Deaf White Cats For Adoption

If you live in New York City and are hoping to adopt from us check out the cats.

Deaf white cats for adoption. She is completely deaf and therefore must be an indoor cat. Please do look into owning a deaf cat if you are interested as it does come with challenges. Victor is a classic example of a hiding cat and he prefers sleeping under the bed or in a closet.

Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes. For those cats with other colored eyes only 10-20 are deaf. Declawing a cat is the cutting off of the end of each toe.

25 of white cats with yellow eyes have normal hearing. Deafness is inherited in some blue-eyed white cats. However that is not guaranteed.

Deafness in white cats with blue eyes is a form of congenital deafness medically known as unilateral or bilateral congenital sensorineural deafness. Researchers found that only 17 to 22 percent of white cats with non-blue eyes are born deaf. Dominant epistatic white is a masking gene that overrides all other coat colours and is symbolised with the letters WD.

The gene responsible is an. Sparkle Cat Rescue an all-volunteer rescue in North Carolina saved him from a very rough beginning. These are also his go to places if he is feeling unsecure about strangers in the house.

Weird fact if a white cat has two different colored eyes and only one of them is blue the cat will deaf in the ear thats on the same side as their blue eye. She is very clean but does need lots of entertainment as she cant get outside. So its a good idea to prepare some quite hiding places if you are adopting a deaf cat.