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Fluffagrams · 12-31-2016, 03:13 AM

Hybrids can appear more like Winter Whites than Campbells or vice versa, it really depends what makes up their ancestry so Margot's parents, grandparents and great grandparents could all have been Campbells for example but because there's likely to have been a Winter White somewhere in her ancestry, that is what makes her a Hybrid. Most pet shop Russians will be Hybrids regardless of what the shop labels them as.

My sister's Hybrid, who passed away recently seemed more Campbells but she changed colour from black and grey to being almost white in her first winter with us. She never changed back to her original colours fully but Hybrids can surprise you sometimes with what you actually get. Sooty was quite a healthy girl despite the risks associated with Hybrids and she was two and a half when she died. I hope that you are able to enjoy the same long life with Margot as we did with Sooty.

12-31-2016, 03:13 AM
Fluffagrams Moderator Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Bath, UK Posts: 3,640	Re: Hybrid? Hybrids can appear more like Winter Whites than Campbells or vice versa, it really depends what makes up their ancestry so Margot's parents, grandparents and great grandparents could all have been Campbells for example but because there's likely to have been a Winter White somewhere in her ancestry, that is what makes her a Hybrid. Most pet shop Russians will be Hybrids regardless of what the shop labels them as. My sister's Hybrid, who passed away recently seemed more Campbells but she changed colour from black and grey to being almost white in her first winter with us. She never changed back to her original colours fully but Hybrids can surprise you sometimes with what you actually get. Sooty was quite a healthy girl despite the risks associated with Hybrids and she was two and a half when she died. I hope that you are able to enjoy the same long life with Margot as we did with Sooty.