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That's what that website said.
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A question for those in genetics...
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I belive they are more common in some populations than others. If there's no red males in the population, and no torite females, there will not be any red or torite babies. I was in Cyprus a year ago, and I was amazed of how many tortie and red females there was in the cat population who lived near the hotel were I stayed.
Sissel
What color are CJ's eyes?
My Go Go and my foster cat, Princess have blue eyes, but neither are totally white. They're both hearing.
My Go Go and my foster cat, Princess have blue eyes, but neither are totally white. They're both hearing.
This is not based on any scientific research, pure speculation
The mark that CAN appear in white kittens have nothing to do with the kittens hearing ability. It only indicates the kittens "true color". All white cats have another color under the white (the gene for white color only bleaches the true color).
And when it comes to how common deafness is in white cats and if blue eyed ones are more likely to develop deafness... Feel free ti guess. I yet haven't met one deaf white cat and I've met quite many. I believe that is has to do with breeding. Good breeders have excluded deaf cats from their breeding programs for years and years and they've avoided to mate white cats with each other, all this to minimize the risk for getting deaf kittens and I think this hard work has payed off.
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Both CJ and Elle are two toned. I'm not sure if Elle is deaf or not. I'm going to schedule another vet, and talk to him about it then.
OK - I've only skimmed through this thread BUT not all Pure white cats are deaf. My 3 month old kitten Lonestar is pure white and by no means deaf! Also the genetic spot has nothing to do with the cat being deaf! It only shows what colour that cat is masking.
Hope this helps.
Hope this helps.
By two toned do you mean odd eyed?
It is only some of the pure white cats with blue eyes. The cat I grew up with had light blue eyes and she was deaf.
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Yes. Odd eyed is what I mean.
Here's another question, is it possible for an odd eyed cat to be completely deaf?
I think it is always possible, but not likely. You never know if some other type of genetic defect is going on or if it has to do with being white with blue or odd eyes.
Yes, of course.
I wouldnt call them "rare", just statisically challenged. Reason being as stated above to produse a red FEMALE both parents need to be a red carrier -- which means Red father, red or tortie mom. In CJ's case --- she is still a red carrier -- but it is masked by her white gene...
To produce a red male only one parent need pass on the red gene.
Hey, it's good to see you!
Oh yes red males are ALLLLL too common!
I see that this is an older thread, but I recently adopted a stray orange tabby which I assumed was a male since most orange tabbys I meet seem to be. Also, the cat was so much larger (frame wise) than my other female cats. The back end was, for some reason, rather confusing - I usually can tell such things at a glance - LOL. Was surprised (and felt rather silly) to find out that SHE is indeed a spayed female. The vet mentioned that female orange tabbys are rather unusual - thus prompting my web search and my discovery of this forum.
