(05-13-2016 01:41 AM)BazGumNut Resident Wrote: Is something wrong with the randomizing algorithm for deciding gender? I've been wondering about this for weeks now as I am getting exclusively girls for my Australian Mist new kittens. I have recently only had males for Snowshoe creams and Abyssinian and those are rare throwbacks to furs that I am not breeding for.
This is very frustrating. I have had up to 20 breeding pairs (about 14 now) and I've noticed this trend for a number of weeks now. I have not collected the exact data but we are talking in the order of 95% female over 40 or so new kittens. What are the odds against that? Very very high.
Has anyone else noticed a similar trend?
Sure, I reported this 2 years ago, and was just told it was "random variation". I found a preponderance for one gender in a long line of related breeding pairs and their offspring. When I introduced "new blood" into the line, the gender ratio went back to more normal.
Despite the assumption that gender is always 50% weighting in all cats, it has never really been proven. Kittycats have all kinds of weights built in, for size as an example. Breed enough cats and the overall gender ratio will approach 50-50. But your example of extreme odds tend to be too common. Conspiracy theories don't play well here, so just enjoy the scripting.
I gave up talking about cats that refused to reveal a hidden trait in 15 tries, and aged out still an unknown. Most of the time you get success after 5 tries.
