White Male Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

In those cats with eyes of another colour only 10-20 are likely to be deaf.

White male cats with blue eyes deaf. These animals are well-known to be commonly affected by a congenital hereditary deaf-ness that may affect one or both ears. Reports of this condition date back to at least the 1930s Bamber 1933 and. White cats with blue eyes deaf White male cats with blue eyes deaf.

A cat with a gene with white spots like the tuxedo cat can have blue eyes or in some cases odd eyes. Albino cats are not linked to deafness. 31 of white cats and blue eyes had normal hearing.

In those with only one blue eye 30-40 will be deaf so the majority will have normal hearing. However that is not guaranteed. Deafness in blue-eyed white cats.

Two blue eyes completely deaf. And if the white cat has a different eye color for each eye heterochromia. The white spotting factor can create blue-eyed or odd-eyed cats if it reaches one or both eyes.

Not all blue-eyed white cats are deaf but many of them are. Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear. Cataracts are not the only cause of cats with blue eyes.

Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf. Statistically white cats with blue eyes with congenital deafness make up around 1 to 15 of the total cat population. When the white spot gene affects both eyes the cat will have blue eyes.