White Cat With One Blue Eye Deaf

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White cat with one blue eye deaf. And in addition to Rios Sweetie. In those cats with eyes of another colour only 10-20 are likely to be deaf. Cornell University - Ask Elizabeth.

What I know about deaf cats is this. However it is possible for epistatic white cats with one blue eye to also be deaf on that side too as this particular gene can cause degeneration of the inner ear. 40 and 391 in cats with one blue eye and 167 and 22 in cats with no blue eyes.

While there is a clear correlation between the blue eye color and deafness in white cats why is this so. White cats with blue colored eyes are deaf and more than 50percent odd-eyed cats suffer from this problem. We have a largish long-haired white cat with one blue eye and one green eye.

60 80 of the 5 have orange or green eyes and 20 of them are deaf. Its my understanding that cats with only one blue eye are likely to be deaf in the ear nearest the blue eye but weve been unable to detect any problems with Toby. Some of these cats are deaf in only one ear.

These cats will have hearing loss on the same side that she has a blue eye. Hope this is the fact. Some people believe that white kittens with blue eyes dont hear whereas white.

60 80 of the fully white cats with one or both blue eyes are likely deaf. Their whiteness Ive learnt is a matter of having no pigment at all which in many cases leads to ear-cancer when they are in the sun too long without protection. White cats with one blue eye and one yellow eye are often deaf on the ear on the side of the blue eye left eye blue.