What color kittens can come from a Blue Russian?

Question

My cat was a stray and now we took her in. Now she is pregnant. What other color kittens can come from her if she got together with a:white, white and black,blond, siamese or an orange cat?
these are the cats I've seen around but i don't know which one got to her. Please give suggestions for all five cats. THANKS!

Answer 1

I assume she is grey. She is not a Russian Blue...which is a purebreed of cat. She is a Domestic Shotrhair, color, grey.

Grey is a dilution of black, and many grey queens give birth to black kittens. Black is the most dominant color, so expect some of them...if not a whole litter of them.

One queen can have kittens for many toms.

SPAY HER please. There are SOO many kittens that many are euthanized due to lack of homes.

Answer 2

There is no way to know. When a female is in heat she can mate with any male that comes her way. Because of this there can be multiple fathers to one litter. Yes, this means kittens from the same litter could have different fathers, which is one reason why litters will have all different colors and markings.

Another reason kittens will have different markings is genetic histories and what colorings are in the line. Unless cats have been purebred and meticulously documented there is no way to even make a guess. Even with documentation of purebreds there still aren't ways to really predict what the kittens will look like.

Is your cat a true Russian Blue? Do you have papers and proof that she is? More then likely she is just a domestic grey cat. There are not many purebred strays running around but I guess it is somewhat possible. I would have to assume that she is just a domestic grey cat, which would mean she has an array of colorings and markings in her genetic line.

You will never know which male cat or how many fathered her kittens. You will never be able to predict what the kittens will look like.

After she has her kittens, please have her spayed! There are already so many cats and kittens that need homes and there just aren't enough of them. Have her spayed for her health and to prevent more kittens destined to life on the streets (like she was) and death from shelter or dangers on the streets.

Hope this helps.
-Brit

Answer 3

Look, they can come out -any- color. Just because the parents are a certain color, it doesn't mean the kittens will come out that color. You'd have to know all of the genetics of each of the fathering cats. A cat can have kittens from different fathers in the same litter, depending on how the fertilization process went. Those kittens could come out every color that cats come in; we don't have enough information to guestimate anywhere near accurately. Now, once she has them, you'll be able to guess what genes she's got and what she tends to throw out in the future. But for now, nobody can tell you.

Answer 4

Because your mommy cat was a stray of unknown origin, she is a domestic shorthair that happens to be blue (genetically black with a dilute modifier on the colour gene). A Russian blue is a pedigreed cat (proven ancestry) with registration papers. Many breeds, pedigreed or not, may be blue. Some people will call this "grey", although if you showed her as a Household Pet in my association following her spay, she'd be called "blue".

It is possible that more than one boy got with her and will father kittens within the same litter. Breeders only ever let one boy have access to a girl so that they are assured of the parentage of every kitten in a litter and may provide truthful pedigrees for them. If there is a doubt, we must do DNA testing on the kittens.

Here are the possible kittens you may get for each sire:

White -- White is not a colour. Think of it as an overcoat that hides the real colour of the cat. Without knowing the sire's pedigree, you can't guess at what colours he is or carries genetically. However, most of the kittens he sired be all white (NOT part white) . I would also expect black kttens with this pairing, maybe brown tabby (if he is any colour of tabby under his white) and maybe blue (if he also carries the dilute modifier). If he is red under his white, then all of his daughters will be tortoiseshell or torbie/patched tabby.

Black and White Sire -- Half of the kittens sired by this boy should have some white on them, statistically. I'd expect a lot of black and black and white kittens, unless he also carries the dilute modifier, then you could get blue or blue and white. You will not get tabbies if neither parent is tabby. Solid is recessive.

Red sire ("orange") -- ALL girls from this boy must be tortoiseshell. Expect black and brown tabby boys, black tortoiseshell and brown torbie (patched tabby) girls.

Cream sire ("blonde") -- This colour is genetically red with a dilute modifier. Because mom is dilute, you'd expect lots of dilute kittens. All girls from this boy must be tortoiseshell, too, so I'd expect blue cream (dilute tortoiseshell) girls and blue boys.

Pointed sire ("Siamese") -- Many breeds, including mixed-breed domestics can be pointed. It is a pattern, like tabby, not a breed. Pointed genes must appear on both sides of the pedigree for kittens to be born pointed. Therefore, unless mom carries the gene, you won't get any of these. The colours you will get will depend on the colour of Dad's points. Assuming his points are seal, which is dominant and genetically black, you'll get a lot of black kittens. If his points are seal lynx (tabby points), then you'll also get brown tabbies. You will not get any red or cream kittens from this dad.

The only potential father you will be able to rule in for these kittens will be:
White -- for any solid whites
Black and white -- for any kittens with white

You didn't mention coat length. Longhair (any hint of fluff on the tail) is recessive. Shorthair is dominant.

Of course, because your cats are not genetically tested, there is always the surprise of other genetic recessives, whether those be health defects that the cats carry the genes for (heart disease, hip dysplasia, luxating patella, kidney disease, incompatible blood types, etc.) or fancy colours (ie. chocolate or lilac).

Good luck!

Answer 5

any color or combination of those colors. it is even possible for her to be pregnant by more than one cat at the same time as well. they could all look completely different.

Answer 6

growing up we had 2 full blooded russian blue cats with papers 1 was a (f)smoke gray and 1 was solid black (m).the f was my cat ,her name was sister,and she lived for 17 years,she was walking through our back yard and fell over dead.