(01-19-2014 11:41 PM)Zevara Resident Wrote: I've had better luck with stubborn pulls by going with what I call a "middle of the road" fur, or other trait. Pick a 9T fur in your cattery that falls somewhere in the middle of the dominant/recessiveness chart and try pulling with that. Sometimes the most recessive furs are too recessive, thus you continue to end up with gen furs.
~Zev
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Sorry but there is no such thing as "pulling" a hidden fur from a genesis or any cat. Parents don't pull anything. The fur on the other parent has zero affect on whether or not the genesis cat passes its genesis or hidden fur. It is just a coin toss which fur the genesis cat passes.
If you don't know what fur the genesis cat hides, then use the most recessive other parent fur you can, or you may prevent the hidden fur from showing on the offspring. If you ~do~ know what fur the genesis cat is hiding, then use any parent with an equal or more recessive fur if you want the hidden fur to show.
If the fur showing on the offspring is genesis, it's just bad luck - keep trying. Changing parents won't help - it may just seem like it because if you try enough times the random odds will fall in your favor. If they happen to fall in your favor after changing parents, it is just a coincidence, but that is how these misconceptions get spread to new breeders.
How to get a starter cat to throw it's hidden fur
