GAELIC FOLDS new breed 2013
I have been breeding Gaelic folds since 2013, Prior to that I was breeding Abyssinian's, Napoleons & munchkins,
I got my first Highland Fold Introducing Lyla Lovegood in 2012 and started breeding Gaelic Folds,
Because its a new breed I have had to breed and show 5 kittens or cats a year, its not just breeding them its making sure they have no on going health problems.
At the end of 2015 the standard was set for the Gaelic Folds by Catz inc and
on October 2017 they have completed the breeding program.
They are very difficult to breed, for example from one litter of kittens you may or may not get only one in a litter that is a Gaelic Fold and then you get Gaelic Variant and some years I would only
get 2 a year.
Variants can have
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long legs folded ears.
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long legs normal ears.
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short legs normal ears.
In 2014 I got my first long hair British to add to my mix.
Scottish Folds are best known for their unusual ears, the result of a rare genetic mutation that affects the cartilage in their ears. While all Scottish Folds carry the gene for this condition, they are born with straight ears and, depending on how the cartilage forms when they are kittens, may or may not end up with the signature "floppy ear" look.
With its short little legs and low-slung torso,
some people view the Munchkin cat as the feline version of a Dachshund.
Here are seven facts about the stubby-limbed kitty.
Like many unusual cat types (the Cornish Rex and the Manx, to name a few),
the Munchkin breed arose from a spontaneous genetic mutation.
The Munchkin’s short legs are caused by an autosomal dominant gene,
which causes the long bones in a cat's legs to grow shorter.
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