(01-10-2013 04:51 PM)Saga Felix Wrote: I personally really do not like it when people breed pets with diseases and genetic disorders, and the fact that if you breed two munchkins together, 1/4 of the kittens will die is just... well... NOT a good sign!!!
The video says "when responsibly bred" - and then mentions more diseases (apart from kitten-deaths...) that just comes with the race... Honestly, why do you want to breed a cat that just "comes with" a genetic disease? For cuteness? Are sick cats and dead kittens cute? I think not 
-That's my RL view of things. In SL, in-breeding etc. is perfectly fine and we all do it with our prim-cats. But adding features to the prim-cats that resembles genetic disorders in RL would be very non-cute in my view.
If you think my view on breeding diseases & disorders is strict, search this forum for why. The story of my super-rare pedigree-kitty Sunshine is heartbreaking, and not one I will soon recover from.
-Saga
Alright to start off with Thank you for voicing your opinion Saga, but I do wish you would actually educate yourself on such things before calling a munchkin gene a disorder. I wondering if you watched the video at all. If you object to this cat then that means you object to corgis, weenie doggies, basset hounds and a couple of things from the rodent family such as a ferret. This mutation is a Gene based not and inbred disorder, and the reason two munchkins cant breed is the same as some Natural breeds of dog cant breed together or that you cannot mate with your relative. keep in mine this breed was only discovered in 1983. the bloodlines are too close for these to be bred to one another safely that's why people in TICA do not recognize this breed unless the kitten itself has two different parents. you know the same things happen with Calico i hope. But to actually not educate yourself in the differences between a gene and a disorder is a little discouraging. that's like saying its a disorder if you are born with a red hair gene. TICA would not have recognized this cat as a official breed if it had been any form of a disorder. I should know i have worked along side TICA members at shows and i volunteered for 8 years at a vet clinic and volunteered many other years at a shelter. I still try to keep up to date with all the new breeds and keep myself educated on the problems that can arise from different breeds.
I hope you do look into this information and see that what i had posted was not some horrific monsters idea like you seemed to imply.
One to check out that you may like is also a gene traited kitty called a La Perm its actually very cute and super soft and i was going to write about that idea as well unless you have another "she a monster for liking this in real life" quote you would like to throw at it
Couple Ideas I have been rolling around
