Are there genetic defects in dwarf cats?

The last issue talked about the problem of folded ear cats, and now many people ask me if dwarf cats will also have genetic defects like folded ear cats, and right at this juncture, a fan said that his dwarf cat had a problem. Suddenly one day walking began to fall to the east and the hind legs could not stand up, looking at such a cute cat dragging its legs on the ground, it is really upsetting. So are dwarf cats just as defective as folded ear cats? I’ll check, I can only use four words to describe it, it’s hard to say.

The first thing you can be sure of is that purebred Dwarf cats do not suffer from genetic defects like Folds.

birth history

In 1983, a pet owner found a stray dwarf cat near his home. He used this dwarf cat to breed with normal domestic cats, giving birth to the current dwarf cat population.

TICA has been tracking Dwarf cats since 1994 to study whether Dwarf cats have common health problems, and in 2003, Dwarf cats were officially recognized by TICA, indicating that purebred Dwarf cats do not have common health problems like Folded Ears cats.

TICA’s nine years of validation is still credible, so why do I say a word?

Because dwarf cats are a brand new breed, the genes are messed up. The dwarf foot gene is dominant, and for a dwarf cat to be born, only one of the parents can be a dwarf cat. If both parents are dwarf cats, there will be a double dominant gene, and the embryo with the double dominant gene will be absorbed by the mother cat’s uterus, resulting in the kitten not being born.

So purebred dwarf cats have a unique set of screening and breeding methods, but the folk can not do professional breeding, can only use dwarf cats and other breeds of cats messy pairing, so the saying that everything can be dwarf feet. For example, the dwarf orange cat, even the dwarf hairless cat has, very messy.

Clutter means that quality and health cannot be guaranteed, and many dwarf cats that go wrong are such cluttered dwarf cats. The crawling dwarf cat at the beginning may be the result of inbreeding, so if you want a dwarf cat without problems, you must choose a purebred dwarf cat.

drawbacks

However, purebred dwarf cats also have disadvantages, dwarf cats are not just short legs, but in the short legs at the same time the body is very long, similar to the dachshund. This leads to their chest cavity is very narrow, will squeeze the heart, can not be strenuous exercise, but if you do not exercise for a long time, you will get fat, a fat body burden is greater. And short legs are not good for buying cat litter, easy to fart stained with feces.

Of course there are advantages, the dwarf cat’s personality is good, mischievous, sociable, although the legs are short, but like to run and jump, because of the short legs cause it to run and jump when it does look very joyful, curious, will sit up like a rabbit to observe the surrounding, the appearance is also very cute.

To summarize, Dwarf cats can be kept, but please choose a purebred Dwarf cat while understanding its disadvantages. I personally recommend you to wait though.