by A.M. SCHNEIDER
(AUSTRALIA)
IS WOMBAT AN OJOS AZULES?
THIS CAT WOMBAT WAS FOUND BY US AS A KITTEN IN THE MIDDLE OF A COUNTRY ROAD NEAR WINDELLAMA N.S.W. IN AUSTRALIA OVER A YEAR AGO.
HAS SHE GOT THE SAME GENETIC MAKEUP AS THE OJOS AZULES?
IS SHE MERELY AN AUSTRALIAN FERAL MOGGIE OR HAS SOMEONE BEEN IMPORTING THESE RARE AMERICAN CATS INTO AUSTRALIA AND DUMPING THEM IN THE BUSH NEAR WINDELLAMA?
HOW RARE IS A CAT THAT LOOKS LIKE THIS? AT LEAST SHE IS PRETTIER THAN THE RATHER ORDINARY KITTEN WHICH IS THE ONLY OTHER BLUE EYED SOLID PICTURED ON THIS SITE.
WE HAVE NOT DESEXED HER YET AS SHE IS KEPT INSIDE AND WE WERE NOT SURE WHETHER ANYONE ELSE WOULD BE KEEN TO BREED FROM HER. SHOULD SHE BE KEPT ENTIRE AND BRED FROM OR SHOULD WE GO AHEAD AND GET HER DESEXED?
Argo is a cutie 🙂 The red eye glow, must mean he has colour point genes somewhere in his ancestry.
Perhaps it’s worth sending Sarah Hartwell some photos of Argo as she might consider adding him to one of her articles.
Is it possible to test cats to see which gene has caused their blue eyes? Surely potential foundation cats would need to be screened to ensure their blue eyes are due to OA and not, dominant white or white spotting genes.
Apparently more genes which produce blue eyed cats (independent of coat colour) are being discovered in Asia. Perhaps we may yet make similar discoveries in other regions.