When I first saw this cat in the picture, Katie, I was astounded! I’d never ever seen a cat with two different colored eyes, though I’ve seen it in huskies (dogs). As I looked into it further, I started to hear myths that these cats are blind in one eye so I dug even deeper and found out the truth about these beautiful genetics!
First of all, different colored eyes does NOT equal blindness. That myth comes from the fact that usually blind eye has a milky-blue color to it. The eyes are simply different due to pure genetics…
Although the eye color doesn’t mean blindness, it more often DOES mean deafness.
- They’re often deaf (though not ALL are)
- They’re often deaf in at least one ear which is more often than not the ear on the side of the blue eye.
For more interesting facts on white colored cat genetics, check out this article here.
Tags: albino, cat, different colored eyes, genetics, katie, pure white cats, white cats
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Suzanne Gregoris
899 days ago
Jamie, Thanks so much for using my kitty! I had heard the deaf rumor before but not the blindness. I have no reason to think she is blind in that eye and the Vet never mentioned it. Its interesting none the less. Neat link to the article too.
admin
898 days ago
Thank you for letting me use her! She’s gorgeous and I loved researching more about her genetics
Suzanne Gregoris
897 days ago
I don’t know if you ever saw this but my Aunt sent me a link last night.
http://www.ayshazencats.co.uk/kmcc/kmcc_index.htm
I guess the odd eyed cat is actually a breed in Thailand. Pretty cool.
admin
895 days ago
Very cool! Thanks for sharing the link with me, I will definitely do a post on it!
Sandy
877 days ago
That is crazy about the deaf thing! When I was growing up, I had a white cat with two different coloured eyes, and he was partially deaf! I never knew that those two things were related at all. Very strange & interesting!