Are Most White Cat With Blue Eyes Deaf

White cats with blue eyes had a high probability.

Are most white cat with blue eyes deaf. Black and white cats with blue eyes have a much more common type of hearing and vision problem that may be related to their eye color. However that is not guaranteed. Cheers --- terry tery pride APDT-Aus apdt1827 CVA IPDTA TDF.

The roll of the genetic dice that produces a white blue-eyed and typically. Their eye color is mainly due to a cellular issue. Furthermore if a cat has one blue eye and one green the ear on the side of the blue eye is more likely to be deaf than the other.

A 1997 study showed a 72 incidence rate which further explained the process. The deaf ear is usually on the same side as the blue eye. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf.

Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes. In reality the chances of a white cat being born deaf are only 22. According to the Feline Health Center at Cornell University research has found that only 17 to 22 percent of all-white cats without blue eyes are born deaf.

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. With two blue eyes 40 and 391 in cats with one blue eye and 167 and 22 in cats with no blue eyes. 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.

I do not recall what the odds are for a M cat who is both blue-eyed and white to be deaf sorry. Having bi-colored eyes cuts the odds but i am not sure how much. Some of these cats are deaf in only one ear.