A Michael Broad Blog
At last! I’ve been writing about this as have other online authors for many years. It’s actually a well-known problem but it is the first time in my recollection that a mainstream newspaper of the quality of The Times has written about the problem on page 3. It concerns the cartilage problems suffered by …
My research tells me that Scottish Fold cats are likely to suffer from chronic (long-term) pain due to the inherited disease that gives these cats their famously flat ears. This is a well-known fact actually but I wanted to check on prevalence across the breed and it is bad. Sidebar: Catster says that Scottish …
A cute Reddit video but what can I say, I don’t really like seeing cats dressed up in human clothes and used as an accessory to attract people’s attention. And the owner takes money from someone. Was it because he was entertained by the ginger tabby in a thawb? A thawb is the gown …
It is astonishing to see a blue Scottish Fold as part of the Ukrainian army at the front line but Herych (Herald) is acquitting himself extraordinarily well. He is unfazed by the shelling. He turns his head towards the explosions in mild curiosity 😉 according to his human companion. Perhaps he has got used …
Some people might think that the breed standards of the Cat Fanciers’ Association (CFA) and The International Cat Association (TICA) prevent registered Scottish Fold cats suffering from osteochondrodysplasia but they don’t. The cat associations says that breeders should always mate a Scottish Fold with a non-Scottish fold cat in order to create a healthy …
The Scottish Fold Straight should not exist. It only exists as a by-product of the need to avoid creating horribly unhealthy Scottish Fold cats which have both copies (Fd/Fd) of the gene (Fd) which causes the ear flaps to fold down because of weak cartilage. You’ve probably heard of the Scottish Fold purebred cat. …
The first point of discussion about this viral TikTok video is the pressing question as to what breed of cat this is. The news media have described this cat as a “grey British Shorthair”. They mean a blue British shorthair. But I don’t think this cat is a British shorthair because the ears are …
This is a really nice photograph of a boy and his lilac point Scottish Fold kitten. Pictures of cats can be very pleasing and make you smile.
