Frustration in the Cattery! (Let's rant ;))

[Malicia Python]

this is what I meant by "beyond statistics" having all one gender in more than one project/family/breeding pair.
Especially as I had this with boys 2 months ago and now I am drowning in girls.

But when I read all the articles, I think something becomes quite clear:
As tough as the market has become for most of the "I dont pump RL money into new traits and tons of cats" breeders, they/we are simply afraid to have to give up breeding sooner or later. And the gender issue is one of a few reasons for that.

No decent breeding possible > no cats to sell > less money to feed > downsizing cattery/less opening of boxes > no improvement in gender relation >go back to start

And the often mentioned "breed for pleasure" does not work for me either because I need both genders to breed at all. An when I pair up the best traited female with the only male in a project and get minimal cat after minimal cat (and I know what the damn male could do) frustration in unavoidable. And then opening these boxes out of dispair for another male, and get all females again ... it adds up. Consequently, I shrunk my cattery by 60% the last few weeks and I am sure, I ll have to downsize even more.

I still do enjoy the cats, but for sure I do not enjoy the frustration when I think my breeding is harder than necessary (obstacles beyond statistics).