Pure White Cats Deaf

Eye color in white cats also relates to the potential for deafness.

Pure white cats deaf. Albinos are extremely rare and only make up about 2 percent of the feline population. Deafness in blue-eyed white cats. Researchers found that only 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes are born deaf.

White Kitten with Blue Eyes DeafnessBlindness White kitten with blue eyes are often be associated with blindness and deafness. Generally it occurs in breeds having white blue eyes. 5 of the general cat population is white cats ie.

Pure white cats only make up about 5 of the overall cat population. 5 of the cat population includes pure whites. Cats with the dominant white or white spots gene may suffer from genetic deafness.

Google presents me with contradictory answers to this question. When cats with the W gene are bred the resulting litters have the chance to inherit faulty hearing. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes.

Historically white cats were prone to being deaf I am not referring to pedigrees. However that is not guaranteed. They are deaf even if they have a blue eye.

Of the 5 of white cats in the overall population 60-80 had eyes. However there is no need to be feared to bring a cat with blue eyes home because more than 50 percents of cats who are not pure white their blue eyes are not always related to deafness and blindness. I was told that all pure white cats with both eyes being blue are completely deaf and that all pure white cats with one blue eye are deaf on the side that has the blue eye.