White Cat With Blue Eyes Not Deaf

Because blue-eyed white cats are often deaf there has been a common misperception that they are bad mothers because they dont hear their kittens calling for them.

White cat with blue eyes not deaf. This part is known as the iris. Please dont breed your cat. The gene responsible for the deafness in white cats is dominant and symbolised by the letter W for white obviously.

Not all blue-eyed white cats are deaf but many of them are. The results were telling with 17-22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes being born deaf around 40 percent with one blue eye were deaf and a staggering 6-85 percent who were born deaf had two blue eyes. However a lot of white cats with blue eyes are.

White cats with one blue eye the other is usually yellow or gold have about a 40 chance of being deaf in both or one ear. Interestingly most white cats regardless of eye color exhibit a special kind of deafness. NO not all pure white cats with blue eyes are deaf however.

Whether the cat is heterozygous or homozygous for W the blue eyes and deafness have. Not all white Cats are Deaf. If the cat is a ForeignOriental White it carries the gene for Siamese Blue Eyes which is not linked to deafness the gene for Siamese Blue Eyes is linked to cross-eyes instead.

For years people believed that white cats are born with blue eyes and deaf. White color of the coat occurs in cats in the following three ways. Their eye color is mainly due to a cellular issue.

And 65 to 85. Surely theres probably some exception to the rule but the vet said this was. Deaf cats suffer from disadvantages in a couple of areas caring for their young and hunting.