(01-13-2014 11:21 AM)sneakpastu Resident Wrote: You might want to try Balinese - Seal Lynx. I know that might seem a bit not with convention, but I have had moderate success getting the hidden fur and a few other traits. You will want a pure 9T though...meaning it's been a 9T for several generations (not just what is shown on the Pedigree).
A kitty that has 9 traits over several generations has absolutely no advantage over one that is a first gen 9T. In both cases they will have 9 shown and 9 hidden ( hidden will be either the same or more recessive ) and this is all that is taken into consideration when a new born is made, however many generations it has been 9T will not make the slightest difference to it's "pulling power" (
However, the advantage in having a "pure" tree, with the same traits repeated does enter into play when one is trying to breed a certain set of more dominant traits, for example. One can be more or less sure that there aren't more recessive traits hidden which could botch the project.)
I think this misconception may have originated in the fact that with some other breedables (for example, Roos and fennux ) a "strong" tree is more likely to produce the desired uptiering but this isn't at all the case with the KC breeding system.
Still, i see more and more false infos flying around in general. Before, when there were less members we used to be able to nip these in the bud and keep most people straight about it but i think that most older contributors have given it up as a lost cause now.
Really informative and interesting forum threads have become few and far between in the past year or so. It's worth digging back in the general and breeding sections of the forum, the threads with the most posts usually contain some eye openers.
Auctions i know can be spawning grounds for much of this, people wanting to jump into the auction biz before they've really got the hang of the system, and also those who want to be "in the know" in the group chat.
I've been scratching my head for a while to try work out something to get facts back into place but all i can recommend really is keep going over Saga's docs until it sinks in, go to a reputed breeding class, don't be afraid to ask dumb questions, none of us were born with the infused science, we all had to learn at some point. But especially, don't just repeat what you've heard, test it thoroughly to see if it really applies before adopting it as gospel.
** So sorry to pick up again on something you posted Sneak, it's really nothing personal.
How to get a starter cat to throw it's hidden fur
