Newbie question about hidden trait

[Kayla Woodrunner]

lol it depends on what you want. Some people prefer white whiskers on pink chats, so that's what they do. Many breeders prefer cats with more recessive traits. Some people don't like the emphasis on the most recessive traits. I look at it this way. It gets harder the more recessive the trait is to put it on and have it show. So buying a cat with more recessive traits is a shortcut -- can save weeks of breeding. That's why you'll hear people saying, "you saved me two weeks of work" or even months. People are less likely to pay for very very dominant traits because they are easy to put on -- why pay for something you can do yourself fairly easily? But put together a gorgeous cat with a combination of traits that has not or has rarely been seen and people will buy it even if it is an "old" fur or eyes (suddenly renamed classic) and it will be called a couture kitty. However you'll notice even with those kitties the traits can't all be mysterious, plush or curious. Why? those traits were here from the beginning so lots of cats have those traits together in just about any combo. But putting a newer recessive traits and having mysterious/plush or curious on one or two traits can still be a more unique traits. It's about making someting that people don't already have in their cattery. And when you consider that a huge percentage have over 1000 kittyboxes, you can see the challenge.