(11-22-2011 08:11 AM)Khea Karas Wrote:  

(11-22-2011 07:55 AM)Kayleigh McMillan Wrote:  And oh since this final decision I have more cats boxed than ever it makes me even more conservative in opening boxes than ever since the amoutn of breeds the end user can make with them expire each week.

Me too! I have a grand total of 915 boxes. Most of them are great cats, I refuse to birth them because unless they are the right gender they become useless to me.

So some may reply... "Well just sell them if they are so good"

This is NOT an option. Apart from they fact that the market is no longer supporting the value of the cat,...why should I be giving away my "secret kitty combinations" to someone else so they can gain off my hard work before I can achieve what I need too? Once a particular breed combination hits the market...fully traited or not, the value will drop as everyone will then be breeding/selling them. We saw this happen with the Black Russians with Perfect Gerbera Orange Eyes (for example). At one time they were selling for 33K + , now even fully traited they sell for 1-2K if you are lucky. For sellers to make a profit, the window is slim. By the time I get the gender I need and it has grown to breeding age (which is another issue entirely ) I have missed the boat...if I were to sell the "rejects" from my projects.

The point is that unless we have a way to view genders this really does screw up our breeding programs.