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Originally Posted by DoubleTrouble
Do not want to crash your thread
I could be talking a load of rubbish as I do not really know a lot about cats - but when I wqs a child we had a white cat who was deaf - I was told this is common in white cats - can someone confirm - just out of interest.
regards
sue
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Deafness is linked to white in cats. It's estimated that 80% of the white and blue eyed domestic shorthairs/longhairs are deaf and 20% of the yellow eyed domestic shorthairs/longhairs. It's much more rare in purebreds since we don't breed deaf cats. According to a Swedish study about 5% of the white Devon and Cornish Rexes are deaf.