Hello all :)

Hey everyone! I've been stalking this forum for awhile, but thought I'd finally get around to joining up! My name is Aimee, I live in Melbourne Australia, 22, and I am cat-mother to two lovely girls Darcy is the black and white longhair in my avatar, and Lyla is my blue tortie. I love them to pieces, even if they do seem intent on destroying my flat and making my life all around difficult at times lol. But all in all they're lovely. I do have a question, though: can anyone tell me what Lyla's parents would've looked like? I know that if you breed a red female with a black male, you'll get tortie girls, so I was thinking maybe dad would've been a blue and white bi-color and mum would've been a cream, or vice versa? I asked my vet, but he wasn't very helpful and just said "they could've looked like anything". I do know that dilute is a recessive, so that makes things a bit more difficult as well! Anyway, hello once again, and thanks in advance for the advice

Welcome to TCS! Your kitties are cute!

Hi and welcome to TCS!

Your kitties are so cute!  But it sounds like you already know more than me when it comes to kitty-genetics!  That might be something easier answered in our Breeder's Corner section: http://www.thecatsite.com/f/7/breeders-corner.  I'm thinking one of the advisors or breeders that post there should be familiar with what it takes to make a certain pattern; if it's something you can predict or speculate on.  I know one of my cat's looks just like her mother, a tuxedo.  Her litter mate has some similarities, but looks different in color, coat texture and body shape. 

I hope you like it here at TCS!  Come hang out with us in the Cat Lounge if you haven't already! 

Welcome to TCS Aimee!

I personally don't know much about genetics, but as MoochNNoodles suggested, Breeders Corner would be a great place to pose that question

Thanks for speaking up Aimee and introducing yourself and your two girls!  Welcome!