Basics
- Breedings are pay what you want (PWYW).
Due to Gaia inflation, all breedings are now PWYW and the gold is treated as a tip. Trades should be sent directly to the colorist.
M/M, F/F and interspecies couples cannot naturally have babies without a surrogate - however they can have spirit breedings.
Spirit breedings are not natural, biological breedings, but rather a gift from the spirits in which the offspring are dropped off in the parents' path, much like with a wishing star. They do not involve either parent in a natural breeding. You can, if you wish, create a 'headcanon' in which an NPC doppelgänger acts as a surrogate and is the other 'parent'. OOCly, the children are still treated as being directly related to the actual parents.
Familiars must be certed in order to breed.
Certs are the only official proof of biological sex for familiars, thus they are required in order to breed your familiar. Some colourists will allow you to submit an uncert with proof that you have posted for certing instead, but this depends on the colourist running the breeding raffle.
Familiars must be certed on their own cert.
In order to breed, a familiar must be certed on its own cert and not just a paired cert with a Soquili. This is because biological sex and familiar ownership are not stated on the Soquili cert.
Familiars have unlimited breedings - but still have breeding cooldowns
Familiars do not have a limit on how many times they can breed, and cannot breed for two months after they last bred (counting the month they bred/were made).
Most Familiar Breeding raffles are unedited and edited breedings tend to produce lightly edited breedings
The majority of familiar breedings are unedited and handled solely by familiar colorists, where all the offspring end up unedited regardless of their parents edits. Additionally, since most familiar colorists are not trained to make the same level of edits as most Soquili colorists are, even when they do make edits the extremely edited familiars will tend to produce only minor to moderate edited offspring, even if paired with another extremely edited familiar (since most heavily edited familiars are made by Soquili colorists). Even if the colorist who takes it on can do extreme edits, that doesn't mean familiar breedings necessarily will, nor will have to.
Familiars have between 2-5 babies per breeding
Having 2-5 children is normal for familiars. The only way to increase their chances of maxing their litter/clutch size is to RP the familiars (this gives a very small boost to the roll). You can still only keep one per breeding.
Familiars breedings have no baskets, pregnant bellies, or children stages
You simply get the adult offspring in the "Familiar Breeding Dropoff" thread.
The owners of the offspring choose the biological sex of the offspring
The owner who receives the offspring gets to pick the sex along with the name and temper, as all familiar lines are unisex.
Familiar breedings do not count against your Soquili breedings
You can win two familiar breedings in addition to two Soquili breedings in the same month.
Limits
- Familiars can only breed within the same "base" species outside of spirit breedings
That means the main base must be the same type in order to be bred between the two, even if they count as different species. Even if they're both of the same 'branch' of the evolutionary tree (e.g. canine x canine) they cannot breed UNLESS they share a base template (so no bobcat x mountain lion breedings).
--EXCEPTION: Alternate bases of the same species ARE allowed to breed as they are the same species (this only applies to the rabbit and raccoon templates)
Example:
Breed = What it can breed with and visa versa
Wolf = Wolf
Bear = Bear
Fox = Fox and Coyote
Parrot = Parrot and Cockatoo
Squirrel = Squirrel and Prairie Dog
Bison = Bison
Hummingbird = Hummingbird, Quetzal, and Songbird
Crow = Crow and Raven
Mountain Lion = Mountain Lion
Bobcat = Bobcat
River Otter = River Otter
Sea Otter = Sea Otter
Jellyfish = Jellyfish
Lobster = Lobster
Dolphin = Dolphin
Hawks = Hawk and Eagle
Chicken = Chicken
Condor = Condor
Snake = Snake
Bat = Bat
Mouse = Mouse
Raccoon = Raccoon
Owl = Owl
Lizard = Lizard
Sea Turtle = Sea Turtle
Goat = Goat
Ferret = Ferret
Rabbit = Rabbit
Breeding slots cannot be reserved or swapped
The couple who entered for a breeding slot and won will be the couple who receives offspring. Their breeding slot may not be given to another couple or held in reserve for later use.
Familiars must wait two months between breedings (counting the month they won)
If your familiar wins a breeding raffle slot in January, Counting they can't be entered into another breeding until March. This applies regardless of partner; any familiar who has successfully bred must wait two months. Owners are welcome to enter other pairs who have not won a breeding slot. After two months have passed familiar are free to enter for breeding slots again regardless of if they have received their last set of offspring.
Directly related familiars cannot breed but cousins can
Direct relations that were purchased as siblings or customed into a family cannot breed together even if the owners change their minds about them being related later. You still cannot have your characters breed with immediate and direct line relations (e.g. mother, father, sister, brother, aunts, uncles, grand-parents, great-grandparents, etc...) be they full-blooded or half-blooded relations. You also cannot have your character breed with adopted relatives that are raised AS immediate relations (e.g. adopted mother, adopted father, adopted uncle, adopted sister, etc...) Please note: This is for direct biological lines only. If they don't share direct genetic ancestry themselves and are connected only through the coupling of relatives on a later date, they are STILL not genetically related and thus are exempt from this rule.
Related In Cosplay
If two cosplay familiars are genetically related to each other in their original source, they count as relatives and cannot mate together, even if they are not related in shop canon.
Adoption
If a familiar is adopted into a family, they cannot breed with their adoptive mother/father or their adoptive siblings/their siblings' kids/that direct family line.
Soquili x Familiars
Familiars and Soquili cannot interbreed, even in spirited breedings. They can be paired together in wishing stars only.
Permissions & Entering
- You must have permission from both owners to breed familiars
Permission must be posted in the Permissions thread before you may enter any breedings. Both owners MUST have posted permission for a breeding by the time winners are announced, or it shall be null and void. No permission is needed when both familiars are owned by the same person.
