Cats With Folded Ears
Some feline ear abnormalities are genetically transferred from parents to offspring.
Cats with folded ears. If you want to understand what your cat is thinking and feeling start with its ears. 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. Some of the various names of folded ear cats are Highland Fold Scottish Fold and the Coupari.
The Scottish Fold is the most well-known folded ear cat. The latter are the defining feature of the breed. If a cat has one ear folded or down its feeling confused and unsure of what to make of its situation.
People usually buy this cat strictly because of their beautiful ears. These cats are healthy cats with a lifespan of 12 years. There is one exception.
Cats that have two copies of the gene that produces folded ears can have severe health problems including crippling arthritis at a young age. 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. The cat most well-known for folded ears is the Scottish Fold which originated in Scotland in the 1960s.
That is if two Scottish Fold cats with folded ears are mated. It is of vital importance that a cat with folded ears is only mated with a cat with normal ears. It can also occur due to damage caused by longterm exposure to the sun.
Their ears will simply fold forwards. The Oriental is a large-eared cat breed which has a wedge-shaped head. 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.