Cat breeds

Scottish Fold

The sweet-natured, folded-ear favorite

A blue-grey Scottish Fold sitting on a sofa arm against a mustard-yellow wall

A grey Scottish Fold with amber eyes and a small bell collar

A colourpoint Scottish Fold with pale blue eyes beside a bright window

The Scottish Fold's forward-folded ears come from a natural cartilage mutation, and give the breed its rounded, owl-like face. They are sweet-natured and adaptable cats, and are well known for sitting in improbable positions.

Written with reference to The International Cat Association (TICA). Scottish Fold on TICA

History

Every Scottish Fold descends from Susie, a white barn cat with folded ears found in Tayside, Scotland, in 1961. The fold is a spontaneous dominant mutation affecting cartilage.

Personality

Sweet-natured, adaptable and quietly companionable. Folds are known for sitting in improbable positions — flat on their backs, or upright with their legs out — which their fanciers call the Buddha sit.

Did you know?

Fold kittens are all born with straight ears. At around three weeks the ears of those carrying the gene begin to fold — and some never do, growing up as Scottish Straights.

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