Archive for July, 2010
What colours will the kittens be?
Short answer? We have no idea.
Longer answer:
There are two possibilities. Snowball had four white kittens last time, which is pretty improbable since the stud cat is blue. We know from genetic testing (both cats have been fully tested) that the possible colours are:
Blue (like Dad and Mum*)
White (like Mum*)
We’ll only know for sure when they arrive in mid-August!
* White isn’t strictly speaking a genetic coat pattern. The gene that makes a white cat white is a “masking gene” and masks the cat’s true genetic colour (that’s why white kittens have spots of colour that eventually disappear). According to Snowball’s breeder, she is blue underneath all that white.
Mystery Birdie!
We had an unusual visitor today… we discovered her/him in the kitchen behind the cats’ water fountain this evening. Poor thing is very lucky to have survived any length of time in our house with 9 cats… and our cats are obviously pacifists.
She does seem to have a busted wing, so she’ll be off to the vets first thing in the morning.
We’re having trouble figuring out what kind of bird she is… so, photos to follow. Any ideas?










