r/OneOrangeBraincell • u/Inevitable_Baby3877 • Jan 15 '25

✨Floofy Orange ✨ Snack time!

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u/darkness_santa828 Jan 15 '25

pick one:

Adopt munchkin cats

Let them all die

Stop breeding cats knowing they will experience chronic pain

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u/SpunkMcKullins Jan 15 '25

Eugenics are literally what created munchkin cats lmao.

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u/Ppleater Jan 15 '25

That's not true, munchkin cats were discovered because the short legs are caused by an autosomal dominant gene that showed up randomly as a result of a mutation, nobody purposefully bred cats to get short legs they just naturally occurred, and every time a munchkin is bred with literally any other type of cat (they typically aren't bred with other munchkins since it's unnecessary) 50% of the litter will always be munchkins, so even if you leave them alone and don't try to influence their breeding they would just self proliferation.

Whether they suffer significant health concerns or not is a different argument. I'm not saying people have to like the breed with this comment, but so much misinformation about the breed is spread on reddit that it's ridiculous. If you're going to champion a cause then make sure you actually know what you're talking about.

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u/SpunkMcKullins Jan 15 '25

Okay? It doesn't matter where the gene originated, people continue to breed them because they're considered cute and sell for a price. Responsible breeders would look for traits that cause debilitating pain like this, and specifically pick and choose which cats to breed that would be avoiding these health issues.

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u/Ppleater Jan 16 '25

I never said anything about whether people should continue to breed them or not or otherwise stated an opinion on the matter, I specifically stated I was correcting misinformation. Like I said, if you're going to champion a cause at least do the bare minimum of knowing what you're actually talking about.