Ok, confused.. at first glance I did think the cats had the same ID#.. is the Apple eyed cat from both pedigrees 'Argos', or are they different cats?
On the Apple eyed cat that was test bred, the hidden has been revealed, and is Ody Bell or more recessive, meaning he does not hide Nebula.
Let me try to illustrate how I am reading the pedigree, what each cat hides, and why this pedigree is not a proof of the relationship between Apple and Nebula eye colors...
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We start back with 'Silver' (Pewter eye shown) bred to 'Nebula' (Nebula eye Shown).
They produced an Apple-eyed offspring.
This tells us that 'Silver' must hide Apple eye, and passed Apple eye to 'Apple' (not sure if this is 'Argos', so I'll refer to him as 'Apple' for now).
We don't know at that stage if 'Nebula' passed her shown eye color (Nebula), or her hidden recessive eye color (?).
Next, 'Apple' is bred to 'Fluffy' (Ody Bellini eye shown) in hopes of pulling/revealing his hidden eye color.
We know already that Ody Bell is more recessive than both Apple and Nebula eyes... so if 'Apple' hides and passes Nebula eye color, it will be the shown eye color of the resulting kitten.
Now, to the final kitten, which shows Ody Bellini eye color.
We know that one of the parents (likely 'Fluffy') passed that kitten Ody Bellini eye.
We also know that the kitten's hidden eye color has to be Ody Bell or a more recessive (?).
Since Apple is Dominant to Ody Bellini, we can conclude that "Apple' passed his hidden eye, not his shown. Since Nebula is also Dominant to Ody Bell, we can be certain that the hidden eye color that was contributed by 'Apple' is not Nebula, but is either Ody Bell or an eye more recessive than Ody Bell.
Because 'Apple' did not inherit Nebula eye, this pedigree can not help us in proving the relationship between Apple and Nebula eye colors.
Again, lovely cats regardless. If there are other kittens from the 'Silver' x 'Nebula' pairing that show either Apple or Nebula eye colors, they are certainly worth test mating to see what they hide.
