Are Most White Cat With Blue Eyes Deaf

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.

Are most white cat with blue eyes deaf. In the cat world white cats with blue eyes are very special kitties. Cheers --- terry tery pride APDT-Aus apdt1827 CVA IPDTA TDF. Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear.

Far more common in cats with white coats than any other color white cats with blue eyes are often entirely deaf. What is the risk of deafness in a white cat. Their eye color is mainly due to a cellular issue.

A 1997 study showed a 72 incidence rate which further explained the process. Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes. White kitten with blue eyes are often be associated with blindness and deafness.

40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf. In reality the chances of a white cat being born deaf are only 22. The health problem occurs due to.

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. Many cats are born with congenital deafness which causes deafness in the cat as it ages instead of later on. However that is not guaranteed.

If we look at the percentage of the white-coat cat with blue eyes they account for 075 to 20 of the total cat population. It found the animals under observation to be deaf. Interestingly deaf cats who are white and have blue eyes make up around just 1-15 of the total cat population.