Fold-eared cats
Some knowledge about cats Everyone knows that purebred cats more or less have some genetic diseases, some of which are particularly painful, such as skeletal genetic diseases in folded-ear cats. There are even some genetic diseases that cannot be cured with current treatment methods. Even relatively healthy purebred cats are more or less frail than other cats. So why do we humans continue to breed purebred cats?
First of all, we must admit that it is a market behavior, especially in China. Because purebred cats are expensive and pure, many people regard them as a source of bragging. Domestic cat traders naturally want to seize this favorable market advantage, and if they have the capital, they will naturally do it. However, the method of breeding purebred cats in the world is originally to protect special genetic genes. The importance of genetic diversity to all ecological environments is obvious.
The history of human domestication of cats is not long. The origin of domesticating wild cats into domestic cats started with the African wild cat, which is a short-haired, brown-striped wild cat. This arrangement of nature has successively produced seven important genetic mutations: including solid colors (such as black, red), light colors (such as blue, cream), classic patterns (butterfly patterns), long hair, dominant white, Day shift and the orange gene that only females have. There are other examples of genetic mutations such as heavy heart color, empty glove, curly hair, hard hair, tailless, folded ears, curly ears, smoke color, etc. These special genes have been carefully protected and preserved over the past hundreds of years, and some have only emerged recently. Without systematic bloodline registration and protection, these special genes may have disappeared from the earth.
However, for domestic pets, it does not matter whether they are purebreds or not. If you already have purebred cats at home, treat them well. Immediate vaccination and sterilization. If you plan to buy one, , please consider carefully and understand that purebred cats, especially the so-called purebred cats bred domestically, require more energy from their owners to protect them.
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