Folded ears ensure that this breed is immediately arresting, it also has a distinctive rounded look, with a short neck, round head, and compact body. Scottish Folds come in two types: folded ear and straight (normal) ear.
The unique folded ears of the Scottish Fold give it a look reminiscent of an owl. The tightly folded ears fit closely to the skull resulting in a cap-like appearance. Big, round shoe-button eyes open up the face in the rounded head.
The Scottish Fold's folded ears are produced by a dominant gene that affects the cartilage of the ears, causing the ears to fold forward and downward, giving the head a rounded appearance.
When Susie had kittens, two of them were born with folded ears, and one of the siblings was acquired by William Ross, a neighbouring farmer and cat-fancier.
One year later Susie gave birth to two folded kittens, sired by a local tom and both had folded ears. The male was given away.
The folded ears were the result of a spontaneous genetic mutation in a single kitten born amongst a litter of pert-eared kittens. A deliberate breeding program ensued, and resulted in the Scottish Fold breed.
The first historical mention of the long-haired white cat with folded ears, appeared in 1796 in "World Journal of knowledge and entertainment." A century later the English sailor brought one of those animals to Europe.
Interesting fact: Not all Scottish Fold kittens will have folded ears. All Scottish Fold kittens are born with straight ears.
One parent in a breeding pair must have folded ears to produce kittens with folded ears because the gene is dominant. Breeders, who wanted to ensure that the kittens developed folded ears, began breeding Folds with Folds.
The breeding indicated that the gene causing the folded ears was dominant (it's action can be described as "dominant with incomplete penetrance", meaning I presume, in layman's terms, that the effect of the gene is not always present).
s folded ears are produced by a dominant gene that affects the cartilage of the ears, causing the ears to fold forward and downward, giving the head a rounded appearance.
Over the next 3 years she oversaw the breedings which produced 76 kittens - 42 with folded ears and 34 with straight ears. She and Peter Dyte, another British geneticist, agreed that the gene mutation responsible for folded ears is a simple dominant.
Description The defining feature of the Scottish Fold is, of course, the folded ears, caused by a spontaneous mutation from a dominant gene. They are folded forward and downward. Smaller, more tightly folded ears are desirable.
Breeding two folded ears cats together will produce some bone deformities. It is very important to buy a Foldex or a Scottish Fold from a reputable breeder who will only breed fold ear cat to straight ear cat.
In fact, with its tightly folded ears poking out from its flat, round head it looks as if this sweet-natured cat is 'wearing' a helmet! ...
Two years later the mother cat, Susie gave birth to 2 kittens with folded ears.
The most obvious characteristic of the Scottish Fold Cat is the folded ears. All cats are born with straight ears, but those with fold in their dominant gene will start showing the fold in 21 days. The Scottish Fold cats are medium sized cats.
He noticed a white cat, named Suzie, with unusual folded ears in his neighbor's farm near Coupar Angus, in the Tayside Region of Scotland. Suzie's ancestry was uncertain, but her mother was identified as a straight, white-haired cat.
If two cats both with folded ears are bred together, there is a high chance that the resulting kittens will suffer with severe bone and joint problems. For this reason any reputable breeder of Scottish folds will only breed folded ear to straight ear.
Not all Scottish Fold kittens to a litter will be born with folded ears.
The most noticable characteristic of the Stottish Fold cat is their folded ears. From a distance their ears appear to be very short, however upon closer inspection the Scottish Fold actually has their ears folded forwards.
The gene responsible for the folded ears is incompletely dominant and can cause cartilage and skeletal abnormalities in some cats, even if only one of the parents is a Scottish Fold.
Scottish Fold - Short hair with folded ears;
Highland Fold - Medium hair with folded ears;
Scottish Straight - Short hair with straight ears;
Highland Straight - Medium hair with straight ears.
The first crosses to Susie and Snooks were listed as either "unknown" or British Shorthairs, but in an effort to preserve this unusual & distinctive cat with the folded ears many breeds were used to create a gene pool, ...
This healthy, happy cat has the distinctive forward-folded ears with the same slightly rounded, short, compact body of the Scottish Fold, but with long hair.
Coat
Coat and eye colors vary ...
Spontaneous genetic mutations, such as curly coats or folded ears, occur in cats on a fairly regular basis, and the Scottish Fold is the result of such a mutation.
The Scottish Fold is a relatively recent breed of cat known for distinctive folded ears.
Scottish Fold Behavior/Personality ...
William Ross, a shepherd in Tayside, and his wife Mary noticed a white female cat named Susie with folded ears who lived at the McRae family's neighboring farm. Susie gave birth to Snooks, a white female with the same type of ears.
It was a longhaired cat with white fur and pendulous ears. It was described (mostly with regard to its folded ears) several times in the 1700s, with the final report being in 1938; ...
The gene for the folded ears is dominant so not all the kittens in a litter will have them. In Britain the Governing Council of the Cat Fancy of Britain has not accepted the Scottish Fold into championship standing.
Today, the distinctly round face with forward folded ears charms cat lovers everywhere. Scottish Fold Cats - Breed History The Scottish Fold breed originated from Susie, a cat that lived on a farm in Perthsire, Scotland during the early 1960s. Susie.
Scottish Folds come in a wide array of colors, but, guess what? Not all have folded ears. It seems that kittens either inherit the folds, or they don't. By the age of four or five weeks, the folds should have appeared, if they are going to.
 See also: Scottish Fold, Cat Fancy, Highland Fold, Coupari, Scottish fold cat
  
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