(05-31-2013 09:03 AM)Charles Courtois Wrote: ... (if you're working with an older starter, keep in mind that a trait that is currently retired may not have been retired when the starter was originally produced).
This only applies if the Starter is a Box which has ever appeared in-world, or in the Cattery. For accuracy, "Originally produced" should read "was first rezzed in-world, or first appeared in the Cattery."
There is a fourth option, similar to using retired traits, which works for Fur and Eyes, especially for newer breeders who may not have a lot of stock to select from: use a cat which shows a current (not retired) Genesis fur and eye trait which is recessive to your starter. The Starter is GUARANTEED NOT to hide Genesis fur and eye; so, if you see the partner's more recessive Genesis fur and/or eye, you know the offspring hides the Starter's hidden fur/eye trait and no other. Wait for the more recessive Genesis fur/eye to appear with a gender which can mate with the more dominant parent, pull a breed-back to that parent and you'll have 1-in-4 odds, per box, of getting the hidden Genesis fur/eye. In addition, that hidden, when it appears, is provably "pure" .. the hidden and visible fur/eye will be the same.
