Background: My wife and I are trying to find a cattery to purchase a pedigreed British Shorthair kitten. We don't have much knowledge on the breed other than temperament, looks, etc, so we're newbies when it comes to trying to make sure we're making the right choice when finding a cattery to purchase a pedigreed BSH from.
We had this question for the cattery we were thinking of buying a kitten from:
I realize now that we should have said pedigreed, rather than pure bred.
Here is the reply:
I'd appreciate any comments you have on what the breeder said. From what I've read (on the internet ), you can have Scottish folds that have straight ears. If this is true, is she calling the straight-eared Scottish folds BSHs?
We had this question for the cattery we were thinking of buying a kitten from:
Does the cat come with papers? Meaning where we can see the lineage of the parents? We want to be sure he is pure bred.
I realize now that we should have said pedigreed, rather than pure bred.
Here is the reply:
So he does not come with TICA papers. He isn’t a pure breed British shorthair. I cannot call him that. When breeding Scottish folds you cannot breed Scottish fold with Scottish fold, and so it has to be mixed with another breed. We do British shorthair (straight ear) and Scottish folds (folded ears). In the litter, some kittens have folded ears and are Scottish fold and some kittens don’t have the folded ears and so are British shorthair (but not pure breed).
I'd appreciate any comments you have on what the breeder said. From what I've read (on the internet ), you can have Scottish folds that have straight ears. If this is true, is she calling the straight-eared Scottish folds BSHs?
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Have you thought of a name yet or are you waiting to meet him in person and bring him home? Either way please keep us posted and best of luck in May. 
. My wife, 9yo daughter and I are trying to decide on a name, but haven't been able to all agree on one that everyone likes. Here are some that we're considering:
