeding is like fingernails on a chalkboard. (and no, you dufus, it is not the biggest mistake in my life. There is RL, you know).

And I can hear those of you in the audience yelling breed the babygirl to her daddy Stratus. Yeah, right. And you're the same folks at a horror movie yelling "don't go up the stairs!" Sheesh! what do you want? a 15-minute movie. Of course, I didn't breed the daughter to the dad. This is a morality tale Kittycat style and we have to make it last the full two hours.

So since we are not breeding the daughter to the father which would be the smart thing to do (Go, go, go, Kittycest!), onward with my big mistake. (and shut up you in the peanuts gallery. Like you never did this!)

I am sure I had a good reason at the time for what comes next. I just wish I could tell you. Honestly, I would tell you if I remembered....

The heroine starts up the stairs (dun dun dun)

This is what happened next:

On July 30th, I bred Oprah who had a generic fur to Stratus



So I bred shown genesis fur to a shown genesis fur

Stratus had Genesis Smokey IV showing
Oprah had Genesis Domino III showing

TigerLily had Genesis Domino III showing which she got from Mom
1 from Mom + 1 from Dad = 2
1 + 1 = 2
Dom is always on top
So mom threw her shown fur which is #1 and it was dominant so it showed.

So the hidden fur has to come from that Dad. Here is where I made a mistake (besides the one of breeding Oprah to Stratus)

I assumed the hidden fur from Dad was thrown and that there was a hidden non-generic fur under there.

I know you are shaking your head. Yeah, like you've never had a brain fart. Happens to all of us.

But there were good things I learned

Baby TigerLily shows Mysterious Ears.
1 + 1 = 2, Dom is on top
Dad shows Genesis ears. So Dad's shown did not get thrown because Genesis is most dominant and always shows

Mom shows Ody Boo boo Ear. Since the most dominant ear shows, Mom's hidden has to be recessive to Ody Boo Boo. Ody boo boo is recessive to Mysterious so the Baby TigerLily's shown ear cannot come from Mom's.

I found Dad's hidden ear it is recessive to Dad's shown and dominant to Mom's shown. Dad has Mysterious hid (Yay! oh no. Oh, pooh! Mysterious is so dominant, I hate that ear. Darn it).

1+1 = 2
Mysterious from Dad + 1 from Mom (has to be Ody boo boo or more recessive)
the other good thing is that we lost the genesis from Dad. We can only get 1 from Dad. If we got the hidden Mysterious, we lost the shown Genesis from Dad. This Baby no longer has Genesis ears any more. It is Mysterious + 1 from Mom.

Whisker color is White
I go through the same reasoning as above
White has to come from Dad. The most dominant Mom has is Black. Black is recessive to White. So Dad has White.
1 + 1 = 2
White from Dad + Black or more recessive from Mom
A question for you in the Peanut gallery.
Do I still have Silver from Dad Stratus or did I lose Silver whisker color?

Remember we are chasing the whisker shape. So I already know Dad's whisker shape is recessive to Light Wave since we already got Light Wave before on her sister. What I don't know if it is Light Wave or something more recessive. ... dun dun dun

Ok, next page is tomorrow
(Also if you're going to start telling people 1 + 1 = 2, say it's Kayla's rule 1 + 1 = 2 or something. Or you can say Kayla's rule, Dom is on top (picture that, a Genesis Domino sitting on a Dark Aby). If I am going to bare my soul on my worst mistake, I should get my name on a nice easy rule to remember. I'm just saying. You think this is easy? Hah! Pours myself another bit of scotch. This required courage (Dutch courage, but who's counting? .... Hiccup, oops, excuse me. Aaawwww, sh.... Glares at the empty glass. Picks up the bottle to sip from [you really think I'm sipping... there's this bridge I'd like to sell... Hey, don't judge me. I need lindens for kibble... and scotch])