Comments on: Can Littermates Have Different Fathers?

By: News Report Confirms Vet Blog Answer | The Kitty Corner

News Report Confirms Vet Blog Answer | The Kitty Corner — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 03:21:29 +0000

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News Report Confirms Vet Blog Answer | The Dog Blog — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 01:11:14 +0000

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News Report Confirms Vet Blog Answer | My Awesome Pet Official Blog — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 04:45:14 +0000

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» News Report Confirms Vet Blog Answer — Sun, 24 May 2009 13:18:44 +0000

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By: Thomas' "Mom"

Thomas' "Mom" — Tue, 12 May 2009 05:51:25 +0000

We took in a pregnant stray several years ago who had been living underneath my parents’ front porch with a huge black and white feral tom. An irresponsible neighbor’s little black tom was also hanging around at the time.

She gave birth to a litter of five- four boys, one girl. As adults, it is VERY apparent that three of the kittens were the product of the massive feral tom. A fourth is likely his, but looks so much like “mom”, it’s hard to tell for sure. Number five? He’s a good 2-5 pounds smaller than his siblings, with an entirely different build, coat, temperament, and mannerisms… and a couple quirks that scream “obnoxious neighbor’s cat”. He’s also the only one with a heart defect.

(A couple years later, we took in a feral cat who also appeared to be a product of the neighbor’s cat. Lo and behold, this cat has heart issues, too.)

So, yeah… it happens.

By: serenity

serenity — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 00:11:15 +0000

this is very interesting as I have a female cat who just had a litter of kittens and yes her kittens are from two different males. Neither male are my own cat but she got out on a warmer winter day and I saw her with a few different males. when the kittens where born there were some that looked like one male ( a big black tom) and another male (black and white patched in color). She ended up having one black kitten that looks like the black male and 2 black and white kittens that looked like the other male as for the 4th kitten who knows because he is grey. My cat is pure black in color and it would seems as I have seen both males with her and the kittens that were born that she has two fathers to her littler

By: Kayla

Kayla — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 06:06:04 +0000

Our dog Fifi, just had six puppies. Fifi is a Bichon Frise (white) and Leo (male) is a minture poodle, he is blonde-apricot-caramal kind of colour, their all quite light coloured and both parents have curly hair, though a couple of puppies have straight hair at the moment….they are cute……..

By: DGM

DGM — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 19:20:26 +0000

Uh Oh….where’s Maury???

By: Glenda

Glenda — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:31:32 +0000

I didn’t realize this was possible until we adopted Lexie and Oreo, who were littermates, in 2003. No one believed us when we told them they were from the same litter. Lexie is tall and slender and primarily brown with a little black on her face, the vet says she’s a hound mix. Oreo was shorter and stockier, he was black and brown and his head and body were shaped like a Rottie.

By: Dubs and Samoa

Dubs and Samoa — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 15:19:32 +0000

We are both adopted puppies who came from “litters” that consisted of puppies that were totally unlike in color, coat, size and all aspects. Our vet says this is possibly due to having different daddies.

Mama suspects this may be the case with Samoa, but the puppies were SO different in Dubs group that she thinks they might have been totally different litters and maybe misrepresented to the Humane Society. Some looked like Pits, some like Aussies, some like Corgis. We are eventually going to have Dubs DNA test done, but are enjoying the speculation and watching her grow right now.