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When I first began breeding chocolates back
in 1998, I knew about the cinnamon gene that was at the
same locus as well, and the thought did cross my mind " I
wonder what a cinnamon Persian or Exotic would look
like?" But at that stage I was fully
committed to my chocolates, still learning about them and
still trying to get some reasonable type into my
cats. I knew I didn't have either the energy or
the room for the extra cats that would be needed for another
colour programme.
In 2003 however, I did write a breeding programme
for them, in anticipation of one day , some day, having a go
at it. Then a couple of years later several things happened
that would bring the programme
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2005 saw the advent of feline DNA testing, firstly
for PKD and then quickly followed by several coat colour
tests as well. In 2006, it became possible to DNA test
for the three alleles of the black gene. And in November 2006,
a little cinnamon kitten was born.
Atacat Ustinov
was a cinnamon Mandalay, which in our New Zealand
registry is a solid colour (non pointed)
Burmese. It was the first time I had
really gotten close up to the cinnamon colour and just like my
ongoing love affair with chocolates, it was again love at
first sight.
The time was right to make a start.
Early in 2007, I applied to the NZCF for approval
for an experimental breeding programme to produce Cinnamon
Exotics and Persians, and once approval came through, I
was lucky enough to be able to buy this boy whom I
named "Sinbad".
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Mother Rose (cinnamon) and baby
Sinbad
WE were
underway!
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Showing all the colours in the Mandalay litter - a
blue, a cinnamon,(Mother Rose), a chocolate, and an ebony
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Sinbad as a young adult cat - a bright cinnamon gold in
colour.
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THE FIRST GENERATION.
October 2007
In the Spring of 2007,
Sinbad was mated to two different
girls of completely different pedigrees. Sinbad carried Cb,
the Burmese pointing gene, which I wanted to "lose' as quickly
as possible, so DNA testing again was again a major factor in
selecting the next generaton.
The first mating was to my
solid chocolate Persian,
Ch Rosimorn Apple Tart ( Abby)
and in October 2007, Abby
had six babies, - five chocolates and one
colourpoint. (CsCb)
Cs=Siamese/Himi colourpoint , Cb=
Burmese colourpoint
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I DNA tested the 3 chocolate girls for
the CP gene and I was lucky that one
girl carried neither the Cs or the Cb gene. I named
her Rosimorn Lulubelle. (
Lulu)
Click HERE
to see other photos of this litter
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Sinbads second mating was to a girl with a
totally different pedigree. Furrallover
Imogene Cocoa was a stunning brown classic
tabby persian girl with enormous copper eyes. She had four
babies in January 2008. -
3 ticked tabbies, ( 2 girls
& 1 boy) and a black boy. I would have
preferred to keep a girl, but one girl was quite
obviously CsCb and DNA testing showed the other carried the Cb
gene, which I wanted to "lose" as quckly as
possible.
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So I kept the black boy and
named him Rosimorn
Usama ( Sam.) He carries Cs,
but not Cb. Click HERE
to see other photos of this litter.
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