Deaf White Cats For Adoption

Deaf Cat Hearing Loss Cats Ear diseases are one of the most common causes of taking cats to the veterinarian.

Deaf white cats for adoption. Breeding studies have defined the relationship between deafness in white cats and blue eye colour. Find out more here. As for white cats with only one blue eye about 30-40 will be deaf.

Chronic ear infection increases the risk of ear tumor. A deaf kitten found a home with two cats who are also deaf. Declawing a cat is the cutting off of the end of each toe.

Many white cats are born deaf with studies finding that as many as 65 to 85 of white cats with blue eyes experience permanent hearing loss. Dominant epistatic white is a masking gene that overrides all other coat colours and is symbolised with the letters WD. And obviously some cats of other colors are deaf for completely different reasons.

Whether youve decided to adopt a deaf cat from a rescue centre or are learning to cope with your cats diagnosis there are plenty of ways to help make your feline friends life easier. A deaf cat will tend to look to the hearing cat for visual clues about what is going on. Deafness is more likely to occur in white cats with blue eyes.

It is ideal for declawing to take place at an early age. Sparkle Cat Rescue an all-volunteer rescue in North Carolina saved him from a very rough beginning. Generally a kitten is put under general anesthetic for the procedure and pain medications are administered after.

Use the nationwide database of cats looking for good homes below. Adoptable Cats in Your Local Shelter. Eeting Casper a white cat with blue eyes who was deaf at Cats Protections Belfast Adoption Centre was an eye opener.