Basepaws Cat DNA Test Kit - Comprehensive Breed, Health and Dental Analysis Across 114 Traits for Accurate and Easy-to-Use Genetic Insights

Enjoyed finding out the make up of the breeds of my cat and looking at the different attributes and behaviors. My only issue is that when I tried to share this information with my cat, she didn’t care. She ignored me. But I knew she was going to ignore me, because that is common for her breed, so the DNA kit did exactly what I had hoped for.

I was curious about my cat's DNA and thought this would be fun to do. Results came back and we're fun to read about her health markers and different types of cats she could be.She didn't like me collecting the sample but thankfully there was enough.

I got more information that I needed to reinforce why my cat behaves the way he does. By testing him, I don’t have to guess anymore.

As I read my cats results I saw the breed area. The main bred they classified my cat as was "Maine coon" (20.1 percent). That shocked me because my cat isn't even 8 lbs. She is short haired, no ear Tufts, small, non-muscular frame. She hates water. She is all white with a few black hairs on top of her head. Then I noticed this category called "Polycat" (not even a breed) with no defined breeds under it and said my cat was 21.22 percent this category. Um... I thought the reason people were doing these DNA tests was to find out what breeds their mixed cat was, not to just say the main breed is an unknown mixed breed with no characteristics about what that fake breed meant. Most people know their cats are a mixed breed and it's why they are having this test done. Why not call it unknown because that is basically what was done here.Since I actually did this test because my now 11 month old cat is having major health problems, it makes me not trust the results if they cannot even get the breed right. My now 11 month old kitten is having seizures, tremors, intension tremors, ataxia, vestibular issues, issues getting her claws stuck out, she struggles to walk after resting or sleeping and even push herself up, she has a head tilt, she goes to jump up and misses her mark jumping too short. She relies a lot on her claws by gripping the carpet to get around, but she walks and runs normally at times too. She has seen a neurologist who doesn't know what is wrong with her, but says Multifocal brain disease or vestibular disease are most likely based on her symptoms. Given she might also have kidney disease too, we didn't do an MRI or a spinal test because they cost thousands of dollars each and even the neurologist said they mights show her nothing or show her the symptoms of what is wrong without the actual cause and that most causes are likely incurable. How much life she has left is unknown, a seizure could take her any day (or kidney disease in a year), and she has short seizures almost daily that are not completely uncontrolled by the meds the neurologist put her on.I also have allergies to cats. My cat is white and doesn't bother me as much as some cats do (and I grew up with white cats who didn't eitherwho looked the same), so we decided to do the DNA test. At best result we would see a health marker that explains her issues, at worst we would at least know her hidden breed (since she is white) so we would know what cat to get in the future (when she passes) to know which cat might not bother my allergies.When I read the health report, I was amazed that there were actually like 7 conditions that were neurological in the report, however my cat didn't have any of the markers for them. I was excited reading the names because three of them were things I had found my cat might have when doing research based on the symptoms of the health conditions. So it's kind of disappointing my cat has neurological problems, but none of these came back as markers she has. Her condition could be infectious disease related though (even though the vet neuro tests all came back negative), so she could have other things going on to explain this beyond DNA tests.It also said she has genes for black fur, and that her coat is a gene that makes coats be faded or white (okay, anyone could get that just by looking at her or her picture, which I sent).The only oral health marker they noted her having was tooth resorption. She is too young to know if that will be a problem.The health issues she is noted to have is factor 12 deficiency, a blood clotting disorder. She had a surgery done no problems, so at least so far that doesn't seem to be a problem for her.I will take these results to my vet soon, but they don't explain anything she has going on, which is disappointing. The biggest disappointment though is not even trusting the breed results.Hopefully my baby passes before she has to struggle with any of these other painful conditions if these results are accurate. She shows no signs of being in pain to date even with the problems she has. She is very social and likes to be cuddled in blankets and sit in your lap. She likes to hunt and play. She walks and runs crazy and falls over all the time and gets her claws stuck in things, but she is our baby, she wants to be near us and play with us. She is also super smart. She isn't agile enough to do those word buttons, but when you say anyone's name, she knows who you mean by either going to their room or getting exited when you tell her that her favorite playmate is home. She knows words for "scratchy" (scratching post), mousie, food, play, treat, downstairs, and "go to bed". So even though her brain is failing her body, it isn't failing her intelligence. So she will be our cat as long as she isn't in pain or hasn't succumb to her unknown condition.So overall, this test didn't tell us health issues or breeds that make sense, which is disappointing. We didn't just do this test for fun, which seems to be the main thing people feel they get out of this by reading other comments.

It's a great product and tested everything we wanted tested. But it was so slow on turn around. They did however get it back on the day they said.. it was easy to use we just stabbed the very back of the mouth between the jaws. The collector and sample pack are not very big. But we are happy to know our dogs have a clean bill of genetic health.🩷

this is very impressive so informative and fun.I can't wait to share this with his veterinarianso much fun 😁 😂 😀 😍😍

BasePaws was easy to use. The time it took to get the results back was exactly as stated.

I ordered a 2 pack of tests since I have 2 cats. I sent both tests in at the same time. According to USPS, both were delivered Monday morning. One of the cat's tests showed received on Wednesday the same week. When the second test didn't show received by Saturday, I sent an email. I received a quick response with in 24 hours, which i didn't expect due to it being the weekend, and was advised to give it another week. The following Saturday it still wasn't showing received so I sent a follow up email. This time there wasn't a response until later in Monday, conveniently after the test suddenly showed received. The next couple steps moved at a similar pace for both tests, just a week apart, until the final step, getting results. For the first test, I got an email the cats DNA was being sequences and then the next day, the results were available. For the second cat, I received the email about the DNA being sequenced 2 weeks ago and am still waiting for the results. I haven't emailed for follow up because it's still in the windrow for when they said to expect results but it's been extremely frustrating to have 2 such vastly different experiences. The first results were interesting (the cat only had markers for bad breath but everything else was normal), but I'm not sure if recommend this based on not being able to provide consistent service.