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    When my Siamese, Pina Colada, had her litter the kittens were born
    white and it took about 3 weeks for them to start getting their
    points.   It took some time for them to really show.  Pina took
    almost 5 years to "mature" and get to where she is today (a chunky
    happy-go-lucky furface)
                                                                    
    Gotta love em.             
    
    Linda
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|  |     As a ex-himmy breeder, I never had kittens born without points.
    Even the flame point (red on the points) kittens had points when
    they were born.  I never bred lilac or chocolate points, and I
    understand that their point colors take a little longer to come
    in.  I'ld expect you should see the points by 2-3 weeks.
    
    cin
    
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|  |     I breed Birmans, which are another breed of pointed cats.  All my
    kittens are born white, and the points on the seals start showing
    up at about 1 week of age.  The blues take a bit longer.  I have
    never had chocolates so who knows.  The points show up as "dirty"
    looking fur on ears and nose, and gradually get darker.  By about
    3 weeks, they have color on legs, nose, ears, and tails.
    
    Jo
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|  |     When we went to Stoneystream cattery to look at Ming (to see if
    she was what we wanted. Silly question) Mary the breeder had a
    new litter of lilac point kittens (2) they were 3 weeks, body color
    was very light (almost white) and their points were very strong in
    color. No doubt they were lilac points even if you didn't know it,
    what a beautiful color.
    
    Just to let you know how good I can be, picked them both up plus 
    the mother and only come home with Ming.!!!!!!! They did make a
    very strong impression on me thought.
    
    Barbara
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