Are All White Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

The fact is that hereditary deafness does tend to be a serious concern in white cats.

Are all white cats with blue eyes deaf. Do all white cats with blue eyes are deaf. However not all white cats with blue eyes are deaf. The deafness is caused by degeneration of the auditory apparatus of the inner ear and may affect one ear unilateral or.

Unless both ears are affected cats may never show any signs of hearing loss. 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. And 65 to 85 percent of white cats with two blue eyes were deaf.

40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf. Why are white cats with blue eyes usually deaf. The white spotting gene and albino gene can also produce white cats with pink blue yellow or green eyes.

White coat on cats can occur as a result of the dominant white gene W. NO not all pure white cats with blue eyes are deaf however. Albino cats are not linked to deafness.

Do all white cats with blue eyes carry the W gene. No this is not always the case. The possible eye colors for white cats are copper gold green blue and shades of these colors.

The deaf ear is usually on the same side as the blue eye. 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. All-white cats born with one blue eye experience congenital deafness in 40 of kittens while kittens born with two blue eyes have an 85 chance of being born deaf.