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RE: does every starter have a hidden fur?
Wow. That's quite a string of bad luck. The odds of getting Mom's Smokey IV are 50% (1-in-2). That puts the odds of a run of 10 at 1-in-1024 (just shy of 0.1%). That's not horribly unlikely, and we must expect it (or worse) will occur.
I want to take a moment and point out one of the rules used: the genetics for a box are set when the box appears. For offspring produced in-world or in the Cattery, this is when the box is created. For Starters, however, this is when you remove the box from the delivery package and place it in-world. Pulling it from the pack to your inventory does NOT set the genetics for Starters. When the genetics are set, the selection is from the then-current traits. For some Special Collection Starters, certain genetics are guaranteed, and only available for that Special. In this case, even if the trait value has been retired, the Starter will still carry it.
Once the box has been placed in-world or in the Cattery, the genetic payload is FIXED. It will never change. If your goal is to directly show, in the first generation, your chosen partner will either work, or it won't work, as was stated. If you goal is to expose in the second generation, any partner will do .. those that won't work in the first generation can produce offspring which will work as a breed-back for a second generation.
As to which partner is "best" .. that depends upon a number of factors such as what you have available, what you can purchase, what your goals are, and what other goals you might have for other cats, etc.
There is, however, a "worst choice" which is virtually always your worst choice .. that is a partner showing the same values. In Fabio's case, for example, if he had made the mistake of using males also showing Smokey IV, the odds, per offspring, change from 1-in-2 to 3-in-4, and his run-of-10 odds change from 1-in-1024 to about 1-in-18 (from 0.1% to 5.6%) .. in other words, he would have been AT LEAST 56 TIMES more likely to obtain the outcome shown had he made the error. Luckily (or should I say 'intentionally' since luck had nothing to do with it) he didn't make the mistake and simply had a bad couple of months.
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