Kittens between a long haired and short haired

Theres no way of telling which will happen but the punnett square. Long-haired cats are as healthy as short-haired cats.

However if those short-haired kittens were to mate with each other or with another cat known to be a longhair some long-haired kittens would be born.

Kittens between a long haired and short haired. Although their will not be a marked difference between them since long-haired cats have long hair because it simply continue to grow throughout their life Long-haired kittens are born fluffier. If you adopt a kitten with long hair it will require more grooming than a short-haired cat. At the same time the amount of grooming that you will have to perform for your long hair cat can vary widely depending on the type of hair and how well the cat grooms itself.

Long-haired cats commonly have smokey swirling or tortoiseshell patterns in their fur though this is not always the case. If your cat has these patterns and the aforementioned traits they are likely to have long hair. Kittens with smooth and shiny hair as opposed to fluffy thick hair will most likely be short-haired.

What I can tell you is this. Since mom is shorthaired in order for any of the kittens to be longhaired mom has to be a carrier of the longhaired gene since shorthair is dominant. Then dad would need to either be a longhair or another shorthair carrying the longhair gene.

Apart from the other suggestions check the thinness of the fur. Thick fur for a kitten typically indicates long hair in later life and thin hair is usually found in short hairs you need to have a comparison to see the difference but it rarely fails. Whether your kitten is longhaired or shorthaired it is important to keep on top of grooming.

Their coats - no matter then length - do require some help from you to keep on top of shredding and knots. Longhairs should be groomed every day whereas shorthairs should ideally be groomed two to three times a week. The first step is to look for the parents.

If any of the parent cats are hairy the kitten will likely to have the same appearance. However some short-hair cats may pass on a long-hair trait that has been dormant to them. The easy way to tell whether your kitten will have long hair is to wait for at least eight weeks.

When a short-haired cat mates with a long-haired cat the result will only be short-haired kittens. However if those short-haired kittens were to mate with each other or with another cat known to be a longhair some long-haired kittens would be born. If a long haired cat and a short haired cat mate the result is always short haired kittens however these kittens carry a long haired gene and may produce long haired kittens when they grow up.

Cats of all types came to America on the Mayflower protecting the early colonists food from rodents and other vermin. Checking the fuzziness of a kittens coat is one way to determine if its a long-coat cat. Once its eight weeks old a long-haired kittens fur starts its slow growing process making it look fuzzier than short-haired breeds.

If its breed pedigree is known. In the progeny six kittens were short haired and two were long haired. The ratio of short to long haired kittens is 31 which is a classic monohybrid cross ratio.

Here short hair is inherited dominantly and long hair is inherited recessively. Both the parents are heterozygous for short hair trait Ss. Ss X Ss.

Once your kitten has reached six to eight weeks of age you can get a much better idea as to whether they are going to have a long or short coat. Cats that will have a short coat tend to have shiny fur with a very sleek overall look to it. Kittens that will eventually have a long coat tend to have fuzzy fur that is very soft to the touch.

The London Pops Orchestra - Zorbas Dance. In this case the long haired cat can only contribute a long haired allele s while the short haired cat can contribute either a short haired allele s or a long haired allele S. Theres no way of telling which will happen but the punnett square.

While it is still suggested to bathe your short-haired cat its not such a big to-do as with long-haired cats and you surely do not have to do it as often. Medium-Length Hair With medium hair length the grooming is sometimes tedious especially if your cat is prone to matting. Munchkin cat is a cute and cuddly cat with short legs that make it look like they are walking on their tippy toes.

Munchkins come in both long-haired longhaired and short-haired varieties but the munchkin kittens for sale will always have those adorable mitten paws. Pure breeding long-hair ll recessive Pure breeding siamese bb. Pure breeding short-hair LL.

Pure breeding black long-hair BB ll. Pure breeding siamese short-haired bb LL BB ll x bb LL F1 offspring 100 BbLl. Crossing two of the F1 offspring.

Bb Ll x Bb Ll. In cats long hair is recessive to short hair. A true-breeding homozygous short-haired male is mated to a long-haired female.

What will their kittens look like. Two cats are mated. One of the parent cats is long-haired recessive allele.

The litter which results contains two short-haired and three long-haired kittens. Long-haired cats are as healthy as short-haired cats. A dense fur coat is a shared trait among breeds that originated in cold climates.

There are no other major characteristic commonalities among long-haired breeds other than hair care and grooming. The first generation offspring of a long haired Aby and an Aby will always be short haired. They differ from Abys only because they carry one different gene - the long haired gene which they can pass on to their offspring.

In all other respects - look personality behavior - they are Abys. The Selkirk Rex is a fairly new breed with the kitten bearing the mutation from which it began having appeared very recently in 1987. However unlike other Rex breeds such as the Devon Rex and Cornish Rex where all pedigree cats of that breed look the same there are different types of Selkirk Rex.

Some are short haired others are long haired. A long-haired cats coat could become matted and unkempt within just a few weeks of irregular grooming. Short-Haired Cats vs Long-Haired Cats.

There is absolutely no difference in the kind of personality attitude or love you can experience from either a short or a long haired cat. A short-haired male is mated to a long-haired female. A What are all possible genotypes of these two cats.

B What alleles will the gametes of each of these cats contain in their chromosomes. C What will the kittens from all possible crosses between these two cats look like. D Two cats are mated.

One of the parent cats is long-haired. When a long-haired cat is mated to one with a short coat only short-haired kittens can result. However their offspring when mated can produce a proportion of long-coated kittens.

Successive litters of early European long-haired cats produced more and more long-coated offspring which were more likely to survive in the cooler European climates. A short haired kitten out of a Balinese breeding is a short haired Balinese by distinction. They have a different coat type and quality than that of the Siamese.

Siamese have short prickly hair that does shed more than that of their long haired counterparts.