RE: Dominance Orders for furs, eyes & traits in Google Docs
(04-10-2012 05:26 AM)Khea Karas Wrote: Back breeding has it purposes. For example if you are trying to reveal a fur or eye of a cat that has been hiding.
However when I breed I almost always take 2 boxes of a pair and breed those until I get my desired kitty. Assuming both parents have completely different hidden & shown traits: Cat A + Cat B = Kitten C with all of A + B Traits showing &/or hidden.
Then,
Kitten C (1) + Kitten C (2) = Potentially Kitten D showing everything.
If you just back bred continually all you will get is a kitten that hides only one of the parents traits. Cat A + Kitten C = Kitten C with Cat A Traits.
Because a cat will never breed out a trait unless it has that trait or something better hidden. So even though the Kitten C has Cat B traits, Cat A does not, so therefore cannot breed it out (show) on the kitten.
Of course there are always exceptions to the rule, but this is a good starting point. With all the smart people on this forum, this is my simplified way (layman's terms lol) of explaining how to breed all those traits into your cats
