White Cats Deaf Eyes

In those with only one blue eye 30-40 will be deaf so the majority will have normal hearing.

White cats deaf eyes. White cats simply have a gene for white fur while albinism is a genetic condition that results in a complete lack of color pigmentation in the skin fur and eyes. When it is albino with blue eyes gen cat o with red eyes gen c for example. The percentage rises to 40 percent if the cat has one blue eye while upwards of 65 to 85 percent of all-white cats with both eyes blue are.

Many cats are born with congenital deafness which causes deafness in the cat as it ages instead of later on. Photo by Echo on Unsplash. The possible eye colors of white cats includes.

These cats are three to five times more likely to be deaf than white cats with non-blue eyes. Once again the brilliant scientist was right since between 56 and 90 of cats according to different studies with white coat and blue eye color are deaf from one or both ears. This percentage is even higher up to 40 in cats that have only one blue eye and somewhere between 65-85 of all-white cats are born deaf.

White cat with blue eyes. Theres a key difference. White color of the coat occurs in cats in the following three ways.

However they do have a higher chance to be deaf and the chance increased when the cat has blue eyes. Thus cats which are entirely white and have blue eyes are generally deaf. Statistically white cats with blue eyes with congenital deafness make up around 1 to 15 of the total cat population.

Heterochromia eyes of two different colors. When one or both eyes are blue anywhere from 60 to 80 of white cats will be deaf. And if the white cat has a different eye color for each eye heterochromia.