The Scottish Fold cat is a special breed of cat. It has a genetic mutation and Cat ears with folded ears, a natural orthopedic disorder. It gets its name from. Now let's talk about what kind of cat is a real Scottish Fold and how to identify pure breed of Fold cat?
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What kind of cat is a real Scottish Fold?
Everyone has to think that the cat with the broken ear is the Scottish fold. In fact, this is not case. The Scottish Fold has a very strong fold gene. Siamese and civet cats. However, Such Cats are not pedigree and are no recognized at all. After decades of experience and from a breeder's perspective, what is now recognized as a "Scottish Fold" must have been bred with either an American Shorthair or British Shorthair. For fun, some people used a fold-ear cat to raise a chinchilla, an exotic shorthair cat, etc...
and gave birth to a fat fold-ear kitten with big eyes and round face.
While attractive in appearance, it is not technically a Scottish Fold, nor it was recognizable by any purebred cat. When dominant folded-eared cats mate, they tend to have congenital skeletal defects such as a stiff tail, weak limbs, or joint deformities. There are also kittens that do not see any problems on the surface. But stop growing after 5 or 6 months, develop congenital rickets, and dying cause of systemic failure. To avoid these painful lessons. After decades of experience, breeder of purebred cats have established the breeding rules for Scottish Folds two dominant Scottish Folds are not allowed to mate. In other words, kittens birth to amphibians must have good ears. Their ears are closer to the head than the average fold. But that kitten was very dangerous. Most likely the tail was straight and flexible, or the skeletal deformities and a series of unnoticed physical defects.
How to determine a pure Scottish fold cat?
1. To distinguish a pure Scottish fold cat, should look at its appearance.
A healthy cat is in a very good state of mind, with crystal clear and sharp eyes. Hair I smooth and fluffy.
Head: Round and strong and lower chin. The snout at the base of the whiskers is rounded. The head is closely attached to the thick neck. The cat has prominent gills and broad chin.
Ears: The ears are folded and hung forward, with rounded tops and tight head. small ears with tight heads are better than big, loose ears.
Eyes: Large eyes with a sweet expression. The eyes are large and round, separated on either side of the broad nose. The eye color matches the coat color.
Nose: The nose is short with soft curves. Minor disturbances are allowed. But Noticeable dents are disadvantage.
Body: Medium, round, Straight from the shoulders to the waist. The cat must stand firm. Because the legs are short and thick, and the claws must be neat and round. The front Paws have five fingers. Bones are medium size from head to tail, with no defects. Female Scottish may be smaller.
2.When choosing a Fold cat, determine its health care. You can feed the cat some food, teasing the cat and observe cat's reaction. A healthy cat is very alert to the activities around her and will note polite when confronted with it's favourite food.
3. Feces are one of the best way to check your cat's health. A healthy cat's feces are moderately hard with stripe showing.
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