Cute white kitten at shelter

cattitude

cattitude

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Pasofever said:
She does not look like she has any point color to me at all...and alot of your DSH that are BEW are deaf...I dont think it is a huge deal for a house pet just if going to adopt her I would want people to know it is a high possibility...

I find more CEW are sound hearing then BEW because of the copper eye gene...anyway good luck hope she finds a nice home she sure is cute..
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I had white with blue/green eyes ..she was deaf..I did a lot of reading about it since then. It's kind of an urban legend about the whites w/blue eyes...it is true that they have a higher incidence of deafness than the other eye colors but it's not as high a percentage as most think. The odd-eyed are close to 50% for being deaf. Kinda like white boxers/deafness.
 
Cowgirl

Cowgirl

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cattitude said:
I had white with blue/green eyes ..she was deaf..I did a lot of reading about it since then. It's kind of an urban legend about the whites w/blue eyes...it is true that they have a higher incidence of deafness than the other eye colors but it's not as high a percentage as most think. The odd-eyed are close to 50% for being deaf. Kinda like white boxers/deafness.
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Wouldn't it be funny if people with blue eyes were deaf? :lol:



Ok, not funny-haha, but funny-weird.
 
Pasofever

Pasofever

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Deafness in Cats

In summary, most white cats, even those with blue eyes are not deaf. Many have normal hearing, or at least normal hearing in one ear. Simply put, white cats with blue eyes have a greater than normal chance of deafness when compared to other colored cats, but most white cats with blue eyes have normal hearing.





I was just saying it is a possibility..so to know that going into getting her thats all..not an argument..
 
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