Scottish Fold cats come in a wide variety of colors. But, since it is believed that the character of a pet depends, among other things, on its color, future owners who decide to get a pet are very interested in the choice of color: after all, they want to know what kind of character their pet will have. Red Scottish Fold cats are very popular, as this color is considered a symbol of joy and prosperity. It is no coincidence that many future owners strive to purchase a red pet. The peculiarities of their character and conditions of detention will be discussed in more detail.
Breed standard
Red Scottish Fold cats, like their counterparts of other colors, are distinguished by well-developed muscles. They have straight, powerful limbs, oval paws. Scottish Folds have a strong and prominent chest and shoulder girdle. Their fur is quite dense, short, and not pressed to the body. The most characteristic feature of Scottish Folds is their flattened ears. All representatives of this breed have a well-built, proportional body. They are fluffy and look very attractive.
Scottish Fold kittens are born with their ears sticking up. Only after 3 weeks do some of them have ears that become crooked. If the ears remain sticking out, these kittens are called straight-eared Scots or Scottish Straight.
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Character
Red Scottish Fold cats are very sociable, but at the same time, loyal to their owners. They love children and willingly play with them. Representatives of this breed easily get along in the house with other pets.
These animals are distinguished by their intelligence, they easily remember everything new, and are very curious. They are easy to train due to their mental abilities. However, when starting to train, it is important to let your pet understand that these skills will be beneficial and interesting to him.
The red Scottish Fold cat loves cleanliness very much, so she repeatedly brushes her fur and sharpens her claws throughout the day.
These pets are moderately active, unpretentious and do not require professional care from the owner.
These cats do not like to lie on the laps of their owners; just being next to them is enough for them. The location of their owner is very important for them. They are unobtrusive, but can be intolerant of people and other pets in whose company they are uncomfortable.
Red Scottish Fold pets easily adapt to new conditions and unfamiliar people. They patiently participate in cat shows, and at the same time behave quite relaxed, surprising others with their endurance.
Cats of this breed are distinguished by their dignity. If they are offended, they simply leave the offender without harming him in return. They are very balanced and difficult to anger.
They can be wayward. Especially Scottish Folds do not tolerate it when their freedom is limited. And if you don’t feed them on time, they will loudly inform their owners about it.
Redhead babies
The red Scottish Fold kitten loves communication and needs to be close to people. However, at the same time, he is unobtrusive.
If the owner is absent for a long time, the kittens become very sad. They are characterized by a strong attachment to a person, which they gladly demonstrate at every opportunity.
How to prepare for the arrival of a kitten in the house
Already at 2 months, lop-eared babies can leave their mother and move to a new home. Naturally, future owners should prepare for the arrival of a furry baby in their home.
Dishes made of porcelain, stainless steel or food-grade plastic are perfect for little Scots to eat and drink.
The kitten will need a litter tray. Toys and a house can be purchased a little later.
To transport a red Scottish Fold you will need a spacious carrier. The kitten will also need a scratching post, but you don’t have to buy one, because you can make it yourself from a simple board. The board must be wrapped with a rope, and then the rope must be secured in a circle.
What to feed
The owner must approach the nutrition of red Scottish Fold cats with all seriousness. When purchasing a red fold-eared Scotsman, you need to find out what food the breeder fed him. This is one of the most important questions, since changing food can have unpleasant consequences for a red-haired baby. Usually such kittens are fed 4-5 times a day. As you get older, meals are limited to 3 meals. After reaching the age of 8 months, such pets are fed twice a day.
Feeding
The diet of red “Scots” must be balanced so that the animal receives the daily requirement of the components necessary for the body. Most of the diet, one way or another, will consist of proteins. You can create your own menu, which will include both ready-made food and natural products.
It is also allowed to feed only ready-made canned food and dry food. High-quality super-premium and holistic formulations will contain all the necessary elements in the right quantity. The frequency of feeding depends on the age of the animal. Kittens are usually given food in small quantities and often: four to five times a day.
Over time, the frequency of feeding is reduced to three times a day, and after reaching the age of 8 months - to two. The amount of food depends on the animal’s lifestyle, namely its activity. At the same time, your pet should have access to clean and fresh water regularly.
As for natural products, it is recommended to include raw veal, previously frozen, in the diet. You can give boiled chicken meat and offal. Fish can be introduced into complementary foods only in small quantities. Otherwise, problems with the urinary system may occur.
Features of care
Caring for Scottish Fold ginger cats, photos of which are presented in the article, is simple. If the eyes are inflamed and fester, they should be wiped several times a day with a special solution, some kind of medicinal product or a weak infusion of chamomile. If the inflammation does not go away, you should contact your veterinarian.
