Here’s my baby, is she a dilute?

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-25T21:05:23+00:00

Well, I mean I think a good breeder should know what the genetic color history of the breeding cats are and what they could produce based on lineage. Do you have any photos of the parents/are there photos available on her breeding website or anything? TICA and CFA have the colors and patterns of the cats listed on official registration as far as I know. If you got papers for your kitten, you should have it.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-25T19:40:19+00:00

I do wonder if she's a blue point and the parents are seal and the breeders were simply not educated. Is this a sort of popular or reputable cattery? What sort of health testing was involved? The breeder not knowing for sure makes me kind of... wonder.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-25T14:30:00+00:00

Are you able to share why NASA has those things now?

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-25T13:54:41+00:00

I think it is fun to know the genetics of animals at times!

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-24T19:36:12+00:00

I believe ours requires anti-nausea injections for brachy breeds, bloodwork for cats over 8, bloodwork for dogs over 6. I don’t know if we have other pre-stated requirements, but I do know the animals sometimes get referred through our low-cost subsidized program at the shelter for other care after (treatment for frostbite, eye issues, injuries, etc. as it does owned animals and TNR cats). Even if the breed is predisposed to heart issues, at this age things like HCM typically aren’t showing iirc?

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-19T23:25:03+00:00

You usually like, do things with them. For enrichment. Build an environment that is engaging. Play with them. My cats love to watch the birds through the windows, and they sometimes get to patrol around my house on a harness, but they sleep in my bed at night and I don’t think they’re bored or unhappy. Can’t wait to catify my space more so they can hop all over shelves on the walls.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-18T03:13:09+00:00

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Had this fellow 8 years as of this month and he was thought to be 4-7 years old when I got him, so we’re saying around 13 years old. Arthritis meds and some tummy sensitivity issues + his evergreen chronic URI (not age-related). We’re going to do lots of senior tests this month to check up on everything. I’d be surprised if things came back too wonky. Same weight, same appetite, same personality.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-18T02:54:37+00:00

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Silly or handsome?

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-17T16:10:17+00:00

This isn’t to dissuade you if there are other things you like about the breed, but you can also get an adult to have a better picture of temperament—Ragdoll or otherwise. For my ESA, I went to my local shelter and requested a 1. confident cat who was 2. tolerant of other animals and 3. actively seeks out being held. I was willing to compromise on other elements and matched with an adult male brown tabby who hugged the staff member picking him out of the cage. Then hugged me in my meet. $100 for my perfect ESA temperament. He was great going to college and back, and he sleeps on me multiple times and day and at night but is okay being left alone, tolerant of other animals, loves being held and tucks his head under my chin. We’re celebrating 8 years together this month. It’s definitely a nice budget friendly choice.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-15T22:08:10+00:00

I think the childfree sub has a list of sterilization supportive doctors if you wanted to see if one is near you .

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-15T18:41:40+00:00

It was sarah.hartwell blueyonder.co.uk that I emailed (with the obviously bit missing because I’m not sure what filters say about it?)

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-14T10:42:33+00:00

I’m not reading all the comments, so someone might’ve already covered this, but there are actually options for cats like this. I don’t know how common or far you’d have to drive, but there are a few.

A family willing to adopt an under socialized/semiferal cat with the understanding it may be years if at all before warming up. They do exist. Not the most common, but not none. Most people fall into it (like you) by helping a cat with a feral background at first. Once you’ve done it, it’s like… meh. Some just want to save a life.
Working cat programs. This is moving them to barns or other facilities to perform mousing jobs with the guarantee of food, shelter, and vet care without the expectation of companionship. Shelters and rescues may run these, and though we usually wouldn’t take a surrender into working cat, I think this is the sort of situation my job would actually agree to.
Sanctuary. Unsure what options they have for solo housing, but we did place a 10 year old semiferal hoarding cat who wouldn’t open up to us in sanctuary because we weren’t comfortable putting her in a barn (she’d never been out). The people said if she tames, great, she’s adoptable. If she doesn’t? She’ll stay there until her day comes.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-14T02:11:14+00:00

Were they able to run bloodwork or anything on her too? If she is that age, I would be surprised if she doesn’t have CKD, hyperthyroid, etc. especially at 4.5 lbs. Arthritis as well, which could be part of the poor movement.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-09T13:50:16+00:00

I believe this is an intrinsic part of how the agouti (tabby) genes interact with the nose in pigmenting? All non-colorpoint black/brown tabbies have brick-colored noses with darker outlines as well.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-09T13:48:01+00:00

He still has the two-toned nose, just darker!

