Cat Breed With Ears Folded Back
This category is for fold and curl cat breeds with bent ears.
Cat breed with ears folded back. The Scottish Fold cat breed is known for the natural mutation that causes their ears to fold. The Poodle Cat Pudelkatze is essentially a breed developed from the Scottish Fold and Devon Rex to create a curly coated fold-eared cat - a curly-coated Scottish Fold or fold-eared Devon Rex. Such was the case with the Scottish Fold.
They are often described as having an owl-like appearance due to their forward-facing ears. This is technically a mutation that gives the cat an owl-like look. The first American Curl was a longhaired female cat who passed on the trait to two of her children.
Folded ear cats were originally called as lop-eared named after the lop-eared rabbit. It is best not to breed a heterozygous Scottish fold with a Scottish fold that had straight ears but instead to outbreed with a British shorthair. The most popular cat breed with folding ears is the Scottish Fold.
Most of them eventually develop mobility issues. However their ears do not fold the same. This breeds laid-back nature and mellow disposition make it a favorite among cat lovers.
Often the creation of a new cat breed hinges on a natural genetic mutation that occurs unexpectedly in an otherwise ordinary cat. Nevertheless the creator of the Scottish breed is William Ross who in 1961 saw and bought from a farm owner in Scotland a fold kitten white kitten one of two kittens born to a Scottish cat with fold ears named Susie. Cats With Folded Ears.
This trait quickly caught the attention of cat breeders who began crossing her and her offspring with American and British shorthair cats. Jump to navigation Jump to search. William Ross asked the McRae couple if they knew the history of the cat which they did not.