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To: Red Badger

I’ve read and have been told that male calicos are born sterile. True/Not True?


4 posted on 04/27/2023 7:10:47 AM PDT by BlackbirdSST (Trump or Bust! Long live the Republic.)
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To: BlackbirdSST
I’ve read and have been told that male calicos are born sterile. True/Not True?

If they have Kitty Klinefelter's Syndrome (XXY), that is likely true.
7 posted on 04/27/2023 7:14:10 AM PDT by Dr. Sivana ("If you can’t say something nice . . . say the Rosary." [Red Badger])
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To: BlackbirdSST

True.

If it’s fertile, it’ll be worth a fortune.


11 posted on 04/27/2023 7:18:51 AM PDT by Professional Engineer (Looks like I'll have to buy the White Album again.)
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To: BlackbirdSST

A local vet had a sign up that said she’d neutered one. I imagine that breeding them would result in some undesirable characteristics.


16 posted on 04/27/2023 7:24:10 AM PDT by gundog (It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
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To: BlackbirdSST

Well, XYY or XXY humans are generally fertile, but some produce more abnormal sperm, which is a big cause of infertility. So I would think it’s probably about the same with cats. Some will be sterile, not directly because of the extra chromosome, but because of the sperm abnormalities that sometimes accompany it.


19 posted on 04/27/2023 9:24:20 AM PDT by Boogieman
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