Determining whether a Scottish Fold cat suffers from skeletal genetic diseases naturally requires professional diagnosis and treatment by a doctor, but as owners, we can also pay attention to whether it is necessary to wear a cat for examination in our daily life. The sooner the cat's problem is detected, the sooner it can be treated, which is of great help in controlling the reversal of the disease.
The onset period of cats with folded ears ranges from 2 months to 6 months old, but in some cases, the onset of disease does not begin until 1 year old. Cats that have been infected will be inactive at first, and then their behavior will be hindered. The obvious symptoms include:
1. The tail is thick, short, hard and cannot bend. Some sick cats have tails that cannot shake.
2. The hind limbs are too short and have unusual distortions, growths or lumps.
3． Swelling of joints in hands and feet.
4. The hind paws are very fat and thick. If you look carefully, when the cat sits upright, the pillow meat of the hind paws cannot touch the ground.
5. Nail growth is extraordinary.
6． Similar symptoms will also appear on the forelimbs of cats with folded ears, but the severity is milder than that on the hind limbs. Don't think that folded-eared cats are particularly cute when they sit in a human-like posture. In fact, it is because their hind limbs are stiff or painful when bending. The bones and joints of the hind limbs are extremely developed, and the foot bones are abnormally bent and shorter than those of ordinary cats.
The tail is short and thick, feels hard to the touch and looks, and cannot shake as softly as ordinary cats. The proliferated bone structure and cartilage cause severe deformation and distortion of the hind feet. There is no cure for this hereditary bone disease, and most of the disease will be continuously reversed.
Veterinarians can only use drugs to slow down the disease, help the cat reduce pain and slow down the speed of reversal. However, when the disease reverses, the bone lesions will gradually spread to the spine, paralyzing the cat and causing great suffering. Pain. I believe many members are worried about whether their folded-eared cats have genetic diseases. We have always emphasized that the most accurate way to know whether a cat has a genetic disease is to take the cat to a veterinary clinic for X-ray photos and examination.
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However, because anesthesia can be harmful, many owners are worried. To this end, we put forward some suggestions. Since genetic diseases are chronic diseases and will not cause immediate life harm, if the cats have no obvious symptoms of genetic diseases, owners do not need to rush to check the cats. The owners can Please take a closer look at the following situations:
1. If the cat has not been sterilized yet, you can ask the veterinarian to take X-rays at the same time during sterilization
2. During annual dental care/teeth cleaning, since teeth cleaning also requires anesthesia, X-rays can be taken at the same time
3. When other surgeries are necessary. I would like to remind everyone that if the cat's behavior significantly deteriorates, no matter whether it encounters the above situation or not, it is best to arrange for the cat to see a veterinarian as much as possible.
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