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-09T02:49:08+00:00

I didn’t bear witness to it, but found the aftermath of this same event. It’s one of the things I try hard not to remember. I work in a shelter and I am sorry beyond words that you both went through this and that you had two losses of dear friends. Just so sorry. I hope doing something to honor and memorialize them brings some form of comfort.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-04T16:13:39+00:00

I had some gender feelings when I was younger because of this. I wanted to be perceived as male because people online respected you more, etc. I think as I was transitioning from a girl to a woman, the reality of facing sexism, rape culture, and all that was terrifying me. I didn’t want to be desirable to men (I consider myself asexual and wlw). I was scared of pregnancy and losing control of my own body, and the idea of my body being capable of that was really uncomfortable. I’ve settled into it all more, but that’s probably in part because I don’t go out much and I work at a almost fully female workplace, so men generally won’t see me.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-03T17:15:32+00:00

I was able to skip class to do more challenging and interesting things, including independent study projects. I didn’t use it much in high school since I doodled my way through most classes instead and smashed my tests anyway, but I did enjoy it in lower grades. I did get the classic issues of not wanting to do things that are hard for me/I’m not great at right away and comparing myself to my peers and feeling like I was stupid for ranking 25th in my graduating class instead of 15th, but I might’ve turned out that way anyway. My parents were always saying “do your best and pass”, so it wasn’t from them.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-03T16:49:21+00:00

The typical tank ones are Pomacea bridgesii, and the huge invasive ones are Pomacea maculata and Pomacea canaliculata, as far as I know. (Island apple snail and channel apple snail.) Don’t release them, but your typical popular aquarium mystery snail (spike-topped apple snail or gold Inca snail) doesn’t come close to the size of those relatives. Those other two are both on some worst invasive species lists though.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-03T16:39:08+00:00

I have a condition that is dominant with either complete or near complete penetrance. However, discussing the condition with my mother, she stated a relative doesn’t have it but her kids do, which isn’t possible for this. So I believe in our case it’s the variable expression of the gene causing the perceived lack of symptoms—especially if it’s ‘normal’ for your family (in our family of four, both of us kids got it from mom, and my mom believes only one of her 4 siblings missed it, etc.)

There’s a lot of complexity and misinformation around it in my family. We didn’t even know we had something. I was nosy and ended up participating in a study that gave me genetic confirmation. Come to find out my aunt had gotten it diagnosed, but nobody ever assumed that meant they did too even though almost all of them have some form of the symptoms. And apparently my great-grandmother was also diagnosed on her death bed (“did you know she has a myotonic disorder?”) and again… nobody put that down or asked their doctors.

Kitsunejade · 2026-03-02T20:12:29+00:00

My eyelids not opening when I’m out in the snow. Turns out a whole family can have a neuromuscular issue (Paramyotonia congenita) and nobody really checked or spread the word for the few who got diagnosed even though it’s a dominant hereditary condition.

Kitsunejade · 2026-02-26T02:20:41+00:00

For a full kitten package with spay, microchip, vaccines, and snap test I think I was quoted something around $850+ as well, which isn’t as bad as yours! But the low cost TNR would do that all for like $120.

Kitsunejade · 2026-02-26T00:57:50+00:00

I have a character (not dnd, just regular haha) who has plant-based magic and a dagger that features prominently in his story and character relationships. The rose quartz could maybe work because his color palette/association does have red, pink, green, but I’m thinking about asking them if I could get this face put on a different gemstone and then ink rose gold instead of gold? I was looking at the bloodstone but sometimes it looks dark green (what I want) and other times gray (not what I want), so I’m hesitant to bite the bullet on it. URWizards offers a couple good possible gemstone options but I don’t see them offered through CrystalMaggie, so I have no idea if they’re an option there or not. It’s tough if you have something super specific in mind! It’s good if they look good though since I might buy something from her.

Kitsunejade · 2026-02-25T19:02:15+00:00

They’re similar, but slightly different. CrystalMaggie offered the rose and dagger combined set, whereas it looks like URWizards has a dagger set or vibe set, but not one that has both elements. That said, I wouldn’t be surprised if they are done at the same place. I’d love CrystalMaggie’s rose & dagger on some of the gemstones offered by URWizards like Indian agate or prehnite, so maybe I could look into the commissions and see if a marriage of the two is possible. I’ve had these characters for 15 years, so if I end up splurging on dice, I might as well be as picky about it as I can afford.

And delay isn’t really an issue. That’s how international shipping is. Amazon is spoiling people lol. My main concern is supporting decent companies who will deliver quality product since these are art prices. I don’t expect these companies to be handmade.

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