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Norwegian Forest Cat at Stud

D.O.B. - 23rd August 2006 - Black & white carrying dilute

13th August 2009

Unfortunately Lysander has been found to carry a copy of the GSD IV gene. This is a lethal gene and if two copies of the gene are put together the kittens who carry both copies will die so we have now neutered Lysander and are currently testing his offspring to make sure that this gene is not passed on. Unfortunately we are unable to let you know which of Lysander's parents passed the copy of the gene on to him but have been told that his sister also carries a copy. (17/08/09 fortunately Lysander's breeder has seen the sense in testing Lysander's mother at least and she has come back positive for the gene.) This is a very sad time for us as Lysander is such a beautiful male and has given us some lovely kittens over the last few years. If you have any questions regarding the GSD IV gene then please don't hesitate to ask as we are happy to share our knowledge. The first good news that we've had since starting to test is that 3 of Helena's kittens have come back with negative results for the gene, which is fantastic as we were hoping that one of her kittens would be able to go for breeding and now they can. It's wonderful news that we have been able to save some of Lysander's lines to go on without the copy of the gene and we are truly grateful for that.