White Cats Deaf Eyes
The easiest way to determine whether or not a cat is an albino is by looking at their eyes.
White cats deaf eyes. Blue-eyed cats are more often deaf than white cats with other coloured eyes. White cats with blue eyes had a high probability. Various studies came to the conclusion where 17 to 22 of white cats without blue eyes are born deaf.
There is a genegene complex which causes white coat blue eyes and deafness but not all cats get their white coat and blue eyes from that particular gene so not all white cats will be deaf. Another thing about blue-eyed white cats is that they are photophobic. The eyes of a white cat may be blue non-blue usually copper or gold or odd one of each.
Thus cats which are entirely white and have blue eyes are generally deaf. However while it isnt the cause of deafness in white cats blue eye color is related. When one or both eyes are blue anywhere from 60 to 80 of white cats will be deaf.
If the cat is a ForeignOriental White it carries the gene for Siamese Blue Eyes which is not linked to deafness the gene for Siamese Blue Eyes is linked to cross-eyes instead. 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. Heterochromia eyes of two different colors.
The possible eye colors of white cats includes. 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. White cats have white coats because the gene for white fur trumps all other potential colors.
White cats do not typically have visual or reproductive de- fects but they are prone to the occurrence of blue irises one or both and deafness either unilateral or bilateral. If a white cat has 2 blue eyes it is 3-5 times more likely to be deaf than a cat with 2 non-blue eyes and a cat with 1 blue eye is about twice as likely to be deaf as a cat. The good news is a white cat is not prone to blindness.