Particular attention should be paid to caring for the ears, which need to be wiped at least twice a month with a special liquid. At the same time, you cannot pull the cat’s ears too far and turn them inside out, as he will be afraid of this procedure. You shouldn't use cotton swabs, but cotton swabs will do. Naturally, the procedure requires the owner to be extremely careful so as not to damage the pet’s ear. If the cat has healthy ears and no discharge, then there will be only a little earwax on the cotton wool. If a cat has a brown crust in its ears, this indicates ear mites. You should immediately contact a veterinarian, because if you contact a specialist in a timely manner, serious problems can be avoided.
To cut the claws of a cat like the red Scottish Fold, whose photo is presented in this article, you need to use special clippers for the claws of small animals. You can only cut off the very tips of the claws! Otherwise, you can damage the blood vessels, which will cause the kitten severe pain and lead to adverse consequences.
Ear and eye care
If your eyes are healthy, then there is no particular need to rinse them. It is enough to monitor them and clean them with plain water as they become dirty.
The eyes are wiped from the outer corner to the inner. Due to the floppy ears, cleaning is necessary more often than in ordinary breeds. This is done 2 times a week using cat ear drops and a cotton swab.
Bathing a ginger cat
The red Scottish Fold should be taught to bathe at an early age. First, you should wipe them with a damp towel, and then give him his favorite treat so that the kitten understands that water procedures are not scary and not dangerous for his life. After some time, the kitten can be bathed. It is recommended to protect your baby's ears from water getting into them during bathing by covering them with cotton swabs or your hands. You can drip special protective oil into your eyes before bathing, but this procedure is not necessary.
The water temperature should be at least 36 degrees, because swimming in cool water can make the animal sick, and swimming in hot water will increase the heart rate of the red Scotsman and make it difficult for him to breathe. In addition, the cat will not tolerate uncomfortable conditions and will simply run away from the bath.
The shampoo should be a special cat shampoo; a human hair wash will cause dermatitis in your pet and deteriorate the quality of the coat.
Red Scottish Fold cat: history of origin, color genetics and character traits
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Scottish Fold cats have already acquired a huge number of fans all over the world. Red-haired Scots are especially popular. However, some breeders believe that animals with a red color have a difficult temperament and a tendency to genetic diseases. Let's find out whether there is a relationship between the color of the coat and the character of the ginger Scottish cat.
Tabby (tabby)
Tabby is one of the most popular cats among Scots. The color of Scottish tabby cats is distinguished by the presence of a pattern in a certain area on the coat. The pattern on the wool can be anything. A distinctive feature is considered to be a pattern in the form of the letter M on the forehead.
Tabby color depending on the type of pattern:
- striped like a tiger (has vertical stripes on the sides);
- spotted;
- marble (pattern of chaotic spots and stripes of different sizes).
And depending on the color combinations to the following:
- golden tabbies;
- cream tabby;
- blue;
- black marble;
- marble on silver
- silvery blue (gray tint);
- silver (silver color);
- cameo.
History of breeding Scottish cats
The British Shorthair cat has been known since time immemorial. It is believed that its ancestors came to England along with the Roman legions in the 1st century AD, or much later appeared from interbreeding of local domestic cats and exotic species from the East.
At the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th centuries, the British cat breed went through difficult times. At this time, active migration of long-haired Persians and Turkish Angoras to the Old Continent began. They quickly became fashionable and were crossed with local animals. Long-haired kittens often began to appear in the offspring. At first they were classified as the main breed, and later they began to be culled from breeding. But the number of such animals continued to grow, and soon the group was registered as a new population of long-haired cats.
The history of breeding red folded Scots
In 1961, a white cat was found in the center of Scotland with an unusual feature that had not been recorded anywhere before. The animal developed a horizontal fold on the pinna, causing the small ears to fold and close the external auditory canal. History has not even preserved information about whether the fold-eared Susie (that was the name of the animal) was a purebred British, a half-breed, or a simple outbred barn cat from the rural outback.
Susie later gave birth to kittens, two of which (a boy and a girl) inherited their mother's mutation. The cat was neutered at an early age, but the young cat was noticed by animal lover William Ross. He bought it from the owners and, together with geneticist Pat Turner, began developing a new breed.
As a result of crossing British and American shorthair breeds, numerous offspring appeared within 3 years. All born kittens were divided into 2 groups. 42 of them were born with short ears, and 34 with regular ears. Geneticists concluded that lop ears were caused by a dominant gene and depended only on hereditary parameters that are passed on from parents.
