Araucana thread anyone? - Page 607

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Lost our little bbr girl to a preditor yesterday      Think it was a feral cat.

I am so sorry.   That is heartbreaking.

Lanae

Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Lost our little bbr girl to a preditor yesterday      Think it was a feral cat.

Oh Kass, I'm so so sorry!

We had a 7 yr old hand raised Dove that a stray cat killed the 2nd day I'd let him out of his cage in the back yard. Broke my heart to find the feathers.

I'm so sorry about your girl, I know you loved her.

Stacy, I love my Brinsea. I'm anxious to see how many hatch out of 30.

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Lost our little bbr girl to a preditor yesterday      Think it was a feral cat.

Sorry for your loss. If you try and trap the cat, there are a few baits that are irresistible to even the most nervous kitties. Sardines in oil, tuna, and anchovies are all super smelly and will draw the cat in like a magnet. I used to be part of a TNR program (trap, neuter/spay, release) to help control feral cats. I caught many a feral kitty with that stuff.

Thanks for the bait info, I am going to live trap, and relocate her.

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Thanks for the bait info, I am going to live trap, and relocate her.

It is your choice ultimately. But it would be best if, instead of relocating, you just had her euthanized. You see, she knows how to find food in your area, where shelter and water are. If you were to relocate her, she would likely perish from starvation. TNR feral cats I trapped were always returned to the location they were trapped at, but these were managed colonies. Plus, her life already hangs in the balance as a feral. Disease, fights, starvation, etc. tend to kill them in a few short years. I know if I trapped a cat who had a lot of scars, it was almost always going to test positive for feline leukemia, which causes a slow death, but is spread through blood and saliva, which happens during a fight.

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Originally Posted by Stacykins 

It is your choice ultimately. But it would be best if, instead of relocating, you just had her euthanized. You see, she knows how to find food in your area, where shelter and water are. If you were to relocate her, she would likely perish from starvation. TNR feral cats I trapped were always returned to the location they were trapped at, but these were managed colonies. Plus, her life already hangs in the balance as a feral. Disease, fights, starvation, etc. tend to kill them in a few short years. I know if I trapped a cat who had a lot of scars, it was almost always going to test positive for feline leukemia, which causes a slow death, but is spread through blood and saliva, which happens during a fight.

Feline leporsy is rampant in our area.  Yes disease starvation and predation are big concerns, but I was relocating to the animal shelter (pound) where at least she will be euthanized humanely.  The only gun I have is a .22 pellet gun and doubt I could shoot a cat anyway, but not sure about where to get a clean shot for instant death.  Even if I knew still doubt I could do it, and there is no way in this world my husband could or would.

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Originally Posted by KirstenJL 

 

I'm going to jump in here again, because now I've been doing Punnett squares all morning!  The only way I can get this to work out as described above is if the willow (id+) is recessive, and the yellow (Id) is dominant.  The gene notation indicates this too.  So a male willow would be id+id+ and a female yellow would be Id.  Does this make sense to anyone else?

 

Kirsten

Not all traits are simple follow Mendelian genetics with complete dominance/recessiveness so maybe the legs are inherited by some other genetic process, ie incomplete dominance, codominance, or multiple alleles, etc?

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Originally Posted by Kassaundra 

Feline leporsy is rampant in our area.  Yes disease starvation and predation are big concerns, but I was relocating to the animal shelter (pound) where at least she will be euthanized humanely.  The only gun I have is a .22 pellet gun and doubt I could shoot a cat anyway, but not sure about where to get a clean shot for instant death.  Even if I knew still doubt I could do it, and there is no way in this world my husband could or would.

Ah, that is good to hear. Sorry, I guess when I saw you say you were going to relocate, in my head it meant you were taking the cat elsewhere to be feral. Animal shelter for euthanasia is the best option. I don't think I could ever shoot a cat, either. I even got teary when I know the sick or very old feral cats I worked with were going to be put down. At least any who were former pets or not completely wild would be worked with, and eventually placed for adoption. But some cats, ones who've never had any human contact, there isn't any hope trying to work with them.

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Originally Posted by MA Mama 

Not all traits are simple follow Mendelian genetics with complete dominance/recessiveness so maybe the legs are inherited by some other genetic process, ie incomplete dominance, codominance, or multiple alleles, etc?

And sex linked genetics, can't forget those sometimes tricky buggers! A punnet square is only useful when a trait is simple dominant/recessive. Any more complicated, and well, it isn't a good option.

Kass,  so sorry to hear of your loss.  One of our sex-link hens came up missing last week and we suspect a lone Coyote that we have seen in the area.  It is always sad to lose a fluffy friend.