That's a good question Eva. If they turn out to be brown, I don't know. But I will try to find out.Originally Posted by snosrap5
Nial, quick question. Will any of the kittens carry the gene to possibly produce silver?
They are absolutely beautiful BTW!
Originally Posted by Kai Bengals
My wife Teri will do backflips if these kittens turn out to be silvers....I'll try to catch that on camera.
Originally Posted by Abymummy
Nial,
Some quick questions from a Bengal boob...
1. Is the Bengal fur called a coat or a pelt?
2. Is breeding direct to ALCs still allowed? ( In other words, are people still breeding F1s - F4s)
3. Does the fur lose it's coat/pelt feel (whatever it's called) the more you breed out to domestics?
4. Are most Bengal breeders now concentrating on SBT breeding instead of foundation breeding?
Forgive me if I sound impertinant or rude, it's just that some Malaysian breeders (unfortunately) are still taking ALC's out of the jungle, without permits, to breed F1s and I just would like to know if the gene pool is now big enough to stop doing so!
Thanks!
Ideally we want to keep the "legs" of the tabby M, it's the "V" part we don't want. Instead of the "V" we want straight lines running up over the forehead. From this angle it's hard to tell but the kitten your talking about looks like it has the legs and no V, however, the lines stop at the top of the legs instead of running down as far as they need to be. It's a start though. =0)Originally Posted by tiffanyjbt
Thank you Nial!
The third kitty from the left. Does he/she have the tabby "M" on his/her head? It doesn't look like it from that angle. The markings look really cool!
Can you tell if any are silvers yet?
Sorry if this was already answered im jumping all over this thread. The question was will one of the browns carry for silver. The answer is no. Browns can never carry for silver because silver is a dominant gene and if they carry they actually would be silver and show it. They can look brown and actually be a very tarnished silver though and if that's the case they could have silver kittens.Originally Posted by Kai Bengals
That's a good question Eva. If they turn out to be brown, I don't know. But I will try to find out.
Per my last post in this thread, I'm thinking we might actually have some silvers. This next week should be interesting.
Nial,Originally Posted by Kai Bengals
Thanks everyone. we are very excited about these babies. Jacks first litter, and they've turned out great. Really makes all the effort we are putting towards his show career worthwhile.
To be honest, I'm so happy with Jack, it'd be ok if he didn't do well in shows and couldn't make nice babies...he'd be an awesome pet. Eventually we'll neuter him and he will stay with us forever.
Penny is also an awesome girl and she did really well as a kitten in the shows.
We didn't get to show her as an adult because she went into heat very early.
That's a great idea, and I will do that...maybe a weekly photo thing. It's very interesting how they develope and the changes they go through.
Well, she went into labor at about 10am. I took the picture at about 5 pm, so she was still very worn out. I'm pretty sure I woke her up, coming into her room to take the picture. She's very sweet though, purring and allowing us to handle her kits without any complaint.
As for Jack really knowing....no he hasn't a clue. He resides on the second floor of the cattery. Penny is on the ground floor. Unless they have telepathy, he doesn't know.
I appreciate the comments...thank-you!
This is our first silver to brown breeding. My understanding is that often the silver kittens will look like browns for the first week or maybe more.
I think in the next couple of days, we'll get a much better idea about the color.
There are a couple of kittens that have the silver sheen you mentioned, but it seems dependent on the lighting. I think it's too early to call it right now.
Rest assured I will update as I find out.
