When I was a little girl, I loved to read. One of the books that caught my eye was the first book of the series "Catwings" by Ursula K. Le Guin. When I was little, I read my copy of the first book in the series until it was practically falling apart. The series is about a litter of kittens born to a normal cat, but there's something different about these kittens. They have wings and can fly. Now that my little cousin is old enough to read, she loves the book, too, and now that I play Lioden, I've gotten back into the book. I know we already have wing decors, but they're not what I'm imagining. And yes, I'm anticipating having to remove this post because people don't like it, just like all my other mutation suggestions. *eyes the small pile in the corner of the room*

Cats having wing-like appendages is a real-life thing. I'm not sure if there has ever been a documented case in lions, but we have mutations based on extinct animals, and we have blue lions, so we can smudge the line of reality a little for this. For the purpose of the mutation, I will reference the genetic mutation, as opposed to the other two causes; badly matted fur and taxidermy.

In cats, the name of the genetic mutation is "Feline Cutaneous Asthenia", and there are two kinds. the first type is the result of a Dominant allele, and the second is the result of two recessive alleles and is found only in Siamese cats. Only the recessive version is usually lethal on its own. Perhaps to simulate this, there would be two variations of the mutation that are indistinguishable. Type One would be non-lethal, and Type Two would be lethal. A cub born with FCA alone would have the non-lethal variant. However, a cub born with FCA and at least one Siamese marking would have a 50/50 chance of either variant, while an FCA cub with at least one siamese marking and a Cream CounterShaded Light or a Cream Solid Light base has a 75% chance of the lethal variation, and a cub with those three things and blue-type eyes is guaranteed to have the lethal variation.

The mutation would be passable from a lion or lioness with the non-lethal variation, with a roughly 50% pass rate. However, for those of you worried that it would make breeding too easy, fear not. Simply read to the end and you will know that even with a high pass rate, breeding these unique beauties won't be as easy as one may think.

Some cats with FCA can move their 'wings' when they wish, and others cannot.

FCA is a rare, inheritable skin disease that affects the cats' skin by changing the elasticity and stretching of the skin, and causing improper healing. Cats wit FCA can not be picked up by the scruff of the neck, as this may cause the skin to tear away. Often, at about two months of age, playing with other kittens starts to involve teeth and claws, which can tear into the abnormally soft skin of kittens with FCA. Injuries often heal rapidly but leave more scars than would normally be expected. Rarely, joint issues can result from the disease.

Perhaps at around two months old, cubs with either version of the mutation could start gaining scars. If the variant is non-lethal, the scars continue throughout the individual's life, and perhaps they would act like the cub art on nursing lionesses and not decor, not showing up on the decor list and unable to be removed. The scars would also be layered under all decor. The scars would be thin, white, and criss-cross the lion's body, slowly gaining more as they grow older. Lions with this mutation would be unable to hunt. Perhaps the cubs with the lethal variant could survive to six or seven months before dying of something like skin trauma.

Now, about the lions with what I have been calling the "non-lethal variant". While their deaths wouldn't be guaranteed at a certain time, they would still have a slight risk of death each Roll Over. I am talking a very low risk of death, and for a lioness with FCA, even if she was a brood mother, or not assigned a job, life would not be easy. Cub training could kill even a protected cub, as their delicate skin could tear and they would be unable to stop the bleeding. A lioness with FCA could be badly injured during breeding, occasionally resulting not in the pitter-patter of tiny paws, but in the death of the lioness, the risk increasing with every breeding attempt. The lioness cannot be fed a Black Stallion, and therefore the game's Random Number Generator and the fertility of the lioness will be the only deciding factors in breeding attempts. In addition, all lionesses with FCA have Low fertility or below. Even if breeding is successful, the pregnancy is not without its risks, and each rollover could result in unfortunate news, including the birth date. nursing her cubs after two months can also become dangerous to your females, due to the claws and teeth of the cubs.

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