White Cat With Blue Eyes Not Deaf

NO not all pure white cats with blue eyes are deaf however.

White cat with blue eyes not deaf. I know that in an odd-eyed white cat the cat is deaf on the blue-eyed side. If we look at the percentage of the white-coat cat with blue eyes they account for 075 to 20 of the total cat population. The health problem occurs due to the different genes.

This part is known as the iris. The gene responsible for the deafness in white cats is dominant and symbolised by the letter W for white obviously. White cats do not typically have visual or reproductive de-fects but they are prone to the occurrence of blue irises one or both and deafness either unilateral or bilateral and the deafness likelihood increases with the number of blue eyes Delack 1984.

Researchers found that only 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes are born deaf. I really hope this is a theoretical question. There is a genegene complex which causes white coat blue eyes and deafness but not all cats get their white coat and blue eyes from that particular gene so not all white cats will be deaf.

First of all it can be said that not all white cats are deaf but they are more likely to be deaf since they carry the so-called gene W White of white in English especially those that have one eye of each color or blue eyes. 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 color of the coat occurs in cats in the following three ways.

White cats with no blue eyes have about a 19 chance of being deaf in both or one ear. Also if the cat is not born deaf they have a very small chance of becoming deaf--unless. Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf.

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. Originally Posted by OllyExtra05. Spay and neuter for better health a better pet and to stop the suffering of many unwanted and feral animals.