Registry Qualifications
The “show quality” Scottish Fold characteristics
The Scottish Fold is not a recognized breed in some of the cat registries around the world. A group of cat breeders within the British Cat Fancy felt that the Scottish Fold would be prone to ear infections and deafness, Their campaign remains successful: the Scottish Fold is still not accepted for registry in Great Britain and Europe.
The American Cat Fancy registers the Scottish Fold who exhibits:
- a medium size
–male: 9 to 13 pounds
–female: 6 to 9 pounds
- a entire body is well rounded with a padded body
- a head rounded in appearance from all angles
- a dome at the top of the head
- a very short neck
- eyes that are large, round, broadly spaced giving a sweet expression
- ears that should be small tightly folded (triple fold) with the tip rounded
- whisker pads that are well rounded with whiskers that often curve forward
- a jaw firm and well rounded
- a nose gently curved, short and wide due to the wide set of the eyes
- hair can be short or long
–the long haired Scottish Fold has a semi-long coat of variable length which should have a nice ruff on the males, leg britches and a huge fluffy tail
- coloring is variable: in general, almost every color and combination of colors and white–except for the pointed colors (found in the Siamese and Himalayan breeds)
–one registry does make an exception to the color points: Cat Fanciers Federation
–all other registries consider pointed Folds to be “Any Other Variety” (AOV) and will not accept them for competition
Additional Comments:
The brown tabby and white Scottish Fold is probably the most well known color–but they can be found in any color a person might prefer.
Sometimes the curve of the mouth around the prominent whisker pads gives the appearance of a “smiling” cat.
With their large, round, wide set eyes, Scottish Folds are often described as owl-like.
The specific Scottish Fold registry standards, according to the Cat Fancier’s Association’s (the largest registry of pedigreed cats), is available on their site. Most of the two-and-a-half pages of standards are devoted to describing the desirable coloring, patterns, and the long hair and short hair divisions.