I got to breeding when the moo kitty had been retired and many other breeds (especially the various colours of tux chateau) were seemingly forgotten. They're still new to me. I love the chateau grey& white No2, the red and white tabby, the aby lilac (and all abys I'd say), the cream and cream and white tabbies, black and white russians, cream and white chateau, siamese chocolate and some of the most recessive and new ones too, like the bengal tawny and the flame lynx. Pink and white with pink eyes seems a lovely combination -which also makes me wonder why if they're not new we still don't have a clearer idea of where the tux kitties fall in the dominance order, while we do with the various balis (wonder..... "pissed"....poteito...potato...).
I don't sell my kitties for now so I really breed what I want and can. I like to have 9T potential kitties and I'm heading in that direction (trying to anyway), but I don't want just any trait to fill a slot. Also, Mysterious eyes with big pupils seem really pretty to me, especially in the lighter colours, and shades don't always make my kitties prettier. It depends on a lot of things.
100L a trait seems fair to me, with an added cost for rare traits. I wish we could pin down that "added cost for rare traits" to something more concrete. Recently I've begun to think that some rare traits can also become rarer if people hold them....(yes I'm really bad when it comes to market conditions and naive when it comes to people). I can't say that's good or bad, only how I feel about it and it's not pleased. So I've become more choosy.
I also like kitties I can play with -kitties that hold mysteries, or have few traits but those traits that I love....
Not everyone breeds for high end kitties, or certainly not all the time.
Maybe we're less conspicuous, but we're out there
Getting "pissy" about the left out older breeds of kitties
