Welcome to Pet Talk, Martin!

I also find genetics a really interesting thing to study (although I was in Cell Biology for a long time), but yes, it is common that white cats with blue eyes are more prone to deafness. Sometimes you will see a bi-eyed (one blue, one green or another color) where the side the eye is blue, the cat will be deaf. White cats are also more prone to skin diseases and skin cancer because of their light complexion. That is why it's better to keep them inside. Fortunately my white cat, Marius, is as healthy as an ox...even though he was malnourished and severely infected with ear mites when I found him.

There was an interesting article in Cat Fancy this month where a lady drew up a theory about cat personalities based on the shape of their head! It was an interesting point of view, and I did notice the different characteristics in my triangular (wedge) shaped head cat Marius, and my round faced tuxedo cat Scooter!



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"In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats." - English proverb