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colors of cat offspring

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Question
QUESTION: Hello
If a blue eyed white cat CPC (masking red) is bred with a cream and white female, what colors will the offspring have?
Thanks alot

ANSWER: Hi
You would have whites, creams, cream & white, red and white.
What eye colour does the queen have as this may influence any deaf presentation

Ray

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QUESTION: The queen's eye color is copper. The sire is perfectly healthy with no hearing impairs.
What are the chances of having blue eyed whites?
and how about color points? (Since the sire is CPC and the queen has some color point way back in her pedigree.)

Thanks

ANSWER: No Blue eye whites from this combination but odd eyed certainly a possibility
There may be cream and red colour points but depends on how far back on the queen's pedigree


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QUESTION: Then how would it be possible to have blue eyed whites?? What color combinations produce that?
Can this upcoming litter produce blue eyed whites in future? If so, how can i tell which one will?

Answer
In certain colour points there is a preponderance to blue eyes.
If you mate these blue eyes to the CPC blue eyed white you can theoretcially get 25% Blue eyed white, 50% odd eyed and 25% copper.

It is believed that the eye colour and the coat colour do have some link.
Is there a reason that you seek blue eye white. I have to caution you that theoretically blue eyed whites on average produce 25% total deaf, 25% hearing and 50% partial deafness

Is this something that you would want to chance?
I accept that a deaf cat is only at risk when outside the home through traffic and other dangers. It is also something that is not allowed in most cat registries so you could not register the kittens as pedigree

Ray