Maro's DNA Results are in! 😱

Hey everyone :D

Still in England, enjoying my last few days here! Sad to leave honestly, it’s been such a nice trip! The food is so gooooood. I miss Maro a lot though so I have that to look forward to when I get home.

Here’s the link to our Patreon livestream from the other day if you’d like to watch back the recording: https://youtu.be/Hdob76mjYok

It’s been really interesting getting updates from Ushka and seeing Maro get along with her two cats! Took a week or so for them to warm up to each other but now they chase each other around the house, and eat each other’s food - looks like he’s having a great time😂

Just over a month ago I submitted a DNA test for Maro. I’ve always been curious about what he’s mixed with because the place I got him from had no idea, and his birth certificate just says his parents had green eyes😅

My guess had always been Siberian, as he seems to share a lot of features with Siberian cats I’ve seen online. But turns out he’s 19% Maine Coon?! Wtf. That’s the largest cat breed and Maro is tiny! I didn’t see that coming at all. He does have massive paws but that’s the only thing about him that isn’t small really. He’s also 9% British Shorthair, 7% Persian, 6% American Shorthair, 3% Bengal, 2% Burmese and 2% Norwegian Forest Cat. The rest is made up of general categories of cat breed that couldn’t be specifically determined.

He also had his DNA tested for any health markers that could predict possible disease in the future and luckily he was clear for everything besides one marker for a blood clotting disease, but apparently that’s only a worry if he’s going to have babies and not something that would affect Maro himself.

They offered a dental risk assessment as well, and besides a medium risk for “bad breath” Maro didn’t have any signs of dental disease. That’s a relief, I was a little worried because he hasn’t been letting me brush his teeth properly recently, need to try to get back into that😅

Overall, really interesting report! They’ll be constantly updating his information as they gather more DNA and learn more, so might be some more details about his breed and health available in the future.

It was super easy to swab his mouth and send off, I’m so glad I did it! Really recommend the company if you’re interested in learning about your cat - I’ll leave the link to their page here:

Basepaws DNA Tests

Anyways I’m off to do some more tea shopping before I head back, and I’ll probably be back in Japan next time we chat! Bye for now! ☕️