White Cat With One Blue Eye Deaf

And in addition to Rios Sweetie.

White cat with one blue eye deaf. We have a largish long-haired white cat with one blue eye and one green eye. --White felines who have odd eyes usually have one blue eye and one green or yellow eye--A lot of white kitties have both eyes of the same color. 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.

30-40 had one blue eye and were deaf while 60-70 had one blue eye and normal hearing. A cat with two different eyes one blue and one other colour is usually deaf but only on the side of the blue eye. Interestingly if a white cat with one blue eye is deaf in only one ear that ear will invariably be on the same side of the head as the blue eye.

However the prevalence of white cats does vary in different geographies. In those with only one blue eye 30-40 will be deaf so the majority will have normal hearing. 20-40 have normal hearing.

A detailed study was conducted in the year 1997 of white cats with varying degree of deafness and it was found that more than 70 cats were suffering from deafness. Cornell University - Ask Elizabeth. Cornell University cites a study that found that 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes were born deaf.

40 and 391 in cats with one blue eye and 167 and 22 in cats with no blue eyes. Some white kittens are born deaf. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes.

My Binx was named after the cat in Hocus Pocus. Some of these cats are deaf in only one ear. The deafness in these cats is more likely to influence the ear on the blue eyed side.