White cats with blue eyes: is deafness characteristic of them and how are they?

White cats with blue eyes are touching creatures that delight everyone around. What breeds of cats with blue eyes exist, whether blue-eyed cats really are deaf - our article will tell about all this.

Seeing a white cat with blue eyes, we are moved. Gray, blue, black and red cats are familiar to us, and meeting with blue-eyed blond cats is a rarity.

White is associated with hope, purity and virtue. Meeting with a white cat has long been considered a good sign of fate. Many people believed that the appearance of a white cat on the road was a long-awaited pleasant meeting or good news. The girls thought it was for marriage, young women for the long-awaited pregnancy.

The riddle, where white cats come from, scientists have solved long ago. The peculiarity of white animals is that they are deprived of pigmentation. Determination of the future color kitten occurs in the womb. Whatever shade the parents of the future baby may have, if the white color of the animal is expressed by the dominant W gene, it will not allow the kitten to receive pigment of a different color. The baby will be born white, and its offspring may have a different color.

There are cats that just look white to us. In fact, these animals have large white spots that simply merge into one. If you look closely, there may be a different color of wool between them.

Do not confuse white cats with blue eyes and albino cats. They have no pigment that dyes animal hair, skin, and iris. The main sign of albino is red eyes. Due to the absence of melanin (a coloring pigment), small blood vessels shine through the colorless membrane, from which it seems to us that the eyes of an animal are red.

The development of felinology (the science of mewing pets) and genetics allowed breeders to deduce white cats with blue eyes. This color is now considered the standard of many breeds of beautiful cats.

There is a statement that blue-eyed cats are deaf. Snow-white pets, indeed, are found completely or partially deprived of hearing, since the W gene, which dominates over the other genes of the animal, has pleiotropic abilities - it affects immediately the color of the coat, iris and the formation of hearing organs. This does not mean that absolutely all cats with blue eyes will not hear you. Green-eyed, yellow-eyed and heterochromic (with different eye color) kittens may also suffer from this pathology.

If you get a white deaf cat, do not despair. Animals are kind and gentle nature. Active and sociable, such cats willingly play, hunt mice and rush around the apartment like ordinary cats. To determine that the animal is deaf, you can very simply:

• turn on the vacuum cleaner next to the kitten: the deaf animal does not respond to loud noises;
• the cat is very “loud”: sneaking loudly behind the bird, rummaging in the tray, meowing.

The behavior of an animal depends largely on its character and on how well you will bring it up. Such a cat does not require special conditions of detention, but when communicating with a deaf animal, it is important to keep in mind the following nuances:

• Carefully open and close all doors, otherwise you can cripple the cat - it does not hear your actions;
• keep the windows closed: a deaf cat has no fear, it can jump down;
• do not let the cat alone in the street, it is dangerous;
• move around the house carefully, look under your feet, so as not to step on the animal;
• communicate with your pet with conditional gestures.

Deaf cats are very attached to the owner. They are completely dependent on people who need constant help.

Beauty with a soft velvety fur coat. The body of the cat is strong, muscular, with powerful legs. On the face there is a characteristic "smile" of the Cheshire Cat. Ears in cats are erect, rounded, so do not confuse it with a Scottish Fold cat.

These cats do not require special attention. The exception is the daily combing. It is more pleasant to do this than to sweep wool clubs out of an apartment every day. Despite the thick undercoat, it is necessary to protect the pet from drafts.

The character of the animal is special. It gently loves the owner, but it can endure separation for a long time, without giving the appearance that it longs. Does not favor children and other animals in the house, but does not conflict with them. To strangers is cold, but never throws scratching or biting.

If the cat does not want to communicate, call her and catch, forcibly holding, it is useless. Allow yourself to caress the Briton can only when he wants to. It is possible to scold a cat and punish it only at the time of the “black deed”, otherwise it will not understand why it is so merciless for it. It is absolutely impossible to beat the thoroughbred British women: the animal vindictive and will surely come up with a revenge for you.

Maine Coons are special cats. They are the largest and longest in the world, have fluffy long hair and a very thick undercoat, saving from severe frosts. Especially good in Maine Coon fluffy pants on his hind legs and a collar. The tail of the pet is simply gorgeous - like a white fan. The body of cats is muscular, strong, with long powerful legs.

By the nature of the Maine Coon - the very good nature. They adore children, other animals living in the house, differ dog loyalty and devotion to the owners. Cats are mobile, worn around the apartment with toys, climb on all the high cabinets.

