Cats With Folded Ears. Ross registered this cat breed to the governing council of the cat fancy in 1966 and started breeding the scottish fold cats. Cats ears come in many different shapes and sizes.
The scottish fold is an affectionate, playful companion. The ears of scottish fold cats is folded over as a result of a dominant gene, which is responsible for the different degrees of overlap. Different cat registries have named the folded ear cat differently.
Because the mutation is dominant, a cat with folded ears can be both heterozygous and homozygous for the gene.
Cats with folded ears have been reported in the hebrides, germany and belgium, but were apparently regarded as no more than isolated curiosities and not bred. Susie might have lived her life in obscurity had she not been noticed in 1961 by a shepherd named william ross who had an interest in cats. Their ears will simply fold forwards. Scottish folds are a healthy breed and the folded ears do not make them more susceptible to mites or ear infections.