Cat Breed With Folded Down Ears
The British shorthair breeders named William and Mary Rose recognized this cat as a new breed.
Cat breed with folded down ears. Scottish Fold kittens are born with straight ears but they fold when they are around 21 days old. Jump to navigation Jump to search. They are known for being loyal and affectionate but can be timid around strangers.
Kittens with no fold are called Scottish Straights the straight ears are also called perk earsThe straight-eared Folds are still valuable to the breeding program because they do carry the fold gene. CategoryCat breeds and types with bent ears. Scottish Folds are well-known for having forward-facing folded-down ears.
Scottish Folds come in a very wide variety of colours. The breed has a natural gene mutation that affects the ears cartilage causing it to fold forward. Its normal for poorly bred kittens to have their ears come back up and are usually then mistaken as Scottish Straights which can cause lots of problems because when two cats with the fold-gene are mated they may get sick kittens because they get double amount of the.
Folded ear cats were originally called as lop-eared named after the lop-eared rabbit. The Scottish fold is a medium-sized well-muscled cat with a heavy bone structure. A shepherd named William Ross noticed a white female cat on a farm belonging to Mr.
Some of the various names of folded ear cats are Highland Fold Scottish Fold and the Coupari. The most prominent feature of the breed is the ears which are wide-set and point down and forwards which gives the head and face a round appearance. They are very different cats but they do.
Scottish fold cats are a medium-sized breed weighing 6 to 12 pounds. The have a very nice easy going temperament and a great personality. The tightly folded-down ears of this rare breed and its shorthaired relative are due to a genetic mutation seen in no other cat.