Is there any way to treat the genetic diseases of folded-eared cats?
Nowadays, many people like to keep pets, especially popular animals such as cats and dogs. Compared with dogs, many people like delicate pet cats. Cats are very well-behaved and do not like to make a lot of noises. He is sleeping most of the time, and there are many cats on him, so it is very comfortable to hold him. Fold-eared cats are one of the pets that most cat lovers like to keep. However, this cat has a genetic disease. Can this disease be cured? Let’s take a look at it from Master Dai.
There are two types of Scottish Fold cats: folded ears and prick ears (normal ears). Folded ears are caused by insufficient dominant gene mutations.
The hereditary disease of Scottish ear fold is well known:
Bones and joints
Osteochondroplasia
Joint degenerative diseases
- Geneticists have long believed that the Scotch fold was a mistake. "Ten-ten cartilage and bone development" is a hereditary bone disorder in folded ears. Abnormalities in its arms, legs, tail and joints, as well as dominant ear genes, followed. It appears as a hard tail, the foot is severely deformed and cannot support the weight of the body, and the nails growing inside are very long, and they may even penetrate the sole of the foot.
- This abnormality begins to appear gradually when the cat is 2 months old, and the pain in adult cats is very obvious. For now, veterinarians can only use drugs to alleviate the disease, help cats reduce pain and delay reversal.
- Cats must spend their lives with pain and drugs. In some severely ill cats, bone lesions will gradually spread to the spine, causing numbness in the cat and causing great pain. When a cat cannot bear this kind of pain, dying safely may be the owner's greatest comfort.
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As far as this genetic disease is concerned, there is currently no way to cure it, and most of the diseases will continue to be reversed. In view of this situation, geneticists advocate that abandoning the cat's growth is the greatest love for a cat.
However, everyone who has raised a folded-eared cat knows that the incidence of genetic diseases in folded-eared cats is very low, so cat lovers may not need to worry too much.</p> </p>