Talk:Scottish Fold

message: What is the basis for saying that Scottish Folds are "not very vocal?"  Ours loves to wake us up at 7 am every morning. --BrownHornet21 17:55, 18 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Basis for claim 

message: :Not test. We now have that full-body shot.   Vengeance is mine, saith the Prime  19:39, 11 Aug 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Notes

message: Can't we have better pictures for the Scottish fold? No offense to anyone, but, man! those cats in the article are very unattractive. Micasta (talk) 12:45, 27 February 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Actually, they made me lol. Gotta love the "Winston Churchill" caption. - 60.50.244.123 (talk) 18:03, 15 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Better pictures, please! 

message: I seriously have no idea what's going on with that image of the cat. This page should possibly be protected from anons because I think they're the ones doing it. --Melon247 talk 17:43, 22 July 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  What's with "Winston Churchill" 

message: The article says the gene that causes this is a dominant gene. However, in the Characteristics section, there's this line: "Because these cats [cats with straight ears with a Fold parent] are still bearers of the gene it is not recommended to use them for breeding with a Fold." These seem to contradict each other: if they had the gene, which is dominant, it would be expressed. There also seems to be no support for the second half, that those cats shouldn't be used for breeding. I'm having trouble with the source given so I can't confirm. 71.55.221.229 (talk) 09:41, 8 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Well I think nobody really knows what gene it is,which function and how it is really expressed. There is only *one* source for the dominant expression (O.Jackson: Congenital bone lesions in cats with folded ears. Bull Fel Advis Bur 1975;14:2-4).  BTW not very trustworthy source because of inbred studies and breeding with obvious sick animals. No real research is done yet on the gene. Also the wp article says that all heterozygous animals get OCD. Sorry but that's nonsense.There are less than 10 publications in PubMED on OCD in SFs since the 1970s, there must be a lot more (taken in account that there a lot of SF breeders in US and Japan/East Europe).--Phaeton68 (talk) 11:53, 31 January 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Some confusion about the gene itself 

message: There is a pokemon based on a scottish fold and it keeps being deleted in the fiction section. Stop it.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 108.11.235.167 (talk) 20:43, 16 January 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Eevee 2A02:2F07:6209:9600:D895:2E7:2EB6:2367 (talk) 12:36, 1 June 2024 (UTC)

text: Your reference is a topic on a Pokemon wiki with no citation. The reference in its talk page reads "It's obvious to all of us that Espurr is a cat, right? Well, I've looked up some pictures of cats, and I think it may be specifically based off of the Scottish Fold." A fan assumption isn't a valid source.  31.50.232.82 (talk) 22:20, 13 June 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pokemon Reference 

message: Are lions and tigers considered pets 2601:4C3:8101:55E0:75EC:BB24:24F7:DE51 (talk) 00:02, 21 January 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pets 

message: My edit of the Habits section addinga picture of the breed laying on its back was removed due to it being my file upload. I added it after figuring out that the claimed habits have no demoonstration and don't think it should be removed solely because it's my personal cat. I just used the picture because I have the rights for it. If it must be a random pet (although alot of cats are at the end, someone's cat) that's fine. but I think it adds to the breed's description since it has unique behaviours. @silvertiger12 added user for discussion. Reef Polak (talk) 20:19, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Cats lying on their back like that is hardly a behavior unique to the Scottish Fold and it is inaccurate and misleading to portray it as such. SilverTiger12 (talk) 21:21, 10 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: Your agrument is irellevant to this edit. the fact and text regarding this statement werent made by me and it's not my place to defend them (although I think they are in place). it's a citated claim in the body of this article. I only added a picture to demonstrate it. since this is part of the article, you can either dispute the whole subject or not, that's up to another discussion. the pictures and you removing it is a different topic. I am therfor suggesting to add a photo (either the one added, or another one) of the habits of the cat, otherwise, as you say, the habits statements add nothing as they dont distinguish this breed from others. Reef Polak (talk) 04:15, 11 July 2023 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with @Reef Polak. The cited fact appears in the article and debating it is irrelevant to this image. In my opinion the image is a good addition and should be returned. סתו שר (talk) 20:07, 14 July 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Added picture of habits.