No need to use a valuable Faded Flower cat, Magic Kiss or anything more recessive will allow Sea Green to show if it is passed. The first time Magic Kiss or a more recessive eye shows up, this is proof that the kitten hides Ody Tuscan Dream, and the testing on that kitten is done. I will take the floofy boy and test him. Thanks for all the work you've done on this! :-)
(07-07-2024 04:33 PM)MaryJane Sunshine Wrote: (07-07-2024 02:35 PM)Songdog Woolley Wrote: I look at this in a different way. The kittens didn't "pull" Ody Ribbet. They literally just get the luck of the draw. The dad of all the kittens *passed* his shown Ody Ribbet. I can't tell from the pedigree what Pepe's hidden is, but here it really doesn't matter. Since he passed Ody Ribbet 4 times and it shows on the kittens all 4 times, we look to mom for the hiddens that are possible in the kittens. Since she shows Sea Green and hides Ody Tuscan Dream, there is a 50% chance for each of these kittens to hide Sea Green - IF it is indeed recessive to Ody Ribbit. The only way to know this is to test the kittens. Statistically, half the kittens will hide Ody Tuscan Dream, because 50% of the time, Brandy passes her hidden eye. So, it makes sense that out of 4 tries, she should have/could have passed her shown Sea Green at least once, but we've all experienced the frustration of the coin flips not going our way for weeks. So the only thing to do is to test the kittens.
I understand what you're saying. I kind of dropped the ball in really digging into it further due to lack of cattery space at the time and the assumptions I made from her pulls which could be completely wrong.
I do still wonder if anyone has actually pulled Sea Green shown with the possibility of Ody Ribbit hiding though, but if that hasn't happened.. it's more likely... Sea Green is in fact recessive to the Ody Ribbit?
I think I'll bring out the 8T baby and throw a faded flower behind it... and see what happens? If anyone wants to adopt the 5T floofy boy for testing they're welcome to him.
