Are All White Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

Unilateral and bilateral combined of 85 and 649 in cats with two blue eyes 40 and 391 in cats with one blue eye and 167 and 22 in cats with no blue eyes.

Are all white cats with blue eyes deaf. In cats congenital deafness is seen almost exclusively in white coated individuals. Can a cat with blue eyes be deaf. However not all white coat cats have blue eyes.

First of all it can be said that not all white cats are deaf but they are more likely to be deaf since they carry the so-called gene W White of white in English especially those that have one eye of each color or blue eyes. So not all white cats are deaf and not all blue-eyed white cats are deaf but a great many of them are so-affected. And 65 to 85 percent of white cats with two blue eyes were deaf.

However they do have a higher chance to be deaf and the chance increased when the cat has blue eyes. In the cat world white cats with blue eyes are very special kitties. No this is not always the case.

The white spotting gene and albino gene can also produce white cats with pink blue yellow or green eyes. Are all white cats deaf. Some white cats have blue eyes but not all.

However not all white cats with blue eyes are deaf. We cannot rely solely on coat and eye color to affirm it. The mech-anism of inheritance of deafness in white cats has not been.

Not all white Cats are Deaf. Cataracts are not the only cause of cats with blue eyes. No not all white cats carry the W D gene and associated deafness.