Albino cats will have pink eyes or very, very pale blue eyes.
There are detailed, explicit scientific differences between cats with white coats and
albino cats.
Over the years, some myths about white - coated cats have been unfairly assigned to
albino cats by an association — coat color — that is itself false.
We'll also dispel popular myths about white cats and
albino cats along the way!
Since
albino cats are not white to begin with, the notion that there is any causal link between albinism and deafness is equally fallacious.
White cats are cats that simply have white fur, while
albino cats are cats that have a genetic condition where they lack melanin called albinism.
Therefore,
albino cats are white cats, but not all white cats are
albino cats.
Albino cats will have light blue, pink, or pink - blue eyes, while white cats can have a variety of eye colors.
Not all white cats are albino, but
all albino cats are white.
Albino cats are rare, and they have several unusual peculiarities, just like many other albino animals.
Albino cats have an absolutely white coat.
An albino cat will have a pinkish dermis, noticeable under their coat and on their nose, eyelids, lips, ears and paw pads.
You will have to give
your albino cat a care and attention that other cats would not require.
Not exact matches
Dr. Hipke enjoys spending her free time with her husband Jason and her animal menagerie (Lucius the
cat, Floyd and Mort the finches, and Bleu Cheese Crumbles, her
albino hedgehog).
Siamese
cats carry
albino genes that work only when the body temperature is above 98 ° F.
«The majority of white
cats are not
albinos.
Albino kittens have turned up more recently in the Bengal breed, unsurprising since albinism is found in the Asian Leopard
Cat (the wild parent of the Bengal).
An
albino kitten was born at Chelmsford
Cats Protection League shelter in the 1990s and required handrearing.
Without resorting to too much dry, technical language about alleles, or to unhelpful, sweeping generalizations, we'll try to explain what makes a white
cat's coat white, and what distinguishes these
cats from the extremely rare
albinos.