White Male Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

Not all of these cats are deaf see part 2 of this short article.

White male cats with blue eyes deaf. Cats with white Spots. Coat color and an aspect of the cats personality or another aspect of anatomy can be linked if the gene that dictates the cats colour and a gene which affects the way the brain develops are situated close together on the same chromosome. 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.

From Deafness in blue-eyed white cats by George M. Since it usually covers the eyes if it covers the ears the deaf cats caused by white spotting frequently have blue eyes but not always. Not all blue-eyed white cats are deaf but many of them are.

Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes. However in white cats with two blue eyes roughly 60-80 are likely to be deaf. White cats with blue eyes deaf White male cats with blue eyes deaf.

31 of white cats and blue eyes had normal hearing. In odd-eyed white cats the ear on the blue-eyed side may be deaf but the one on the orange-eyed side usually has normal hearing. The white spotting factor can create blue-eyed or odd-eyed cats if it reaches one or both eyes.

Two blue eyes completely deaf. Unless both ears are affected cats may never show any signs of hearing loss. Albino cats are not linked to deafness.

White cats with blue eyes often suffer from a genetic defect that causes their cochlea a vital organ within the inner ear to degenerate shortly after birthWhite cats with eyes of other colours can usually hear. The fact is that hereditary deafness does tend to be a serious concern in white cats. These cats are three to five times more likely to be deaf than white cats with non-blue eyes.