Methods to prevent the disease in folded-eared cats:

1. What the owner can do is to provide it with a safe and comfortable environment, as well as regular vaccinations and deworming These things.

2. The disease of cats with folded ears is a genetic disease caused by genetic defects. There is no way to prevent it. The only way is to enhance the cat’s immunity through scientific feeding and nutritional supplements, such as feeding some chondroitin, Nutritional supplement to strengthen joints.

3. Observe its behavior more. If you find any abnormality, you should pay attention to it, send it to the animal hospital for diagnosis in time, and then treat it according to the examination results.

Symptoms of cats with folded ears:

1. In the early stages of the disease, cats will have symptoms of loss of appetite, depression, become lazy and inactive, The tail is always stiff and shrunken or groove-shaped, and the hind limbs may be bent or excessively upright. Some cats will remain in a paralyzed posture for a long time.

2. As the disease progresses, there will be a strong pain response in the bones. At this time, the cat will show walking postures such as lameness and hunched back. It will also be accompanied by symptoms of stiff limb joints and a thick and deformed tail. In severe cases, paralysis may occur.

3. Generally speaking, most folded-eared cats have symptoms of this genetic disease. In severe cases, the disease may begin between six months and four years old. For some cats with less pedigree of folded ears, the symptoms are less obvious, and the onset time will be later. Usually, joint or bone symptoms will not appear until middle-aged and elderly people.