At first, red Scottish Fold cats were considered traditional British cats. Then the story that the longhairs went through repeated itself - the newcomers began to be culled. It was only with the adoption of international standards that the confusion ended, but to this day the name “British Fold” is mistakenly used by many uninformed cat lovers.
Then felinologists discovered hereditary diseases in Scottish Folds, which slowed down the development of the breed for a long time. The main enemy is osteochondrodysplasia. With this disease, cartilage and musculoskeletal tissues are affected, and damage to the joints and spine occurs. Most often, the disease occurs at an early age, but it can develop asymptomatically in an adult cat.
Much later, scientists identified the genetic triggers and managed to find an algorithm for neutralizing them. Homozygous cats whose bodies contain two identical Fd fold alleles are at risk. As soon as the heterozygous combination fd is included in the process, the risk of inheriting all unpleasant diseases immediately recedes. Therefore, all modern breeding schemes for Scottish Folds are focused specifically on the heterozygous strategy.
In 1978, the breed of fold cats received the first exhibition status (CFA), later it received recognition from most international associations and became a full-fledged official breeding group. With this, the separation of the Scots and the British was completely completed.
Description of the breed and features of the red color of the Scottish cat
Although fold-eared cats at first glance have a lot in common with the native British, upon closer examination they are completely different:
- The English cat belongs to the category of large animals with heavy bones and a powerful build. Her Scottish counterpart is smaller, lighter and not as well-fed.
- The British live up to 15-20 years. For fold-eared Scots, 15 years of age is already quite advanced.
- The health of native cats is also at a more stable level. They are characterized by all the diseases (kidneys, heart) characteristic of domestic animals, but hereditary ailments never bother them. But unscrupulous breeding by Scots can be detrimental to kittens.
But in the area of colors, these two breeds are similar. More than 200 color options and combinations are available for them.
Scottish Fold kittens come in red, black, white, tortoiseshell, bicolor with any proportion of white.
Important! The red color is interesting for one feature. More male cats are always born with this color than their sisters. This is due to a natural mystery that scientists have not yet been able to figure out.
To understand the mechanics of the process, you need to get acquainted with the basics of genetic engineering of red color.
Two pigments are responsible for color in Scottish Fold cats (as in all others): black eumelanin and red pheomelanin. Together they form a variegated inflorescence of colors. But hereditary instructions for color and pattern come from the genetic map, to which both parents contribute 19 chromosomes.
interesting facts about color and photos
Plush cats, from one glance at which the heart becomes lighter, more cheerful, and immediately lifts the mood, are British saffron milk caps.
They are touchingly cute: a muzzle with chubby cheeks, large round eyes, and wide-set ears. In addition, they are ideal for home life, due to their non-conflict, balanced character, unpretentiousness and ability to get along well with people.
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Features of the red color of the British
British ginger cats are Red in color. It provides uniform, deep color from tip to root, without white hairs. Only a slight change in shade is allowed in the area of the forehead, tail, and paws. The nose, eye contour and paw pads should be brick red, and the eyes should be lemon yellow or copper.
Solid color is relatively rare. It is more common in cats than in cats. The breed standard allows only solid color, without spots, tortoiseshell (which combines black and red), tabby (striped). So, for example, a pattern may appear on the body of a red British cat; if there is none, then this color is called red ticked.
Ginger British cats are brave, smart, and afraid of little. They easily learn various commands, within reason. Their freedom-loving nature helps them easily endure the absence of a constantly busy owner. That is why they are called “cats for businessmen.” An important positive feature of fiery British cats is their great patience and endurance, thanks to which they find a common language with children, other kittens, even dogs.
Color of kittens
One of the seven breed standards with the most stringent requirements is the British red coat, also known as “orange.” To obtain such a beautiful shade, breeders have improved the gene line of this breed, thanks to the chromosomes of Persians with a red coat color.
Ginger British kittens can have either short (plush) or long hair. This color is uniform, rich, but still with tabby marks.
The breed standard does not require white hairs. A kitten or cat with such a “flaw” is not allowed to participate in exhibitions.
The color of the kittens' coat should be rich, equally bright along the length of each hair, and throughout the entire body, as in the photo below. Also, the cat’s paws and nose should be evenly colored without pigmentation. Only the presence of a vague pattern on the pet’s forehead, as well as half rings on the cat’s paws, is allowed.
There are also strict requirements for the eyes: their color can only be golden, orange, without a green areola. Also, the pads of the paws and the nose of the kittens can be either pure red or brick color.
What are they, red fold-eared cats?
