That's AWESOME!!!!  Glad to know there's another human suckered by the
lovable cuteness of a kitty.  hehehehe

Anyway, I'm not too familair with the degenerative joint disease of
Scottish folds, but I HAVE seen a few with ear infections.  The folder
ears in cats is similar to dogs with big floppy ears, they tend to trap
dirt, mites and possibly bacteria.  I had this one client bring in
Winston, her Scottish fold every month for us to clean his ears.  I
think it was because she didn't want to cause him pain or discomfort
herself...or something like that, she listed her occupation as a
'Psychic'. Oookkkaaaaaaaaayy.............

I remember of the vets i've worked with had a scottish fold named
Oscar.  I watched him grow from a kitten to quite a sleek, handsome
adult.  He was SOO cute when he would get the zoomies and just TEAR
about the large cage he was in.  And then stop suddenly, and look at me
with that adorable

I used to say that when Whomever (God, etc) made this kind of cat, it
was so cute that He must have pinched it's ears like a grandma pinches
the cheeks of a baby.  But He pinched a bit too hard so the ears stayed
like that.  (I come up with weird explanations like that.  Like when we
see a weird mixture of breeds in a single animal, I say it was like God
threw their DNA patterns in a blender and hit PUREE. hehehehe)

But anyway, just wanted to throw that out.  I haven't seen too many
scottish folds with ear problems, but apparently they do tend to
happen.  

Can't wait for the piccies....

Kristi

Max is obviously a smart lad who knows how to turn on the charm when it
counts. =o) Dirty litterbox offerings to his former family who just
moved away and left him, but I hope he'll have a much better, happier
home with you. =o) Looking forward to seeing his picture!

Melissa

Yep...  and he's really very mellow- I had expected that he'd find a
spot and hide and we wouldn't see him for a day or two.  Nope-  he's
perched on the cat tree where he can see everything, and he gets rather
frantic if the door to the room is closed.  He does the "I'm gonna dig
my way out of here" kind of scratching at the door. He seems to want
the door open even if that means that the dog comes in and lays on the
floor. They watch each other, but there's no hissing, barking or other
anti-social behavior.  I think in an week or so he's going to be
chasing the dog around...

Katrina

That's what it was! :) I kept thinking, "he looks like some other kind
of animal..."

He's really cute, love his little smudge.

Joyce (with a weakness for smudgie cats)

Looks a bit like my Cendrillon, but she's somewhat smaller
than he and has a couple more black smudges on her face. I
hesitated between naming her "Smudge" and "Cendrillon"
("Cinderella" in French) but the poor thing's history seemed
like Cinderella's, and I thought she'd be happier with a
more dignified (and operatic) name.

Awwww.  Sad syrupy eyes!

The big eyes do look a bit sad, and the folded ears make reading his
expression a bit difficult- I have to use other cues to try to see when
he's reached his limit.

Katrina

From that angle, he doesn't look overweight.  I think it's his fluffy
coat and the dark carrier in the background that makes him look
hulking in those pictures.  What else is striking about his
appearance, I think, is his thick scarf, long whiskers, and big and
probably tufty mittens.

(posting from Google Groups and my son's computer...)

When I first saw him a week ago, he was a bit thin and his coat looked
a bit rough and dry.  Now he looks better.  He's still a bit thin, but
not as much as he did at first.  He's got a very soft, semi-long coat,
so some of what you're seeing is probably the fluff around his neck.
According to the sign on the cage, he weighs 12 pounds.  I have no idea
where that number came from, but I'd be surprised if he's over 7
pounds.  He's smaller than either Ming or Buttercup (both height and
length), and he's thinner.  They're both in the 10 pound range, so
there's NO WAY that he's 2 pounds heavier. I also don't think he's
fully grown- I'd guess he's about a year or so. He does have a "chunky"
look to him (big paws with tufts and his face looks wide because of the
ears), so I think he looks bigger than he really is.

As for his name...  They put "Mr. Montgomery" on his paperwork. I
thought he looked more like a "Max" than like a "Montgomery", but my
husband thinks he looks like an "Angus".  At the moment, he's "pretty
boy", "little boy" or "handsome".  We'll see how he settles in and I'm
sure he'll let us know his name.

Katrina

Undercover cat.  Secret agent.
Muezza.Glorio likes to get the kittenz zoomies under there!

--tension

Oh that name is PERFECT! Glad things are going so well!

Great update!
Best wishes,
Polonca and Soncek

Well, we're now over 2 weeks since Gillie came to join the Worley
clowder... he's nicely settled in, completely ignores the dog and has
actually been observed playing with the Ming and Buttercup.  A couple
of days ago I was standing in the living room, looking down the hall
into the bedroom and saw a couple of meezer kitties staring intently at
the dust ruffle on the bed.  In a flash, two little black and white
mittens darted out from under the ruffle to be met with meezer paws
playing patty-cake.  Ming and Buttercup then ran around the end of the
bed with Gillie in hot pursuit.  I think we can say that integration is
a success.

Katrina