White Cats Deaf Eyes

However the prevalence of white cats does vary in different geographies.

White cats deaf eyes. However in white cats with two blue eyes roughly 60-80 are likely to be deaf. However they do have a higher chance to be deaf and the chance increased when the cat has blue eyes. This occurs during fetal development after conception the embryo splits into three primitive germ layers.

White cat with blue eyes. When it is albino with blue eyes gen cat o with red eyes gen c for example. 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.

This percentage is even higher up to 40 in cats that have only one blue eye and somewhere between 65-85 of all-white cats are born deaf. In those cats with eyes of another colour only 10-20 are likely to be deaf. White coat on cats can occur as a result of the dominant white gene W.

Thus cats which are entirely white and have blue eyes are generally deaf. And if the white cat has a different eye color for each eye heterochromia. Whereas there isnt a fact that every one white cats with blue eyes are deaf science has confirmed that the variety of deaf cats with at the very least one blue eye is.

White cats have white coats because the gene for white fur trumps all other potential colors. The eyes of a white cat may be blue non-blue usually copper or gold or odd one of each. These cats are three to five times more likely to be deaf than white cats with non-blue eyes.

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. Overall deaf cats with white coat colour and one or both blue eyes make up around about 1-15 of the total cat population. Blue-eyed cats are more often deaf than white cats with other coloured eyes.