Cats With Folded Ears
1 This gives them a very cute appearance that most people love.
Cats with folded ears. These have ears which form a. Although the cat breed standard only allows show cats to have straight ears which stand up erect some Oriental cats have lower ears which may even fold over at the tips. The latter are the defining feature of the breed.
The Oriental is a large-eared cat breed which has a wedge-shaped head. The Scottish Fold is the most well-known folded ear cat. But the folded ears that this breed is named for are caused by a bone and cartilage distorting gene mutation that results in these cats often having crippling and debilitating pain and arthritis.
Cats that have two copies of the gene that produces folded ears can have severe health problems including crippling arthritis at a young age. The only widely recognised fold-eared cat is the Scottish Fold and its longhaired version the Highland Fold Coupari. Cats with their ears low and facing out are likely to be feeling unwell.
Some of the various names of folded ear cats are Highland Fold Scottish Fold and the Coupari. It can also occur due to damage caused by longterm exposure to the sun. In this case all the kittens will develop folded ears but may also have serious defects and health issues such as skeleton problems.
That is if two Scottish Fold cats with folded ears are mated. Scottish Fold cats have really small ears that bend forward and down towards the front of their head with rounded ear tips. By 11 to 12 weeks breeders will know for sure if the Scottish Folds quality is a pet breeder or show cat with only cats with folded ears allowed in.
This breed of cat was named Scottish Folded in the year 1966. The Scottish Fold is a breed of domestic cat with a natural dominant-gene mutation that affects cartilage throughout the body causing the ears to fold bending forward and down towards the front of the head which gives the cat what is often described as an owl-like appearance. It is of vital importance that a cat with folded ears is only mated with a cat with normal ears.