Pure White Cats Deaf

Cats with the dominant white or white spots gene may suffer from genetic deafness.

Pure white cats deaf. Its believed that the ear closest to the oddly colored eye or both ears if both eyes are uniquely colored will be the ear with deafness. Of those white cats with one or two blue eyes 60-80 are deaf. Epistatic gene commonly referred to as Dominant White is the gene that produces white cats with blue orange or odd color eyes and this mutation is most closely related to deafness.

15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes. A survey of 185 white cats reported the following results. 20-40 have normal hearing.

White spotting is not linked to being deaf. How can you tell if a white cat is deaf. These animals are well-known to be commonly affected by a congenital hereditary deaf-ness that may affect one or both ears.

15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes. The deafness is linked to the so-called W gene. 15-40 of these pure white cats have one or two blue-eyes.

However that is not guaranteed. 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. But not all white cats are deaf.

Signs of dizziness or disorientation. 5 of the cat population includes pure whites. 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye were deaf.