Pure White Cats Deaf. It’s important to remember that not all white cats with blue eyes are naturally deaf. Reports of this condition date back to at least the 1930s (bamber, 1933), and many investigators have studied it in.
White cats that have one blue eye are usually deaf in one ear and usually on the same side where the blue is. According to the aspca complete guide to cats, 17 to 20 percent of white cats with nonblue eyes are deaf; If 40 percent of these cats are deaf, it means the majority (60 percent) can hear.
Cats can be deaf in one or both ears.
Reports of this condition date back to at least the 1930s (bamber, 1933), and many investigators have studied it in. Deaf white cats are banned from exhibition or breeding by some fancies in europe and there is a move to reduce or eliminate this trait from british breeding lines of various breeds. Statistically, around 60% to 80% of pure white cats with one or two blue eyes are deaf. Inherited deafness in white cats international cat care if your cat is pure white it might also be deaf life with cats