Breeders of this breed say that the Maine Coon needs a “hole” and a “mountain”. This means that the cat should have its own house, where he will rest, and a sports complex in the form of a claw cutter with turrets of various heights, along which he will jump.

Blondes of this breed look very elegant. They have a slender body with well-developed muscles, a graceful long neck and a wedge-shaped head proportional to the body. The extraordinary beauty of the lush tail resembles the feather of a snow-white fairy-tale bird.

Animals are intelligent and docile, love solitude and peace, are not particularly playful and not too "talkative." Will suit those people who lead a measured way of life, without fuss and haste. Angorki do not require complex care. They carefully induce marafet, not allowing the wool to slide into mats.

This is the only breed of short-haired cats, which has only one color - white. Slender, long-legged, well-built cats have small sizes. The maximum weight of the animal is about 5 kg. A fur coat can be white-boiled, and the face has a color like a Siamese cat - the ancestors of this breed.

The Foreign Weights are funny, kind and funny animals. Full of tireless energy, they are ready to play all day and, like a faithful dog, to run after you around the house. The best place to rest is your knees, neck and shoulders. They like to “talk heart to heart”, especially if there is anything to complain about.

Representatives of this breed are the most fluffy. The head, body, tail and paws are all covered with soft wool, the length of which can be almost 12 cm. The body of the Persian cats is squat, small, the paws are short. The weight of an average cat reaches 7 kg, and because of a fluffy fur coat, it looks like all 15 kg.

The snow-white Persian beauties are trustful, inquisitive and calm. Vanity and endless noise is not about them. Persians prefer to spend time on your knees and are ready to relax on them for hours. Cats are indifferent to guests and children, they do not fight with other animals living in the house.

These are amazing cats with a long oblong body, graceful high paws and cute soft cutie on the body. You want to grasp the Devon's charm in your hands and cherish infinitely, stroking his snow-white curls. Devons are cheerful, good-natured, sociable and talkative. Their angelic view is fully consistent with their beautiful character.

Animals are endowed with high intelligence: they perform simple commands of the owner, they can even bring sneakers. They are faithful and good friends for all who are close to them, do not tolerate loneliness, suffer in separation from their families.

Like the white clothes of a man, the fur of a white cat quickly gets dirty. If an animal looks unkempt and untidy, it does not cause delight in others, but, on the contrary, disgust and pity. In order for your pets' wool to enjoy its radiant whiteness, it is necessary to take care of the cats properly and regularly.

Observing the basic rules of grooming white cats, you will achieve the desired result.

• Clean house. Where the white cat lives should be perfectly clean. Moving under the table, sofa, climbing into secluded corners of the house, the animal collects dust. Daily wet cleaning.

• Cat's house, toilet, dishes should always be clean. Bowls need to be washed after each use of food, in a tray you need to change the filler in time. The remains of food, dirty clumps of filler stick to the paws of the animal and spoil its white fur.

• Bathing. Cat washing is a mandatory and important procedure. It is necessary to bathe furry pets entirely at least 3 times a month, and washing the paws and faces should be turned into a daily ritual.

To bathing was not stress for the animal, teach him to wash from infancy. For breeds of cats who love water (Devon Rex and Maine Coon), it is not difficult. Fluffy pets who are not enthusiastic about this procedure, carefully wipe with special napkins.

For grooming a white cat, you need a whole arsenal of special tools that maintain the shine and white color of the coat:

1. degreasing pastes, creams - they are applied to the legs, chest, pants and tail of the animal, and then washed off;
2. cleansing shampoo - used after degreasing;
3. whitening shampoo - diluted 1: 5 with water and applied to the coat for 10-15 minutes;
4. softening balm - applied for 5 minutes and carefully washed off.

• Washing. It is necessary to wash eyes of cats daily. Do not allow ugly brown stains to spoil the charming white faces.

• Combing. Brush cats daily to reduce the amount of hair falling out, avoid tangles. Especially important to brush the Persians.Representatives of this breed can not lick themselves qualitatively.

• Feeding. The diet of the cat has a direct impact on the color of his coat. Brightly colored vegetables can cause the yellowness of white wool. The same effect gives the liver: heart, kidney, liver. If there are no such products in the pet's menu, and the wool continues to turn yellow and dull, show the pet to the vet. It is possible that the cat has problems with the kidneys and liver.

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