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minimum. The problems are a thickened tail caused by tail vertebrae fusing and thickened
legs with swollen feet due to overgrowth of cartilage around the paws. These side-effects
cause problems with walking.
Prick-eared Scottish Folds gave rise to the Scottish Shorthair in Australia. This breed (with
longer tail and legs, and different coat texture to the British Shorthair)was recognized and
named by the Queensland Independent Cat Council (QICC) as a result of a submission by
Rona Sandilands at a meeting at then QICC-president Pat Mercer’s home attended by
prominent Scottish Fold and British breeders, including Lillian Carter founding breeder in
Queensland. The first Scottish Shorthair exhibited was Ptah Dunstan Gold, bred by Lillian
Carter and owned by Rona Sandilands. During the 1980s he was exhibited at the Queensland
Longhair Cat Club show, achieving a Reserve in Group 3 under Victorian Judge Marie
Orchard. There is also a Scottish Longhair.
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