Napoleon Kitten -Black changeable with gold eyes

!±8± Napoleon Kitten -Black changeable with gold eyes

This is a gorgeous solid black Napoleon kitten with huge copper eyes, and they will get more and more copper as she gets older, and COAT, real nice silky coat that is non-matting style. She is a rughugger, I hate that term but people understand it, so I use it, it means REALLY short legs. I was going to keep this little girl for my breeding program but you you just can't keep them all. I have a cat of similar breeding and I can guess that this girl will not be a big cat, maybe 5 pounds full grown. ANyone who gets her will have a beautiful little Napoleon, no runny eyes!

Napoleon Kitten -Black changeable with gold eyes

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The Good and Bad of Keeping Rabbits As Pets

!±8± The Good and Bad of Keeping Rabbits As Pets

What is any softer or more cuddly that a rabbit? Absolutely nothing! They are some of the cutest creatures on earth. Besides the many hours of enjoyment one can get from a rabbit, they can actually be house trained. A wood chip lined cage and even a kitty litter box will make a great rabbit lavatory.

Everyone knows what a rabbit is as we all have seen them. Not a lot of people are enticed to adopt them as a pet. They need little care like some other pets. After all, dogs are needy, cats are aloof and temperamental, and others are just plain boring.

Rabbits are very unpredictable creatures but extremely entertaining animals. They are natural little snoops and want to investigate anything they happen around them. Becoming familiar with their surroundings make them calm and comfortable. Their care is low maintenance and only your understanding of their behaviors is required.

Now let's delve into the reason why rabbits can be the worst pets possible. Ever notice those nice little incisors sticking out of their mouths? Well, rabbits like to use them and they are good at it too. Cables and cords can be shredded to pieces that are unrecognizable. Any type of material can be targeted and wood is not spared. The damage these munchkins can do in a short period of time is unbelievable.

Another negative is the amount of money involved for their care. Besides the cost of the rabbit, you will need a cage, a dispenser for water, and some chew toys. Treats are always nice along with food for their regular diet. And even if your pet rabbit were to fall deeply in love with you, you are not a rabbit. They want companionship of their own breed. So now the cost doubles.

Rabbits don't care who you are and they won't come when called. They simply co-exist in the same place that you do. Are you sure you still want one?

The Good and Bad of Keeping Rabbits As Pets

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The Purrfect Pets - How Selective Breeding of Cats Works

!±8± The Purrfect Pets - How Selective Breeding of Cats Works

The concept of selective breeding was first discovered in the mid 1800 by the Austrian monk by Johann Mendel. He put forth two "laws" that fell into obscurity until their rediscovery in the early 1900s.

Mendel's first law stated that if two parents of pure strains are crossed and they differ in only one trait for which one has two dominant factors (his word for genes) and the other has two recessive factors, all the offspring of the first generation will display the dominant factor trait. For example, the crossing of a true breeding black coated parent and a true breeding blue coated parent will result in a black coated kitten, Black is dominant over blue.

The second law states that crossing of the offspring will then produce variety in that same trait. Some will look like each of the grandparents in terms of that trait and some will look like neither. Therefore, some of the next generation will have black coats, some blue coats and some will have other coloured coats.

We know today that all features of any cat or any living creature for that matter, are controlled by genes, which are situated on chromosomes. When fertilization takes place, the sperm cell from the male unites with the egg cell from the female and the chromosomes of the created offspring are arranged in pairs. Half of each pairs comes from the father, while the other half comes from the mother. Thus, the newly created animal is given its genetic programming, its features have been determined.

Breeders attempt to produce Kittens with top show potential by continuing the best features of the parents and improving on other features. They can concentrate entirely on the esthetic qualities, because the usefulness of the animal in terms of function need not be considered. Whereas breeders of other animals may also consider "abilities" or purpose of what the offspring is to be used for such as race horses, beef cattle, working dogs where appearance many not be the number one reason.

New Breeds and varieties are established in one of 3 ways.
Mutation-such Cat breeds as the Sphynx, American Wirehair, Cornish Rex and Devon Rex are examples. Mutations are impossible to predict, but when they occur, they are passed onto subsequent generations like any other gene.

Recombination of Mutant Genes-this generally gives us new color varieties rather than entirely new breeds. It is how breeders eventually developed a dozen varieties of the Burmese Cat.

Ongoing Selection of the Polygenes-also known as the quantitative genes, to produce the desired characteristic. No mutation is involved, only the selection for further breeding of the members from each new generation that best demonstrates the desired characteristics. The Siamese was a man-made process for many generations.

