If you clone a cat and raise the clone in the exact same way, will it be very similar?
I know this is a weird one..
I have had many cats, many. all wonderful individuals. But i have this one. She is 4 yrs now, the best cat I have ever come across, I have never been closer nor did i believe it possible to be so close to a cat. I have loved all my animals, but she is like my child. It breaks my heart and literally brings me to tears to think of losing her. I feed her organic premium cat food and she gets excellent care, but still she is a cat and I can assume I am only going to have her another ten years give or take.
If I clone her and raise the kitten in the same way with the same people and same experiences, will she be pretty similar to my cat, Cami? I know it wont be the same. I know that. and it is only a thought, good chance it wont ever happen. But I would love to her from someone who has done it. Oh and i know there is pet overpopulation spare me the lecture. I will continue adopting from shelters which is where I got her…..Im just curious. 
Thank you
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in theroy yes. but in reality that would be near immpossible to do that. It be hard to recreate her kittenhood, excpecially if you didn’t get her as a kitten. A clone is only copy. Meaning that its like a twin. They may looka like but are completly different. And again take the twin the are raised in the same envirement and have close to the same experiences and are made of the same cells. Yet they are different
I agree with Desi M. As I had heard the same thing about cloning. I would have loved to have cloned my Plum, but they said the looks might be the same, but not the personality. I’d had Plum since he was a kitten and had to put him to sleep this pass November. We were very close and that’s the way I planned it. In short, I’d had a cat before and we were not close as I had not the time and I made a commitment that the next cat would have more of my time and attention. That cat was Plum. We bonded very much. In short, give the next guy the same attention as Cami, however, don’t be disappointed if you don’t bond, but be prepared to care for the little guy anyway – you would still be the parent. Much luck. BTW, I got 3 new kittens earlier this month. So, I’m in love again.
They are still reasearching this. Cloned animals can have different personalities, I’m not sure how much if any similarity in raising is going to produce the same cat. We will just have to wait and see as more research is done. DO some research on cloning “nature versus nuture” to learn more about how close people are to answering that question.
I totally hear you. I have a cat, Bob, with extra toes, great personality, and she’s just my BABY! I am constantly catching myself thinking the same thing, saving hair and whiskers, just in case I ever decide to have her cloned someday.
I think if you raised her the same way, you might get a very similar cat out of the deal. I just worry about the bonding, it’s not going to BE Cami, you know?
I would hope that if you cloned your ‘baby’ that you would raise and love it the same, even if it wasn’t exactly the same. What I mean is, don’t resent the cloned kitty for not being exactly like the original.
Keep in mind that while kittens can be cloned, their coats are often different in color and markings.
My Bob is 11 this year, and is mostly ahead of the people in my life (first behind immediate family, pretty much) Cats don’t lie, they don’t care if you didn’t brush your teeth, they are great listeners, and the great ones never stop loving you back.
A cloned cat would be physically identical (unless the original is a tortoiseshell or calico) but it would not have the same personality. This is because a cat’s character is partly genetic and partly environmental. (Try as you might, you could never replicate every single moment of your original cat’s development.) Many of a cat’s cute antics are learned and not inherited, so the clone wouldn’t do the same amusing things that the original might have. A cloned cat would forever be living in the shadow of the original, and may never live up to expectations.
There’s a very interesting article about the pros and cons of cloning cats that you might enjoy reading.
http://www.messybeast.com/clonecat.htm
Cloning the same kitten with the same characteristics would produce a kitten close enough to your own to do you some good, however it will be a different kitten (more like a close heir) but with the same appearance and environment, raising and care, Your new Klone Kitten (trademark pending) will satisfy the feeling of lose because 80% of a cats personality is pure instinct, the constant training, playing and grooming all has something to do with making a efficient kill and preening/mating.