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Cat Forum / Cat Anecdotes / April 2004The kittens are here
Hi All, Just spent a few minutes watching the kittens of Mama Cat who has moved them up onto our porch. Lynda was going to move my mobility cart and started by taking the cover off it. What to her wondering eyes should appear but five three week old kittens. Obviously the cart and the cover are going to have to stay put for a while. There's a large tailless male in the neighborhood, and two of the babies have no tail. I always thought that was a recessive gene -- oh well. The rest hove those out of proportion kitten tails that are just so cute. The mama cat is the one I wrote of who comes up and bangs the screen door when she wants to be fed. I suppose she'll teach that to any babies that we can't catch and bring to the shelter. Lynda's making an effort to handle the babies so that after they are weaned, they won't run away when it's time to find them new homes. I'll keep you posted. Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon > Just spent a few minutes watching the kittens of Mama Cat who has > moved them up onto our porch. Lynda was going to move my mobility > cart and started by taking the cover off it. What to her wondering > eyes should appear but five three week old kittens. Obviously the > cart and the cover are going to have to stay put for a while. Purrs for the babies and mom cat. It sounds like Lynda will be able to socialize them nicely. :) More purrs for happy homes for all!  SignatureCheryl Hi All, I'm sorry to report that Mama Cat must have moved the kittens during the night. She had the last litter around on the porch and nursed them there frequently, so I'm guessing that they'll be back. She must not of approved of them socializing with hoomins yet. For all of you who are reading this with a cat sitting on your keyboard, here's a little mousie for the kitties: (remember to use a fixed pitch font) ( )_( ) \. ./ _=.=_ " -- Regards and Purrs, O J Gritmon PS. just heard one of those Mama Cat "Bangs", I'll speak to her about the kittens Awww, how sweet! Hope to see some photos if it's possible! Christine > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon Mama cat probably carries the recessive tail-less gene - when mixed w/dad's dominant gene - result could be half and half. (Sorry, had a "topline" genetics course in college - found it interesting....useless fact - did you know identical twins are so identical in the womb that even the fingerprints are identical? From the fluid, skin is pliable, so as babies touch things in womb, it "shifts" their prints around, which is why they have different fingerprints when born. Now, if you are ever on Jeopardy and asked that question, you now know the answer! :) Anyway congrats on babies. Now is the perfect time to start handling them to get them people friendly. You can start trying them on real food in another week or two (Iams canned kitten works well - very easy for them to eat). Enjoy the babies! And sorry for the genetics lesson. JoJo > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon >Mama cat probably carries the recessive tail-less gene - when mixed w/dad's >dominant gene - result could be half and half. (Sorry, had a "topline" [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > >JoJo Cat color genetics is a trip, isn't it? It makes my head explode. ;) Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) I won't even go into colors - did you know there are 32 different gene combinations for human eye color alone? Technically I should have brown eyes - real fathers eyes were brown, mom's were blue - mine are blue. Go figure. I can't even imagine going into cat colors - make your head spin. Remember the cat that was cloned? Due to they way cells multiply or something it looked nothing like the original. I can't remember what it was exactly. > >Mama cat probably carries the recessive tail-less gene - when mixed w/dad's > >dominant gene - result could be half and half. (Sorry, had a "topline" [quoted text clipped - 20 lines] > claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. > (Aldous Huxley) >I won't even go into colors - did you know there are 32 different gene >combinations for human eye color alone? Technically I should have brown [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >something it looked nothing like the original. I can't remember what it was >exactly. When I saw the cloned kitty, everything I had thought and worried about actual cloning went out the window, and I went "oooooh izzny she a cuteums." Cats really make my brain go soft, anyway. :P Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) LOL! :) > When I saw the cloned kitty, everything I had thought and worried > about actual cloning went out the window, and I went "oooooh izzny she [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. > (Aldous Huxley) > When I saw the cloned kitty, everything I had thought and worried > about actual cloning went out the window, and I went "oooooh izzny she > a cuteums." Cats really make my brain go soft, anyway. :P Theresa, you should look out with that brain meltdown. That's the Mothership working its power on you. Never look at a cat without your tinfoil hat on. SignatureMarina, Frank and Nikki Email marina (dot) kurten (at) pp (dot) inet (dot) fi Pics at http://uk.f1.pg.photos.yahoo.com/frankiennikki >> When I saw the cloned kitty, everything I had thought and worried >> about actual cloning went out the window, and I went "oooooh izzny she >> a cuteums." Cats really make my brain go soft, anyway. :P > >Theresa, you should look out with that brain meltdown. That's the Mothership >working its power on you. Never look at a cat without your tinfoil hat