401 Scottish Fold Cats (1/2)

Chapter 401: Scottish Fold Cats

Translator: Nyoi-Bo StudioEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Qin Jing was really pissed off. Since when did this pet shop have Ragdoll kittens?! And the kittens were in excellent condition — they were probably equivalent to the Ragdoll kittens in her cattery, which were top-notch in Binhai City. Their fur colors and body shapes were brilliant, and those eyes! How were their eyes so blue and mesmerizing?

Zhang Zian smiled, ”Boss Qin, what did you say? I'm sorry, I did not hear you clearly, can you say that again?”

Qin Jing stared at the sinister smile on his face, reckoning that he was getting revenge on her for spying out his business secrets last time!

She wanted to lose her temper, but she couldn’t afford to do that. She was negotiating for cooperation today, and right now she was lying in the hands of Zhang Zian, so she could only find ways to remedy the situation.

”Wait a minute, if you are not interested in Ragdoll kittens, how about the Scottish fold cats in my cattery? You don’t have Scottish folds, right? Do you want to think about it?” The confidence she had before coming to the pet shop had disappeared. She was basically promoting her cats in any way possible.

Since Zhang Zian already possessed premium-condition Ragdoll kittens, then she would have to find another way—her Scottish fold cats. This time, she carefully looked around, making sure there were no Scottish fold cats hiding in any corner of the shop.

”Scottish fold cats?” Zhang Zian once again glanced at Qin Jing’s business card.

Qin Jing took out her cell phone, finding photos of her Scottish fold cats to show him.

”Look how cute and how good they are! If you agree, I can exchange my Scottish fold breeding cats for your Abyssinian cats… and I will give you more money on top of it,” she bit her teeth and said.

Zhang Zian carefully looked at the pictures on her phone. There were a few furry Scottish fold kittens with their ears bent forward, making their small faces look even rounder. There were a few vertical stripes on their foreheads, and clearly visible were dark tiger spots on their grey fur. They may look less lively than other cats, but were more adorable, making people want to stroke their faces dearly.

”Very good indeed,” Zhang Zian admitted.

Seeing that there was still hope, Qin Jing was about to talk about further details. ”So...”

”Unfortunately, I don’t intend to introduce Scottish fold kittens to my shop,” Zhang Zian rejected bluntly.

Qin Jing asked quickly, ”Is it because of their genetic diseases? We are both in the pet industry, so you should know that through appropriate pairing, the morbidity of osteochondrodysplasia can be reduced significantly...”

Zhang Zian interrupted her explanation. ”I know. I refuse your offer, not because of the genetic disease that plagues Scottish folds, but rather because the disease is incurable.”

His gaze swept around the shop, falling on a cocker spaniel in a display case that resembled the one Meng Li had bought. Cocker spaniels also had a high morbidity rate from hereditary cataracts, so their situation was very similar to the Scottish folds’, but the difference was that cataracts could be cured by surgery, while Scottish folds’ osteochondrodysplasia could not. Once the symptoms of the disease began to appear, the trend was irreversible and the Scottish fold cat would definitely die from this.

Zhang Zian sold cocker spaniel dogs, but he would remind the customers in advance that cocker spaniel dogs had the possibility of suffering from cataracts, and if they were concerned, they could wait to buy them until the dogs turned six months old. If symptoms didn’t show up by then, it would be very unlikely for the disease to appear later in its life. Osteochondrodysplasia in Scottish folds was like a bomb. You knew it would explode, you just were not sure when exactly it would.

Almost all purebred cats and dogs had been more or less subjected to human intervention during their evolution. Some species encountered less intervention due to their long history, such as modern Egyptian Mau cats and Abyssinian cats. Other breeds, such as the new breeds cultivated by human beings, were almost completely produced according to human's aesthetic point of views, with the typical example being the Scottish fold.

Qin Jing was still trying to persuade Zhang Zian. She cited many examples, indicating that there was a very low incidence of osteochondrodysplasia in her Scottish fold cats. Through follow-up visits to her customers, she found that there had been only one incident out of over a dozen of cats within two years.

Zhang Zian was not moved by this, since he did not know whether it was true that she actually had set up a follow-up visit system. She might be a responsible cattery owner, but he would not change his mind.