Are All White Cats With Blue Eyes Deaf

White coat on cats can occur as a result of the dominant white gene W.

Are all white cats with blue eyes deaf. The name Lynx comes from the Greek word to shine and may be in reference to the reflective ability of the cats eyes. However a lot of white cats with blue eyes are. 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.

Some of the cats were deaf in only one ear - interestingly if a cat had a blue eye on the right side of her head she tended to be deaf in the right ear and vice versa. Also when a cat is a kitten we may not be able to determine if they are deaf since they are already developing. The mech-anism of inheritance of deafness in white cats has not been.

Interestingly most white cats regardless of eye color exhibit a special kind of deafness. Hereditary deafness is a major concern in white cats and even more so if one or both irises are blue in color. No this is not always the case.

So not all white cats are deaf and not all blue-eyed white cats are deaf but a great many of them are so-affected. First of all it can be said that not all white cats are deaf but they are more likely to be deaf since they carry the so-called gene W White of white in English especially those that have one eye of each color or blue eyes. Photo by Echo on Unsplash.

Albino cats are not linked to deafness. Some of these cats are deaf in only one ear. About 20 percent of non-blue-eyed white cats also are deaf.

White cat with blue eyes. Why are white cats with blue eyes usually deaf. No not all white cats carry the W D gene and associated deafness.