Pure White Cats Deaf

However there is no need to be feared to bring a cat with blue eyes home because more than 50 percents of cats who are not pure white their blue eyes are not always related to deafness and blindness.

Pure white cats deaf. The deafness is caused by degeneration of the auditory apparatus of the inner ear and may affect one ear unilateral or both ears bilateral. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes. In a cat with the white spot gene the deafness usually occurs in the ear affected by the spot.

25 of white cats with yellow eyes have normal hearing. When cats with the W gene are bred the resulting litters have the chance to inherit faulty hearing. Google presents me with contradictory answers to this question.

Its believed that the ear closest to the oddly colored eye or both ears if both eyes are uniquely colored will be the ear with deafness. Of these white cats however 72 are deafIn cat genetics the gene that gives a pure white cat its white fur is also linked to the development of its ears and eyes. 5 of the general cat population is white cats ie.

For this reason a cat with odd eyes can be deaf from the ear that is on the side of the blue eye. 31 of white cats and blue eyes had normal hearing. Epistatic gene commonly referred to as Dominant White is the gene that produces white cats with blue orange or odd color eyes and this mutation is most closely related to deafness.

30-40 had one blue eye and were deaf while 60-70 had one blue eye and normal hearing. I am not sure but I think it was an inherited problem. 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.

These animals are well-known to be commonly affected by a congenital hereditary deaf-ness that may affect one or both ears. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes. Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes.