Munchkin & Scottish Fold / Bengal, Himalayan, Manx, Persian, & Siamese for sale in Nixa, Missouri

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My husband and I have combined our shared passion for extreme looks and love for cats and have started a small hobby breeding of a few of our pets. We are just getting started, please like and share our page.
-Why We Do What We Do-
In the same way that inbreeding among human populations can increase the frequency of normally rare genes that cause diseases, the selective breeding that created the hundreds of modern cat breeds has put purebred cats at risk for a large number of health problems, affecting both body and behavior. Health problems among purebreds are the product of both inbreeding and bad genetic luck. The genes responsible for many genetic diseases are recessive, which means that two copies of a damaged gene, one from the mother and one from the father, must be present in an individual for the disease to occur. Individuals that carry only one copy of the disease gene dont have the condition, and are carriers of the disease. Normally, because disease genes are relatively rare, it is unlikely that both the mother and the father will be carriers, and even less likely that theyll both give the disease gene to their offspring. But thats not the case for purebred cat breeds, where genetically similar individuals are intentionally mated, increasing the concentration of disease genes. Its like stacking a deck of cards with ten extra aces and ten extra face cards; the loaded deck increases your chance of hitting blackjack in a game of 21-but what you win might be allergies or a predisposition to cancer.
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