on. Ooooh, ut e was soooo cuuuuute. Ahem. I'm back now. Theresa alt.tv.frasier FAQ: http://www.im-listening.net/FAQ/ Single-mindedness is all very well in cows or baboons; in an animal claiming to belong to the same species as Shakespeare it is simply disgraceful. (Aldous Huxley) "JoJo" <stopspam@nospam.net> had some very interesting things to say about Re: The kittens are here: >I won't even go into colors - did you know there are 32 different gene >combinations for human eye color alone? Technically I should have brown [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >something it looked nothing like the original. I can't remember what it was >exactly. Your genetic father probably carried the blue-eye gene as a recessive. :-) Signature"Don't mess with major appliances unless you know what you are doing (or unless your life insurance policy is up-to-date)." - John, RCFL > I won't even go into colors - did you know there are 32 different gene > combinations for human eye color alone? Technically I should have brown [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > something it looked nothing like the original. I can't remember what it was > exactly. Your dad must have had the Bb combination - one dominant allele for brown eyes, one recessive one for blue eyes. Your mum, to have blue eyes, would have had the bb combination - two alleles for blue eyes. You will have your dad's b allele, and one of your mother's b alleles, making you bb like your mother ... i.e. blue eyed. My sister is the same, except that in our case it's our mother who is Bb, and our father who was bb. I must be Bb too, like my mum, i.e. brown eyed with a recessive gene for blue eyes. Jeanette Ok, you just took me back to genetics class. We never really went into detail on figuring out eye color. I'm now thinking peas and that the monk who discovered genetics had much too much time on his hands. :) > > I won't even go into colors - did you know there are 32 different gene > > combinations for human eye color alone? Technically I should have brown [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Jeanette > I won't even go into colors - did you know there are 32 different gene > combinations for human eye color alone? Technically I should have brown [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > something it looked nothing like the original. I can't remember what it was > exactly. Got a question for you, since you know about eye color. Mother's eyes were light blue, as were father's eyes. I'm told that blue eyes are both double recessives. My eyes are green. Is this possible? Was the old girl fooling around on the old man? Does this mean I'm adopted? (was a fantasy of mine, ok?) Pam S. very OT but interested How cute! About the tailless male, sounds like he may be a Japanese Bobtail then. That is a dominant gene, although any Japanese Bobtail breeder will deny it. But my cat Vino is a half Japanese Bobtail and half Birman and his tail is just a nub, as were all his litter mates'. The people I got Vino from always cross a Japanese Bobtail with another tailed breed and get kittens with no tails or short tails. The other tailless breed, the Manx, is really recessive, and need 2 tailless parents to get a kitten with no tail, from what I've heard. I love tailless cats or cats with short tails...they are soooo cute :-) But of course I'm biased ;-) -- Britta Sandpaper kisses, a cuddle and a purr. I have an alarm clock that's covered in fur! Check out pictures of Vino at: http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon >How cute! About the tailless male, sounds like he may be a Japanese >Bobtail then. That is a dominant gene, although any Japanese [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >I love tailless cats or cats with short tails...they are soooo cute >:-) But of course I'm biased ;-) My parents had a cat for 15 years who lost her tail to an injury when she was a kitten. Tinkerbelle was left with a stump about 1 inch long. My parents let her have one litter of kittens before having her spayed, and the next-door neighbors were surprised that the kittens were born with tails, even though they knew that the mother had lost her tail to an accident. They expressed the idea several times that they thought that injuries were inheritable. Of course, these were folks who also believed everything that they read in the _National Enquirer_, on the logic that having something in print proved it was true. SignatureJohn F. Eldredge -- john@jfeldredge.com PGP key available from http://pgp.mit.edu "Reserve your right to think, for even to think wrongly is better than not to think at all." -- Hypatia of Alexandria > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > well. The rest hove those out of proportion kitten tails that are > just so cute. Yes, but given a limited number of cats loose in a neighborhood, and the fact that the tailless male is likely the Alpha male for quite some distance around, it is most likely that Mamma cat is closely related to him. Virtually all the feral cats around here are orange or gray males and tortie females. Quite a few tuxedo's around but they all seem to have the kind of homes where they get fixed early on, I've never seem a local tux kitten. Jo > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon Awwww! Best of luck with the kittens and the mom cat, too! I read with delight her antics of banging on the door wanting canned food but you'd resorted back to crunchies. Jill Great news it must be very exciting purrs to Mama cat and Babies! and you and Lynda for being such good nana and pappa's Jean.P > Hi All, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > Regards and Purrs, > O J Gritmon |
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