have any of the forummers had this happen - shorthaired parent cats producing medium or long haired kittens?

shiloh

Catalina is correct. Shorthair parents will only produce medium and long haired kittens if both parents carries longhair gene. That mean at least one of the parents' ancestor must be of longhaired cat. You usually won't be able to tell if the shorthaired cats carries longhaired gene except may be they have bigger size, thicker and smoother coat.

thts fast n clear...i learn new thgs again today...thks cc !

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wow...another sifu....thks

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basically... a domestic long hair is a cat yg tak de proven certificate of breed... n normally they are the results of we human buat rojak la... if only we are as ethical as the breeders at the other side of the globe....

they are also known as household pet.. but even if u hv a persian tapi tak de paper to certify.. if u masuk cat show.. it will go under the category of domestic longhair or novice..... same with other breeds too... but normally all these pure breeds yg tak de paper kalau dorang masuk category domestic longhair they don stand a chance to menang simply becos.. correct me if m wrong.. one judge from Holland, Lee Selassa told me once that "a domestic long hair cats has to look domestic and with no resemblance to any pure breed..."

so since domestic shorthair has already existed.. so they are called domestic longhair due to the long coat... similar to other pure breeds like scottish fold, munchkin etc... they start off as shorthair but now u can also find them as long hair....

in terms of genetic.. it is very much depends on whether it is a dominan genes or a recessive genes....

on general... longhair genes are normally recessive while shorthair genes are dominan.. so in most cases that I have come across a long hair male and a short hair female will normally produced short haired kittens but there are also cases where the kittens are all long hair... so again.. as much as it is "nature's rule" it still depends on the genetic factor... and the Almighty..

as u know for most msian.. all long hair cats are persians... however.. the beauty about cats are.. to them.. doesnt what breed they belong too.. they nvr look at another cat as according to breed.. to one cat.. another cat is just another cat...

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You are rite Kak Sha..I heard bout that too.... Domestic long hair cats has to look domestic and with no resemblance to any pure breed. That was in show 2004 rite?...I was there ...

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If "a domestic long hair cats has to look domestic and with no resemblance to any pure breed..." where do you put cats that are pure breed but don’t have the pedigree cert.? I thought what the judges look for in domestic cats are the general health, cleanliness and temperament and character of the cat. I put my Burmese under domestic shorthair last Kuching Cat Show and she came first in the female open.

No, not only Malaysians. Most other citizens won't be aware of the difference of one breed to another, say a russian blue to a BSH cos they are not immersed in 'cat culture'. I had to educate my partner regarding the different sorts of breeds.

so, i would like to ask, can a DLH, be entered into a cat show here? Even though it does not have any sort of certification whatsoever? please elaborate, anybody with in-depthy experience...appreciate it loads.

yes u can put them under DHL catergory.

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