What are the BB, BS and BC abbreviations in LaPerm pedigree names?
These abbreviations stand for Born Bald, Born Straight and Born Curly and describe the three coats types of LaPerm kittens. LaPerm breeders put these abbreviations into their kittens’ names in order to keep track of the way that the LaPerm gene is manifesting itself so that the best coats can be selected. BB kittens are less common than they were in the early days of the breeding program and may possibly have less stable coats as adults. Those kittens which are born bald go on to develop their curly coats. Many kittens will have a heavy molt at some point in their development. A kitten born with a straight coat is almost always a variant without the LaPerm gene, but there have been very occasional exceptions where what appeared to be a straight coat has been molted and grown back curly.
