White Cats Deaf Eyes

When it is albino with blue eyes gen cat o with red eyes gen c for example.

White cats deaf eyes. However in white cats with two blue eyes roughly 60-80 are likely to be deaf. Overall statistics indicate that. However the prevalence of white cats does vary in different geographies.

There is a genegene complex which causes white coat blue eyes and deafness but not all cats get their white coat and blue eyes from that particular gene so not all white cats will be 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. Researchers found that only 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes are born deaf.

Photo by Echo on Unsplash. White color of the coat occurs in cats in the following three ways. Various studies came to the conclusion where 17 to 22 of white cats without blue eyes are born deaf.

White cat with 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. White cats simply have a gene for white fur while albinism is a genetic condition that results in a complete lack of color pigmentation in the skin fur and eyes.

Another thing about blue-eyed white cats is that they are photophobic. No cats with white coats are not albino. These cats are three to five times more likely to be deaf than white cats with non-blue eyes.

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. This percentage is even higher up to 40 in cats that have only one blue eye and somewhere between 65-85 of all-white cats are born deaf. In those cats with eyes of another colour only 10-20 are likely to be deaf.