2 blue tabby cats

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hello we have 2 blue tabby cats and they are brother and sister and they bred does any one know what color kittens they will have and will they be ok
 

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hello we have 2 blue tabby cats and they are brother and sister and they bred does any one know what color kittens they will have and will they be ok
The kittens will be almost surely tabbies, and they will be probably blue or black.    Blue is diluted black.

The kittens will be probably OK, there usually do manage some inbreeding OK.   Unless they were inbred alreday further back - if so, the risk of complications will be bigger for every time.

Are you SURE you do want kittens?  If its  the question of what to do, they did mated although they werent supposed to, you can still spay them, even if you know they mated.
 

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How old are your cats? If quite young, that's also something to take into consideration.
 

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How much under one year?

I would get the male neutered now. It is, for obvious reasons, not a good idea to have the two of them able to breed. The males can still be fertile for up to a month after the procedure, so best to do asap. The female should be spayed when the kittens are 8 weeks old.
 
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They will be a year old in a month and yes they r both getting fixed ASAP yet we are trying to figure out if all the kittens will look just like parents or will we have any other colors
 

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Please know that you still have the option of spaying the female now and terminating the pregnancy. I know it is a difficult decision to make, but even if all of her kittens found good homes, that would mean other kittens that are already born do not get those homes and will be euthanized in a shelter. And even though it's natural, it's still sad when a "teenage mom" who's barely not a kitten herself has to take care of all these babies.
 

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Agreeing with the others.    If you let the preg continue, both parents carry white, so the kittens will be surely having white spots them too.  White spot gene is very strong.

Both parents are pretty and sweet, in all their young youthfullness.
 
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