White Cat With Blue Eyes Not Deaf

Surely theres probably some exception to the rule but the vet said this was.

White cat with blue eyes not deaf. White cat with two different colored eyes usually means deafness as is the case with my moms cat. 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.

The results were telling with 17-22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes being born deaf around 40 percent with one blue eye were deaf and a staggering 6-85 percent who were born deaf had two blue eyes. I know that in an odd-eyed white cat the cat is deaf on the blue-eyed side. The stats show that the blue-eyed white cat is prone to deafness incidence more than the normal cat.

In cats congenital deafness is seen almost exclusively in white coated individuals. White cats with no blue eyes have about a 19 chance of being deaf in both or one ear. Speculating and researching the genetics of our pets is fas.

However a lot of white cats with blue eyes are. 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. Whether the cat is heterozygous or homozygous for W the blue eyes and deafness have.

Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born 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. Interestingly most white cats regardless of eye color exhibit a special kind of deafness.

And 65 to 85. 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 deaf. Originally Posted by OllyExtra05.