It is wonderful to be back. Moth looks confused to learn that she is 12% Maine Coon! Her DNA test results are back: we gave the cats DNA testing kits for Christmas, and she's the first to hear. 72% American Domestic Cat (we thought she'd be 98% that ...); 12% Maine Coon; 7% Oriental Longhair (huh?); 4% Siamese and Oriental Shorthair; 2% Siberian. I guess some of this explains why her coat has a very thick plush pile. The best news is that she doesn't carry any of 48 genetic markers that would make her predisposed to one problem or another.
Of course, we really got these so that we could see what Gramsci might be... I would not be at all surprised if he has something oriental and something spotted in his make-up ... it didn't seem fair, however, not to find out something about Mothy's genetic origins as well. We had some issues with registering Gram's test - it seemed like another client had entered the wrong numbers in the online portal, causing us to be told that the test had already been activated for a cat called Squeak ... However, all was fine in the end, but I think it'll be another couple of weeks before we learn that he's 80% ocelot, 20% teeth. Right now, he seems convinced that he's part of today's organic vegetable delivery.
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