Cats With Folded Ears
These cats are healthy cats with a lifespan of 12 years.
Cats with folded ears. These cats are not bred due to ethical concerns. Scottish Fold cats have really small ears that bend forward and down towards the front of their head with rounded ear tips. The degree of the folding ears varies.
That is if two Scottish Fold cats with folded ears are mated. Cats that have two copies of the gene that produces folded ears can have severe health problems including crippling arthritis at a young age. Cats with folded ears have been reported in the Hebrides Germany and Belgium but were apparently regarded as no more than isolated curiosities and not bred.
Among these is an inherited condition known as fold-ears in which the tip of a cats pinna is bent sharply either toward or away from the skull. Cats with their ears low and facing out are likely to be feeling unwell. Even though the Scottish Fold is known for its folded ears their kittens are born with straight ears.
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. Their ears will simply fold forwards. This is a very special and unique breed of cat.
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. This breed has the smallest ears of any domestic cat breed that exists today.
A cat that has two copies of the gene is said to be homozygous. 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. If a cat has one ear folded or down its feeling confused and unsure of what to make of its situation.