Highland Fold(cat)
September 7th, 2008Description
Highland Fold, as in all times trace their heritage back to the stables Scotland cat named Susie. Su Qian was born in 1961 with a unique folded ears, the dominant mutant gene. Susie through this gene to her next one l another female kitten born with abnormal folded ears. This woman, and then produced a man with folded ears. It was suggested that, longhaired cat has been part of Scotland times since the beginning of litter on. British shorthairs, used to stabilize the species, often carrying longhaired gene may have been passed, some speculate-inch, the Persians used in breeding a longhaired version of the Scottish fold. Plateau fold temporary status, by the Court of Final Appeal in 1977 and continued to win the hearts of many people.
Character
The Scottish Fold or Highland Fold a calm cat, becomes attached to its landladies, that it stretches to follow ovunque. E’ an affectionate cat, than not d problems in house. Onlooker, plays with the small objects and hides all us that he attracts it. E’ adapted to the apartment life. If pu, however, a skillful hunter of rats exits gladly and. Sopporta well the low temperatures. It has need of company and a giocherellone:va only left the little possibile.Si adapted to all the sistemazioni, even if prefers to close sleep the master
Body
Medium, rounded and even from shoulder to pelvic girdle. The cat should stand firm on a well padded body. There must be no hint of thickness or lack of mobility in the cat due to short coarse legs. Toes to be neat and well rounded with five in front and four behind. Overall appearance is that of a well rounded cat with medium bones; fault cats obviously lacking in type. Females may be slightly smaller.
Coat
Medium to long hair length. Full coat on face and body desirable but short hair permissible on the face and legs. Britches, tail plume and toe tufts should be visible with a ruff being desirable. Seriously penalize for cottony coat.
Grooming
The longhaired cat needs to be brushed on a regular basis, but it is not difficult to comb and brush them, because their coat has no tendency for knotting.
The shorthaired cat does not need excessive grooming, just groom them to take out old and dead hairs.
breed Fact
Today’s Folds trace their ancestry to Susie, a white barn cat born in Scotland in 1961 with uniquely folded ears. Susie had a litter of kittens that included a female with folded ears, which in turn produced a fold-eared male. A London breeder determined that a dominant mutant gene was responsible for the folded ears. Longhaired kittens have appeared in Scottish Fold litters from the beginning. Susie probably produced longhaired kittens, as did her daughter Snooks. Early breeding programs in the United States paired the fold-eared imports with British and American Shorthairs. Many British Shorthairs carry a longhair gene, which may have found expression in the new longhaired Folds. Some sources also suggest that Persians were used in the early development of this longhaired breed.
