Are Most White Cat With Blue Eyes Deaf

Statistically 85 of F white blue-eyed cats are entirely deaf.

Are most white cat with blue eyes deaf. I do not recall what the odds are for a M cat who is both blue-eyed and white to be deaf sorry. Their eye color is mainly due to a cellular issue. Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf.

Two blue eyes completely deaf. About half of all white cats are deaf and those numbers increase in cats with blue eyes with deafness often found on the same side as the blue eye left blue eye deaf in left ear. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf.

The roll of the genetic dice that produces a white blue-eyed and typically. The reason is the aforementioned W genotype. Cheers --- terry tery pride APDT-Aus apdt1827 CVA IPDTA TDF.

Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes. However all white cats or kitten are likely to be deaf and it. 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.

The variable penetrance of deafness and eye colour may be caused by interplay with other genes andor environmental factors. White kitten with blue eyes are often be associated with blindness and deafness. Far more common in cats with white coats than any other color white cats with blue eyes are often entirely deaf.

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. 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. If a cat with odd eyes is deaf it is always on the same side as the blue eye.