White Cats Deaf Or Blind

Cats respond to pheromones.

White cats deaf or blind. You can purchase pheromones at your local pet stores that help relax cats and. Unless both ears are affected cats may never show any signs of hearing loss. Researchers found that only 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes are born deaf.

These breeds do not allow deaf white cats to be bred from. Some of the breeds that are at higher risk are white Persians Ragdolls Cornish and Devon Rex Oriental Shorthairs Manx and Turkish Angora. The reason as you may have guessed is heredity.

Some cats are at a higher risk of genetic defects which can cause deafness from birth. Some cats are born deaf. A place to post blind catscats with impaired vision in need of rescue or adoption.

3064 likes 3 talking about this. Make sure to offer plenty of appropriate verbal or tactile praise and of course treats. There is also a breed connection.

In terms of adult cats in a lot of cases hearing loss or deafness occurs due to age-related issues. In particular this applies to white-coated cats this means cats that are entirely white whose eyes are either both blue both orange or one of each color. Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear.

White coat on cats can occur as a result of the dominant white gene W. The roll of the genetic dice that produces a white blue-eyed and typically. Blind and deaf cats adapt remarkably well to their.