Fold x set "belief is 100% safe, right?

🐈 Scotty Fold: delving into the belief "fold x set" is 100% safe, right? (Cat Slave Edition Talk with Research)

Going back to the Scottish Fold cat extortion rule, most cat slaves and breeders are very familiar with the Heterozygous formula, right? Because we have always believed that this is the safest and most standard way to keep a cat healthy.

As Chuck himself had been involved in Scottish Fold Farming before, Chuck understood the breasts of both Breeder and the babysitter that everyone lovingly recruited the species and wanted the children to have the best quality of life.

But you know, in the view of world-class veterinarians and geneticists,..The belief that "fold x set = 100% safe" was studied and revealed very interesting information. Today, Chucky has a cat to go into two research that are the "turning point" of this industry.

🚨 1. The beginning of the ban in Europe (1970s)

At the time Scotty Folds became known, Dr. Oliphant Jackson, a British geneticist, conducted a study and found that the "folding ear gene" was linked to bone and joint formation disorders. This study was so shaking that the largest cat association in England, the GCCF, decided to suspend the registration of folding-eared cats from 1971 to the present.

(Note: However, American associations like the CFA and TICA still allow brewing, but there is a very strict iron rule that only "fold x set" or "fold x flip ear" is required.)

🚨 2.Research that delves into the "fold x set" group (1999).

Although many areas are rolled with the formula "fold x set," in 1999, Dr. Richard Malik and the faculty performed a particular tomography of this group of cat bone structures and found more important medical information...Every folding ear gene comes with a cartilage lesion called SFOCD (Scottish Fold Osteochondrodysplasia).

The differences are:

• fold x fold (Homozygous): The lesions are severe and show pain when young.

• Heterozygous: Symptoms are lighter, slower, and cats can live a normal childhood like normal cats, but research confirms that as they age, the lesion is likely to develop into dysplasia, stiff tail, or hidden chronic pain.

In Chuck's view, this post was not intended to catch the farm or say that you should not raise the younger, because Breeders who follow the "fold x set" standard are all the best in accordance with the principles of the Global Association.

But these academic data are like a "reminder guide" to us as owners that no matter how standard you come from, "as long as you have folded ears, there is always a risk of joints."

What a folding-eared cat slave should do is:

• Observe your behavior (e.g. high jump-up and down, elasticity of your tail when stroking, walking posture)

• Joint vitamin supplementation according to veterinary instructions

• Take your younger brother to check up and X-ray joints on an annual basis

Because the sooner we understand the risks, the longer we can protect and care for the quality of life of children to play with us. 🥰

Who's raising Scotty Folds? How to take care of your joints? Let's share them in the comments.

📚 Academic Reference Source (For those who want to read a full paper, can take the topic to search):

• Jackson, O. F. (1975). "Congenital bone lesions in cats with folded ears."

• Malik, R., et al. (1999). "Osteochondrodysplasia in Scottish Fold cats." Australian Veterinary Journals.

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