White Cat With Blue Eyes Are Usually Deaf

However the prevalence of white cats does vary in different geographies.

White cat with blue eyes are usually deaf. Unlike other white cats blue-eyed white cats have slightly different genetics. No this is not always the case. And in addition to Rios Sweetie.

White cats with blue eyes are usually deaf. While there is a clear correlation between the blue eye color and deafness in white cats why is this so. The American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ASPCA reports that between 6585 of blue-eyed white cats are deaf.

Black and white cats with blue eyes have a much more common type of hearing and vision problem that may be related to their eye color. In fact only 85 of white cats are born with blue eyes while the rest of the white cats are born with brown eyes or some other color. The gene responsible for the deafness in white cats is dominant and symbolised by the letter W for white obviously.

White cats with two blue eyes have a 85 649 chance of being deaf in both or one ear. White cats with one blue eye the other is usually yellow or gold have about a 40 chance of being deaf in both or one ear. If a white cat has 2 blue eyes it is 3-5 times more likely to be deaf than a cat with 2 non-blue eyes and a cat with 1 blue eye is about twice as likely to be deaf as a cat with 2 non-blue eyes.

As for odd-eyed white cats when a white cat has one orange or green and one blue eye the ear on the blue-eyed side is likely to be deaf whereas the one on the orange- or green-eyed side is usually fine. Deafness in the white cat is generally seen in the inherited congenital deficiencies found mainly in the white-coated cats. The degeneration of the auditory apparatus near the ear cause deafness in the white cat.

The reason is the aforementioned W. However not all white coat cats have blue eyes. Once again the brilliant scientist was right since between 56 and 90 of cats according to different studies with white coat and blue eye color are deaf from one or both ears.