Are short English ears folded?
English short ears are not necessarily folded ears. Folded ears, as the name suggests, are folded forward and downward, and this feature is the result of a genetic mutation. If you want to judge whether the British short’s ears are folded, you need to see if its ears are folded forward. Although this look is cuter than straight ears in our opinion, it is a sign of a congenital disability in its own right.
Causes of folded ears in folded cats
This characteristic of folded cats is the result of a genetic mutation. The earliest fold-eared cat was found near a farm in Scotland in 1961, but there was only one fold in the ear, and people continued to selectively breed for this feature, so that their ear creases were changed from the original one. The place has become the two or three places it is today, and finally the fold-ear cat with the current personality and shape has been cultivated as wished.
Symptoms of folded-eared cats
The age of onset of folded-eared cats varies from one month to six months of age, and most of them start from two months of age. The weight is obviously underweight, and most of the cats do not like to exercise at the early stage of the disease, and there is a phenomenon of slope walking. With the development of the disease, the cat is basically inactive, the ability to bounce is reduced, the paws cannot be contracted normally, and the cat walks on stilts.
