White Cats With Blue Eyes Are Usually Deaf
As for odd-eyed white cats when a white cat has one orange or green and one blue eye the ear on the blue-eyed side is likely to be deaf whereas the one on the orange- or green-eyed side is usually fine.
White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. Many people wonder if deafness in cats with blue eyes or in white cats is an old wives tale or a fact. Interestingly if a white cat with one blue eye is deaf in only one ear that ear will invariably be on the same side of the head as the blue eye. The mech-anism of inheritance of deafness in white cats has not been.
Can only detect less than 5000 characters1965RSPSPP162147B. Unless both ears are affected cats may never show any signs of hearing loss. Why are white cats with blue eyes usually deaf.
According to scientists a gene called W is responsible for a cats appearance white skin and white hair color. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf. Cataracts are not the only cause of cats with blue eyes.
Albino cats are not linked to deafness. Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf. And 65 to 85 percent of white cats with two blue eyes were deaf.
Unilateral and bilateral combined of 85 and 649 in cats with two blue eyes 40 and 391 in cats with one blue eye and 167 and 22 in cats with no blue eyes. The gene responsible for the deafness in white cats is dominant and symbolised by the letter W for white obviously. While this could be true to some extent it doesnt make black and white cats that much different from other cats of.
No this is not always the case. Overall deaf cats with white coat colour and one or both blue eyes make up around about 1-15 of the total cat population. White color of the coat occurs in cats in the following three ways.