Cats with folded ears can live about 15 years with rickets. The life span of cats with folded ears is shorter than that of other breeds of cats, only 10-16 years. Cats with folded ears have congenital rickets, and rickets in cats with folded ears cannot be cured at present. It can only be treated with drugs such as chondroitin. To control the disease, many cat lovers are opposed to breeding fold-eared cats.

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The hereditary rickets in cats with folded ears cause their ribs to deform, severely squeezing the internal organs and respiratory tract, so when cats with folded ears become ill, There will be symptoms of lying on the ground and panting all the time. In addition, there will be bone damage to the limbs, causing the cat with folded ears to walk unsteadily or often walk with a hunched back.