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Awwww they're so cute!
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Waiting for Kahleesi's kittens to arrive!!!
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Does the dad (or the cat you suspect is the dad) have blue eyes? I can't really tell from the picture.
Yeah, the white ones will be pointed. They can't be solid white unless one parent is white (well, OK, I guess there could have been a solid white tom around, so no guarantees). And if one parent is pointed, 50% of the babies will be pointed. . .on average of couse 
. Some litters will have more than 50%, obviously! So you must be right that the dad is the pointed fella. He's handsome.
Are you sure they're all girls, except the red guy? If so, they'll either be dark pointed or tortie pointed, depending which color they got from mom.
. Some litters will have more than 50%, obviously! So you must be right that the dad is the pointed fella. He's handsome. Are you sure they're all girls, except the red guy? If so, they'll either be dark pointed or tortie pointed, depending which color they got from mom.
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Yea the suspected dad has bright blue eyes. And I'm not 100% but I do believe all the whites are female. I'm at work so I will check when I get home.
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A beautiful looking family! Congratulations.6 beautiful babies
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So precious! Will you be keeping any of them?
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I'm not sure yet...hubby says no...lol
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She is stimulating them - you'll catch her doing it soon! [emoji]128522[/emoji]
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Ok so this is Kahleesi she had 6 kittens yesterday morning/middle of night. She had 5 girls and 1 boy. All the white ones are girls but my question is am I crazy or do the white ones have tabby marking coming through. Dad is a tabby/Lynx point and mom is light tabby tortie.
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Since the dad is that particular pattern, it's possible the white babies will end up darkening and turning his color. If the dad has blue eyes, then that makes it even more likely. They'll be beautiful if they look like him or if they stay all white, so you won't have any trouble finding them homes! I'm also a tad smitten with that little orangey boy (:
If daddy is a point for real with blue eyes and all (I myself dont see it on the pic, Im taking your word for it) its more than probable the whities are really points. With pointed dad and a mom carrying the point gene, theoretically it shall be half of the kittens. 4 of 6 pointed is thus a normal variation.
As both parents are tabbies, all or almost all will be tabbies too. It depends on if the parents are doubled tabblies or singleton gene tabbies. If both are singleton, 75% will be tabbies. Of any of them is doubled tabby, all will be.
Thus, some or perhaps even all of the white points to be, will be alike daddy, lynx points (tabby points). Thus, you arent hallucinating, you DO see tabby markings beginning to come.
The red one is of course tabby too - although we usually dont mention it - red cats are always tabby, so its no sport to label them tabbies. Unless perhaps its some less usual sort of tabby, alike spotted or classical.
The blackie one is interesting... Im not man for exact labelling himher at this moment. It may even end as a black and white tuxedo, without much extra fireworks save the collar.
As both parents are tabbies, all or almost all will be tabbies too. It depends on if the parents are doubled tabblies or singleton gene tabbies. If both are singleton, 75% will be tabbies. Of any of them is doubled tabby, all will be.
Thus, some or perhaps even all of the white points to be, will be alike daddy, lynx points (tabby points). Thus, you arent hallucinating, you DO see tabby markings beginning to come.
The red one is of course tabby too - although we usually dont mention it - red cats are always tabby, so its no sport to label them tabbies. Unless perhaps its some less usual sort of tabby, alike spotted or classical.
The blackie one is interesting... Im not man for exact labelling himher at this moment. It may even end as a black and white tuxedo, without much extra fireworks save the collar.
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Yup! Looks like you've definitely got a few lynx-point kittens there! All of the pointed ones will have blue eyes.
Make sure you keep updating with pictures because it'll be fun to watch their colors change
Do all the white ones have the tabby markings? I can only see it on 3 from the pictures you posted. But all of them could have them and it could have just been the lighting.
Make sure you keep updating with pictures because it'll be fun to watch their colors change
Do all the white ones have the tabby markings? I can only see it on 3 from the pictures you posted. But all of them could have them and it could have just been the lighting.
Since white is a masking colour, genetically speaking, all white cats have an underlying colour, and in your case it is probably tabby. They will usually have a darker patch on their heads and you can see the tabby stripes in certain lights. The dark head patches usually fade by 6 months old, but the stripes can persist throughout life, especially on the tails. This is quite different from possible 'points' that develop and darken as a cat gets older. Here is my Wellington at 6 months old, showing his tabby genetic patch and then here he is as an adult with no patch
They aren't going to be white; they're pointed. Lynx point like daddy, most likely. Since they're all girls, some will be tortie point and some will be dark point, depending on if they got the red gene from their mother or not. They'll get darker every day after being born pure white. The coolest parts of their bodies get darh first. So in a week or so their noses and ears will be dark, and eventually they'll all look a lot like him.
Ok, he she is apparently a tabby. Its still somewhat odd here. Possibly a torbie with white. We will surely see better when shehe gets older.The dark one up close
