How would you add melanin to a developing white?
That's the hard part, but I was thinking it could be produced in a lab and added to the inside of the ears somehow. If the accepted theory about why most BEWs are deaf and some are not is true (the development of the inner ear needing melanin at a certain stage) adding the artificial melanin to the correct place at the correct developmental phase would produce a cat that can hear permanently, and since no more melanin is being produced, the cat would still end up pure white, though you might have patches for a while.How would you add melanin to a developing white?
Well, it's always good to look into all possibilities, but I'm not at all sure that's:That's the hard part, but I was thinking it could be produced in a lab and added to the inside of the ears somehow.
Awww! They're adorable! I love that age.Hi.
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They got cute!The picture of them as promised