Ooh! This looks super fun! Can’t wait to see more! One thing I want to note that you did not mention is that when the silver gene is applied to a solid non-tabby cat, the cat becomes smoke, which is probably what you’d use for cats like shadedmoon. I just wanted to point that out in case you didn’t know. Anyways, can’t wait to see how everyone turns out!
Hey! Here to say spotted and ticked are different! Ticked makes a cat have less stripes with a Ta/ta have stripes on there legs, tails, and face and a Ta/Ta only having face stripe Spotted is the same thing as mackerel just broken up! So spotted and mackerel are the exact same gene!
I'm gonna point out that siblings pretty much do not affect each other genetically. Only parents, grandparents, etc etc matter, so siblings should not be prioritized over one another in the litter. Also, the spots in ticked do not work that way. Ticked is for cats that are technically tabby but show it more like a gradient. Ta/ta puts stripes on the face, legs, and tail. ta/ta is a normal tabby. The gene you're thinking about is the broken/spotted gene, which I will put below the next point out. Are you simplifying colorpoint into one thing? That is completely reasonable, it is what I do, but there are technically 3 variables of colorpoint which are on the same level as each other. cs/cs is siamese, cs/cb is mink, and cb/cb is sepia. The order of solid>colorpoint>albino is correct apart from that. The spotted gene is sort of what you described as being ticked but a bit different and possibly a bit outdated but it's a simplified version of reality so I still use it. Sp/Sp is normal tabby, Sp/sp is broken tabby (still striped but with breaks in the stripes), and sp/sp is a spotted tabby. A cat can have ticked and broken/spotted at the same time.
Thank you for the information! I know that siblings don’t effect each other, the sibling priority thing is a personal rule for myself. If I had to make a choice between which sibling to make closer to their canon design, I’d choose the older one. Making up an imaginary example on the spot: one parent has b1/b1 cinnamon, and the second parent has B/? black. But their offspring are a chocolate cat who is first in the litter and a cinnamon cat who is last in the litter. I would have to choose to give the second parent either b or b1. I would use eldest priority to give the second parent a recessive b. Sacrificing the youngest’s sibling’s cinnamon. I did not know that spotted and ticked are separate things. I’ll remember make it it’s own trait! And yep I am simplifying all the colourpoints into one, I preferred having them simplified. Once again thank you for the feedback!
Ooh! This looks super fun! Can’t wait to see more! One thing I want to note that you did not mention is that when the silver gene is applied to a solid non-tabby cat, the cat becomes smoke, which is probably what you’d use for cats like shadedmoon. I just wanted to point that out in case you didn’t know. Anyways, can’t wait to see how everyone turns out!
Awww I’m super super excited for this series!! I’m very interested to see what you come up with :3
Hey! Here to say spotted and ticked are different!
Ticked makes a cat have less stripes with a Ta/ta have stripes on there legs, tails, and face and a Ta/Ta only having face stripe
Spotted is the same thing as mackerel just broken up! So spotted and mackerel are the exact same gene!
Only just now realized that I am a male calico.
I am rare >:3
Anyways, super excited about this. I hope my design doesnt get massacured
I'm gonna point out that siblings pretty much do not affect each other genetically. Only parents, grandparents, etc etc matter, so siblings should not be prioritized over one another in the litter.
Also, the spots in ticked do not work that way. Ticked is for cats that are technically tabby but show it more like a gradient. Ta/ta puts stripes on the face, legs, and tail. ta/ta is a normal tabby. The gene you're thinking about is the broken/spotted gene, which I will put below the next point out.
Are you simplifying colorpoint into one thing? That is completely reasonable, it is what I do, but there are technically 3 variables of colorpoint which are on the same level as each other. cs/cs is siamese, cs/cb is mink, and cb/cb is sepia. The order of solid>colorpoint>albino is correct apart from that.
The spotted gene is sort of what you described as being ticked but a bit different and possibly a bit outdated but it's a simplified version of reality so I still use it. Sp/Sp is normal tabby, Sp/sp is broken tabby (still striped but with breaks in the stripes), and sp/sp is a spotted tabby. A cat can have ticked and broken/spotted at the same time.
Thank you for the information! I know that siblings don’t effect each other, the sibling priority thing is a personal rule for myself. If I had to make a choice between which sibling to make closer to their canon design, I’d choose the older one. Making up an imaginary example on the spot: one parent has b1/b1 cinnamon, and the second parent has B/? black. But their offspring are a chocolate cat who is first in the litter and a cinnamon cat who is last in the litter. I would have to choose to give the second parent either b or b1. I would use eldest priority to give the second parent a recessive b. Sacrificing the youngest’s sibling’s cinnamon.
I did not know that spotted and ticked are separate things. I’ll remember make it it’s own trait!
And yep I am simplifying all the colourpoints into one, I preferred having them simplified.
Once again thank you for the feedback!