White Cats Deaf Or Blind

As with any pet the key to success lies in their personality along with your level of commitment and patience.

White cats deaf or blind. As you may expect hereditary deafness in white cats is a real issue and presents a major concern in white cats and even more is if one or both irises are blue in color. The deaf ear is usually on the same side as the blue eye. These breeds do not allow deaf white cats to be bred from.

About 20 percent of non-blue-eyed white cats also are deaf. Make sure to offer plenty of appropriate verbal or tactile praise and of course treats. There is also a breed connection.

White cats and deafness. Additionally not all white cats are deaf and although deafness is more common in white cats with blue eyes not even all blue-eyed white cats are deaf. The good news is a white cat is not prone to blindness.

This is a simple non-invasive test that can be performed at specialist centres to determine accurately whether deafness is present. It appears that white cats with blue eyes are particularly prone to congenital deafness. What can I do for my deaf and Blind Cat.

Of white cats with one blue eye about 40 percent are deaf in at least one ear. All white cats are most certainly not deaf. I have read that the DW gene resides on the same chromosome as.

However they do have a higher chance to be deaf and the chance increased when the cat has blue eyes. About half of all white cats are deaf and those numbers increase in cats with blue eyes with deafness often found on the same side as the blue eye left blue eye deaf in left ear. Unless both ears are affected cats may never show any signs of hearing loss.