Mutation can explain the fact that kittens of domestic cats are born domestic. With most wild species, the domestication process must be repeated with each new generation. Another important term in breeding is "inbreeding". This in itself, is neither good not bad. It is simply a process.

Breeders commonly use inbreeding to purify bloodlines, such as breeding the best to the best to get closer to that "ideal" cat. Inbred offspring resemble each other more with each new generation. But with inbreeding, caution must be exercised to ensure that no harmful recessive trait is brought out. For example in some animals, temperament, poor confirmation.

If a Cat Breeder wanted to obtain long haired kittens with point coloring, they would breed a "purebred" longhair ie. black and cross it with a pointed shorthair ie. Siamese. The genes for the black color and short hair are dominant and so all of the kittens will have these characteristics. However, all of the kittens will also have genes for point coloring and long hair. Than, if some of these kittens are crossed, the next generation could include cats with various permutations of the four characteristics (black/point/long haired/shorthaired), including some of the desired longhaired cats with the point coloring.

You will often hear the words "Homozygous" which means breeding true. Heterzygous is "mixed" or considered the "recessive" gene. As you first experiment with your breeding, you may note that some of your litters are consistent, others are not as they will contain both of the above dominant and recessive genes. However, as you continue to mate some of the selected offsprings, this is when "selective breeding" will bring out the desired feline offsprings.

The Purrfect Pets - How Selective Breeding of Cats Works

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Diamond Dove - The Pet Bird That Doesn't Talk Back (Or Bite!)

!±8± Diamond Dove - The Pet Bird That Doesn't Talk Back (Or Bite!)

The popularity of keeping parrots as pets has overshadowed the other available pet bird species, species that make endearing pets that are often simpler to care for, and can be highly entertaining when given the opportunity.

The Diamond Dove is one such bird.

Diamond Doves are the size of parakeets, or budgerigars for those of you in Britain. These birds can live anywhere from five to twenty years old.

The beautiful wild color variation is the most commonly found, with the males bluish-gray on the heads, necks, back, and wings, white tails, white spots on the wings, and a well-defined orange ring around each eye. The female of this color variation has more brown on her head, neck, and wings, and a less well-defined orange eye ring, but is beautiful none the less.

Diamond Doves come in a wide variety of color variations, from the wild type to cinnamon, silver, silver-blue with white tails, soft yellow, to a gorgeous pure white.

The sound the doves make is a gentle 'coo-coo' with the male being somewhat louder during courtship. My female dove Emma's 'coo-coo' is somewhere between a coo and a beep. Diamond Doves are never obnoxiously loud, as so many parrot species are.

Diamond Doves are highly sociable birds always happiest when in the company of their own kind. But these birds are also highly prolific. If you do not want a flock of tiny doves, then purchase only one bird. Be patient and the dove will bond with you in a few weeks' time.

My dove follows me around the house each morning. When she can't find me I hear her coo-coo. I call her name and then mimic her coo. I soon hear a flutter of wings as she arrives. I have to be careful not to step on her when she follows me around because Diamond Doves are ground-feeding birds. They spend a lot of time poking about the floor or the bottom of their cage.

The best cage for Diamond Doves should be long rather than high so the birds can fly from perch to perch. A cage two feet by two feet can house a single pair of doves. The birds will even breed in a cage this size.

Remove any wire mesh on the floor of the cage. Your bird or birds will want to peck after fallen seed or grit, or simply sit on the floor from time to time.

Feeding a Diamond Dove is simple. A diet of mixed finch seed with plenty of millet mixed with a vitamin powder will do, with the occasional treat of greens or egg crumbles. Be sure to provide a bowl of grit because doves need grit to crush seeds. Fresh water should always be available. You can also provide a cuttle bone for calcium, but I find doves get plenty of calcium from their grit. The choice is yours.

Diamond doves have individual personalities best seen when the bird is kept singly in a cage and when bonded with you, much like house cats. He or she may be a fussbudget, a mother hen, aggressive, nosy, laid back, always on the go, or any combination of the above.

Diamond doves can be trained to step onto hand-held perches and even come when called. My dove Emma knows her name and even her nickname ('munchkin bird'). She knows how to nag me into opening her cage and, once out, will often perch on the edge of my laptop while I write, if not on my shoulder. When feeling demonic, she pecks at the keys while I am trying to work. I shoo her off and then she retreats to the houseplants, where she pokes about in the dirt.

Parrots are wonderful birds. But if you are looking for a smaller, quiet, and easier to care for feathered companion, but still a lot of fun, then you owe it to yourself to get better acquainted with the lovely Australian charmer the Diamond Dove.

Diamond Dove - The Pet Bird That Doesn't Talk Back (Or Bite!)

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