Excuse me, could you tell me what kind of kits a cinnamon calico molly (with 60% white) and a gray mackerel tabby (non-dilute, with 10% white) might be able to produce?
A grey mackerel tabby cannot be non-dilute, because grey is a dilute color. Iâm going to treat this like an actual grey mackerel tabby, but if you mean something else (like a grey tabby with black stripes, for instance, which could be a couple of other non-dilute things), let me know.
Their kits will be non-red toms, red toms, non-red she-cats, and tortoiseshell she-cats. The red toms and red patches on the tortoiseshells will always be mackerel tabbies, whether theyâre genetically solid or not.Â
If the tom carries chocolate or cinnamon (unlikely, but impossible), each kit has a 50/50 chance of being chocolate/cinnamon vs. black (this obviously doesnât affect the red toms). Otherwise, every non-red kit will be black (or black-based) in color.Â
If the tom carries solid, each non-red kit will have a 50/50 chance of being solid. Otherwise, every kit will be a mackerel tabby. Remember that black > brown mackerel tabby in this instance!
If the she-cat carries dilute, each kit will have a 50/50 chance of being dilute (black > grey, chocolate > lilac, cinnamon > fawn, red/ginger > cream, tortie > blue-cream tortie, chocolate tortie > lilac-cream tortie, cinnamon tortie > fawn-cream tortie). Otherwise, all the kits will be non-dilute.
Each kit will have a 50/50 chance of being âless whiteâ (one white-spotting gene) like their father vs. âmore whiteâ (two white-spotting genes) like their mother. Technically, âless whiteâ spans anywhere from 0-60% white and âmore whiteâ is anywhere from 40-100% white. Realistically, their percentages are more likely to fall towards the middle of whichever range their genetics link to, but you can basically get away with a given kit having however much white you want (or donât want) them to have.