I would really like to get a Scottish fold but I am worried about

Sounds like you already know the answer.

>>2207346
Literally every Scottish Fold with folded ears has arthritis to some degree.

>meme cat people

the only people worse than meme dog people

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>purebred cats

>>2207340
Looks like something from the cover of a sci-fi novel.

>>2207346
>good breeder
>for cats
Tippidy tobbidy cec

Can you give them supplements to help their cartilage?

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>>2207390
It's the Taylor Swift cat

>>2207340
>I am worried about the health issues inherent with the breed
then get a mutt, not a deformed monstrosity

>>2207462
>Taytay is holding you
>you're sad

Some cats don't even realize how lucky they have it.

>>2207478
Some cats just always look sad

Japanese are pretty big into these mutant kittys.

What the fuck is that ugly monstrosity?

>>2207379
Unfortunately this

The cats with folded ears will always be unhealthy due to their structure, no amount of health screening or good breeding can help with that. For the ears to be folded, there HAS to be a cartilage deficiency. Think if it like pugs' snouts; even a genetically healthy pug will still have trouble breathing because of the flattened face.

>>2207460
At the point of be born with a mutation that affects the growth of cartilage, no. The issue isn't that it's weak or failing, the problem is it's not there; it hasn't fully developed

I was reading that all Scottish folds, even normal ear ones, suffer from this to some degree. but the folded ones just have it worse.