White Cats Deafness Blue Eyes

40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf.

White cats deafness blue eyes. When the gene affects only one eye the cat will have odd eyes. 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. Overall deaf cats with white coat colour and one or both blue eyes make up around about 1-15 of the total cat population.

The reason is the aforementioned W genotype. Unlike other white cats blue-eyed white cats have slightly different genetics. An estimated 40 percent of white cats with blue eyes are deaf which is high.

A cat with a gene with white spots like the tuxedo cat can have blue eyes or in some cases odd eyes. 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. 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 with 2 non-blue eyes.

Cats with blue eyes are often confused with kittens. The deafness is linked to the so-called W gene. Cats with just one deaf ear may appear perfectly normal and their.

In odd-eyed white cats the ear on the blue-eyed side may be deaf but the one. Strangely blue eye white cats tend to be deaf even more than others. Deafness in white cats with blue eyes is a form of congenital deafness medically known as unilateral or bilateral congenital sensorineural deafness.

Many people wonder if deafness in cats with blue eyes or in white cats is an old wives tale or a fact. However the prevalence of white cats does vary in different geographies. 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.