Please Be Carefull !!

[dakillakm Resident]

(04-30-2013 02:10 PM)PiperK Resident Wrote:  Quite honestly, this thread had made me go rename all my boxes in my shops to say nothing about hiding anything. I name some boxes with what they could be hiding but I don't specify *could*. Example:

? 3T:: Hiding StrawBellini/Twinkly/Ody1/PerfPlushWhisk

Fur: Siamese - Blue
Eyes: Passion (Shape: Curious | Pupil: Big)
Shade: Natural
Tail: Genesis
Ears: Genesis
Whiskers: White (Shape: Guitar)
Size: Normal

Pedigree: http://kittycats.biz/p.php?e24a5a5b-983690-51282
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MOM: Rose
Fur: Siamese - Blue
Eyes: Changing Leaf (Shape: Curious | Pupil: Small)
Shade: Natural
Tail: Genesis
Ears: Odyssey No. 1
Whiskers: Silver (Shape: Plush)

DAD: Derrick
Fur: Russian - Black
Eyes: Passion (Shape: Curious | Pupil: Big)
Shade: Natural
Tail: Genesis
Ears: Genesis
Whiskers: White (Shape: Guitar)

Baby is showing Dad's eye, Mom's hidden is Strawberry Bellini. Dad has no shade but Mom has Twinkle in the BG. Baby has gen ears like Dad but Mom has Ody 1 ears. Mom has Plush Whiskers and Dad/Baby have the same. Does this mean I'm wrong? The kitty could be hiding Changing Leaf as it is more dom than the Strawberry Bellini but I picked to put that there cause if someone has a S.Bellini and wants to pair it with that kitty above, there's a chance it will come out. I try to go back to the grandparents of the Mom/Dad to see what they have or what they could have passed before I name my boxes. If it's a kitty I bought and then bred with another, I honestly think pedigrees should be automatically enabled. That way, if I want to look at one of the kitties I bought great-grandpa, I can to determine what *might* be there. It would be easier. I have encountered people who refused to enable those pedigrees. They flat out told me "No". I want to see what a kitties great-grandparent has, what it passed to the kitty or what it *could* have passed.

Everyone definitely names their kitties different! For illustrative purposes I thought maybe I would just put what I would have named your example kitty.

"3T Hides RussBlack+/ChangingLeaf+/OdyNo.1+/PlushWsks "

For me, I like to ere on the side of caution/most likely possibitlity. I put the "+" to show that it's Changing Leaf or better (I think I picked this up from Liriel and/or some other breeders I saw listing their boxes this way). I put OdyNo.1+ because I wasn't sure if mom was maybe hiding something better or not.

I am by no means saying this is the "right" way, just "a" way. I can totally relate to your explanation and understand the difficulty trying to convey the really fun back ground while relating the facts of the matter in just a few characters! I agree with what Noc said, to me it's better to name with caution and anyone diligent enough to look at the pedigree and understand will see all the cool stuff back there.

This makes me wish there was just an option for people to see a "note" about the cat when they click on it. That way we could convey more info (along the lines of the "notes" about a kitty and it's background you give to auctioneers) with just a click!