According to the standard, the coat color of Scottish Fold cats should be as rich as possible and uniform along the entire length. The red color means that the pet's paw pads and nose will be red without any pigmentation, and the eyes will have golden or copper shades.
Let's assume an easily expressed pattern of open half-rings on the forehead and paws.
Red color refers to a solid (solid) saturated color, in which the cat’s body is uniformly colored in one deep color. Most often, males have this coat color, and females have tortoiseshell. This is due to the fact that the orange gene is associated with the X chromosome. Cats have 1 X chromosome, so if it contains a red gene, it will be red, a cat has 2, so it needs 2 X chromosomes to carry the red gene. If a female has only the 1st X chromosome carrying the red gene, then she will be tortoiseshell - red and black.
British Fold cats with red fur have their own distinct personality. They are distinguished by some independence, restraint, even aristocracy. From time to time, these cats give vent to their feelings and indulge.
Due to the fact that the fur of such fluffies is short and not harsh, caring for them does not cause any inconvenience to the owners. Combing the cat 2 times a week with a massage comb in the direction of growth and against the growth of the fur is quite enough.
And on other days, you can simply run wet palms over it and collect the fallen hairs. Sorry, there are no surveys available at this time.
Color of fold-eared kittens
Kittens are most often born with a tabby pattern. As they grow older, this color changes and they become a uniform, rich color. There are practically no completely red fold-eared cats; those whose tabby color is not clearly expressed are most often mistaken for pure red.
Their coat is well colored from root to tip, without patterns or lightened areas. The color of the nose, paw pads is red-brown, the eyes are copper, dark orange. Since according to the standard, red fur in kittens should be thick, dense, short, with a thick undercoat, very soft long fur is considered a fault.
Red fold kittens are very smart, curious, and cunning. They cannot stand it when their freedom is limited. It is much better to recognize them as separate members of the family, as individuals, and treat them as such.
Then the kitten will be your best friend.
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The character of red creatures
Red-haired Scots are affectionate, kind and very affectionate. The last character trait sometimes goes beyond reasonable boundaries, when animals almost terrorize their owners with a constant desire to be closer to humans.
Fold-eared cats are distinguished by their extraordinary activity and are always ready to support common games. Loyalty towards family members and pets among red Scottish Folds is at the highest level - for these cats, everyone around them is friends. They are always in a great mood; red cats do not strive for privacy. It is also almost impossible to meet an aggressive red-haired Scotsman.
This is interesting! Scientists do not like to comment on the influence of color on behavior patterns, but cat owners themselves have long noticed patterns. For example, black cats are more reserved. Whites are pampered and love tranquility. They support general games, but between active behavior and relaxation at the owner’s side, they always choose the latter.
Purchasing a Red Fold Scotsman
The new interesting breed quickly became popular among breeders. It is from them that experts recommend purchasing animals - there is a guarantee of high-quality offspring and the threshold for the risk of giving birth to sick kittens is reduced.
- It is recommended to “get to know” the parents in advance - even by their appearance you can form a first impression of the future litter.
- It is interesting to see other offspring of the same fold-eared pair - usually the same parents give birth to identical children.
- At an early age, they pay attention to the well-being of the offspring - how they run, jump, play, and eat.
- A conscientious breeder will never sell Scottish Folds before he has given them vaccinations, taught them the basics of hygiene and socialization - this period begins at 3 months of age.
- The red color in the offspring is formed immediately - it has stable genetics and is not prone to re-blooming as they grow older.
- But bleached redhead (cream) behaves differently. In such kittens, the color of their coat may change by the time they reach puberty.
This is interesting! Red-haired, fold-eared Scots adapt very quickly to a new place, within a week or a week and a half they completely settle into the home and feel like the rightful owners in it.
It is noteworthy that serious health problems at the initial stage of the formation of the breed could not reduce interest in it. Now that breeders have learned to effectively deal with genetic diseases, there is even less reason to refuse to buy such a beautiful and unusual domestic cat. And those who prefer an exotic appearance and the traditional red coloration of cats receive a double benefit. Fold-eared Scots suit them on all counts.
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Advice for those who have not yet decided
If you are still wondering whether to get a kitten and which breed is suitable, then the advice is this: you need a little Scotsman!
If you have a child, then a red fold-eared kitten will be suitable, as it will be especially friendly and attached to children and other animals. It is best for the cat to be raised with children, then their bond will be stronger, and the child will gain the necessary experience of caring for a living creature. Remember that a ginger cat brings good luck.
However, before getting a pet, think about whether you have the strength and time to take care of it, since any animal requires a lot of dedication.
