White Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear.

White cats with blue eyes deaf. White cat with blue eyes. Two blue eyes completely deaf. Many people wonder if deafness in cats with blue eyes or in white cats is an old wives tale or a fact.

The roll of the genetic dice that produces a white blue-eyed and typically. Of course there is no universal law that decrees. Typically cats experiencing these hearing issues are not born deaf.

When one or both eyes are blue anywhere from 60 to. In fact only 85 of white cats are born with blue eyes while the rest of the white cats are born with brown eyes or some other color. Strangely blue eye white cats tend to be deaf even more than others.

In a cat with the white spot gene the deafness usually occurs in the ear affected by the spot. However not all white coat cats have blue eyes. Albino cats are not linked to deafness.

These cats are three to five times more likely to be deaf than white cats with non-blue eyes. And if the white cat has a different eye color for each eye heterochromia it will be deaf on the side where it has the blue eye. Photo by Echo on Unsplash.

This situation witnesses a higher incidence with cats who possess a singular blue eye. However the prevalence of white cats does vary in different geographies. 25 of white cats with yellow eyes have normal hearing.