Sentences with phrase «deaf white cats»

If you have a deaf white cat, it is not advisable to breed from it as this would pass the trait along.

Not exact matches

White cats with odd eyes, one blue one yellow, are sometimes deaf in both ears but more usually have hearing in one ear only, the ear the same side as the blue eye.

Cats that are completely white in color that also have blue eyes are often deaf or hearing - impaired.

Hairless cats are vulnerable to skin conditions, while white, blue - eyed cats are much more likely to be deaf than other color combinations.

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.

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.

Sixty - five to 85 percent of white cats with two blue eyes are deaf, 40 percent of white cats with one blue eye are deaf, and 17 to 22 percent of white cats without blue eyes are deaf, according to Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine.

Special Considerations: cats may be deaf or partially deaf (a characteristic due to having a pure white coat and blue eyes).

Not all blue - eyed white cats will be deaf (as this article explains).

Odd - eyed white cats may be deaf on the blue - eyed side.

It is also a fallacy that «all blue - eyed white cats are born deaf».

- Are white cats, particularly blue eyed white cats, always deaf or is this an old wives» tale?

«Of those white cats with one or two blue eyes, 60 - 80 % are deaf; 20 - 40 % have normal hearing; 30 - 40 % had one blue eye and were deaf while 60 - 70 % had one blue eye and normal hearing.»

White cats are also often deaf if they have one or two blue eyes.

However, a great many blue and odd - eyed white cats have normal hearing, and even deaf cats lead a normal life if kept indoors.

White cats with tiny smudges of colour, or which had tiny smudges of colour when they were kittens, are less likely to be deaf because the white colour is caused by a different gene called White SpotWhite cats with tiny smudges of colour, or which had tiny smudges of colour when they were kittens, are less likely to be deaf because the white colour is caused by a different gene called White Spotwhite colour is caused by a different gene called White SpotWhite Spotting.

Pure white cats with blue eyes are more likely to be deaf than white cats with green, yellow or orange eyes.