Oriental Shorthair Kittens for Sale Singapore

It can look surprising — two solid, fully coloured Oriental Shorthair parents producing a seal point kitten — but genetically it is perfectly straightforward. The colourpoint pattern is caused by a single recessive gene (called the cs gene). Every Siamese carries two copies of it, which is why the whole body "fails" to develop colour except at the coolest points.

A solid-coloured Oriental Shorthair can carry one copy of this gene without showing any pointing at all — the solid colour simply hides it. So a "solid" parent can quietly pass the cs gene on. When both parents are carriers, a kitten can inherit a copy from each side, and one in four kittens on average will be born pointed — seal point, blue point, chocolate point or lilac point.

So, are those kittens Oriental Shorthairs genetically? Yes — completely. A pointed kitten from Oriental Shorthair parents shares exactly the same DNA, body type, bloodline and pedigree as its solid siblings. The only difference is that it inherited two copies of the recessive cs gene instead of one or none. Genetically, it is an Oriental Shorthair expressing the colourpoint pattern; for registration and competition, however, cat associations classify by what the coat looks like, so the kitten is registered as a purebred Siamese. Nothing about its breeding, health or pedigree changes — only the register it is written into.