Learn how to recognize early signs of illness in your Scottish fold cat. From eye changes to unusual hiding behavior — here’s what to check before calling the vet.

Learn how to recognize early signs of illness in your Scottish fold cat. From eye changes to unusual hiding behavior — here’s what to check before calling the vet.

Cats instinctively hide pain, making illness hard to detect. Instead of vocalizing, they show subtle changes like altered posture, hiding, reduced appetite, or lower activity—often only when a condition has progressed.

Declawing may sound like a simple nail trim, but it's actually a surgical amputation. In this procedure, the last bone of each toe is removed, which is equivalent to cutting off a human fingertip at the last knuckle.

Veterinarians call this surgery an onychectomy, and many no longer perform it due to the severe physical and behavioral effects it can cause.

There’s a long-standing myth that a female cat should have “one litter first” before she’s spayed.
This is not only unnecessary — it can be dangerous.
The safest, healthiest choice for your female cat is to spay her before her first heat cycle.