Good breeders know which cat to choose to produce a healthy kitten. Your cat might be peeing on your bed because the litter in the litter box feels uncomfortable. Place the litter box in the bedroom. Moving the litter box closer to where your cat is peeing may stop the pee problem. Inbreeding has a tendency to set undesirable features as well as desirable features and should only be done by an experienced breeder.
Inbreeding could lead to smaller litter sizes, immune deficiencies, increased incidences of congenital abnormalities or cats that fail to grow to a normal, full size. In the wild, in feral cats for example, male kittens grow into big fertile tomcats and forcibly mate with their own mothers, producing inbred kittens. Once a male kitten reaches sexual maturity, testosterone takes over and his mother is just another potential mate.
And when they are doing something as private as elimination, sharing the same litter box can be stressful for some cats. For instance, those with small legs and flat faces are at risk of suffering from kidney diseases, cancer, and joint problems. Responsible breeders carry out selective breeding which combines inbreeding with mating different cats. This is a safer way of harnessing the benefits of inbreeding while still avoiding its negative effects.
White cats come about because of the presence of a rare gene that hides every other color. This is the precise reason these adorable kitties are very rare.
If cats are anything like tigers, getting a feline with a white coat can only happen via inbreeding for generations. So, yes, white cans can be inbred. Most inbred cats turn out well.
Some of them actually have double strengths because of inbreeding. The issue is those that are victims of inbreeding for generations. The limited genetic pool can pose problems. This redundancy is what causes physical and behavioral issues in cats. Sometimes, feral colonies would be isolated for long periods.
This is either because the cats are in a remote location or because of neutered mates in the region. Improve this answer. Community Bot 1. Since the cat is would no longer be living with family members it couldn't engage in more incest. Outside of further incest the genetics of the current kitten are no worse for any future kittens it may produce. Generally I support sterilization due to pet over-population, but I don't think the incest is a factor in that decision.
Also, you should really replace the word 'chromosome' with 'gene' throughout your answer, as genetics are recombined on the level of genes, not entire chromosomes. It's not as big a deal, I agree, also since mate finding isn't random among pets, but every bit helps. Good point on the genes btw. JAD But it only gives half of it's genetic material to the next generation. So it doesn't matter if it has duplicates, it only gives one to the next generation. On a population-genetics level, it still has an impact because it disturbs the Hardy Weinberg equilibrium.
Then again, arguably, the effect of a single kitten is like a drop in the ocean. Also, it turns out that "Hardy Weinberg equilibrium" is exactly the answer to something I was casually thinking about a month ago, which I never got around to looking up, so thank you.
Show 1 more comment. Inbreeding Inbreeding can be a problem, but in this case it probably isn't because it's only one time. If you do adopt a cat with genetic defects, please do neuter them.
Featured on Meta. Now live: A fully responsive profile. Linked 1. Related 4. Hot Network Questions. Good breeders know which cat to choose to produce a healthy kitten. However, there are a lot of risks involved when it comes to inbreeding — even for skilled breeders, but most especially for the accidental ones. When very closely related cats for example brother and sister, mother or son, or even half-siblings mate, the risk of genetic defects increases: inbred cats are more likely to have immune deficiencies, congenital abnormalities, and have inherited diseases.
For animals, including cats, how effective their immune system is dependent on their genetic diversity. Cats born from parents who are genetically very similar have less ability to fight diseases — even those that usually have little to no effect on a normal cat. Thankfully for accidental inbreeding between cats, hope is not lost. Generally, for cat siblings, depending on how they were conceived in the first place, could be pretty genetically different.
Most kittens, especially those born from strays usually have different fathers. Sometimes, even kittens who have the same parents cave inherited random gene combinations — unless, of course, if they were identical twins. The best preventive measure for inbreeding is sterilization. Cats often times come of age unexpectedly.
Some reaching sexual maturity as early as 4 months old.
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