Hello!
I'm just wondering if it is true that white cats are more "delicate" in terms to being more apt to various illnessess? I seem to come across that guess or statement fairly often. I was even informed by someone who worked at a shelter, that sometimes white cats are harder to adopt because they have that reputation of poorer health.
If it is true, why is that?
Is it also true or not that white cats are more likely to have poor vision?
Additionally, my two white cats are big on source of heat. They will often snooze in front or on heaters, the fireplace, under sunlight, snuggle against me more adamantly, or use any other sort of heat they can find, such as on top of a cable tv box or heated fish tank. This happens mainly in the winter, though they will still sunbathe under the sun in the summer. So when the winter eason comes, I make sure they are warm and comfortable, since they seem to get chilled quickly. I also made sure it wasn't just my house, like perhaps an unknown draft or cold flooring.
Because they love "tanning" under the sunlight so often, I have to keep tabs on it. Especially Camelot, who already sunburned his ears twice! I have to keep putting proper sunscreen on him during the summer, since he will lay under the sun for long periods of time. I had already known that white cats can have a higher risk skin cancer if not careful.
My late Jack Russell Terrier, who was mostly white aside from having brown ears and a couple of black splotches, did the exact same thing (Aside from sitting on a fishtank, of course!) all the other darker fured animals in my life never did this, including other cats.
Is this a common reaction for cats, who are fair-of-fur to feel easily more cold than others? Or is it just by chance?
I also took time in reading via books and articles about deafness in white/blue eyed cats sometime ago, since I had one in the past of that mix who was definitely deaf. Camelot is green/yellow eyed and white, but is not deaf. Morgana is the same combo of green/yellow eyes and white, but she is deaf. Is she common in this sense, or more rare/unusual? Is it in relation to her colouring combination, or pure coincidence? I tried looking that up, but it was hard finding it, only managing to find a percentage figure, thanks to http://messybeast.com/whitecat.htm. I had originally assumed that those two were not deaf, based on previous knowledge given that the blue ones were of the majority of deafness and the other combo is normally fine - until Morgana showed the clues and it was later confirmed.
Even though she is deaf, she is a happy and lively kitty, and we have ways of comfortably communicating. Both appear fairly healthy thus far, great vision too. Morgana did have a bout of FVS sometime ago, however. Not sure if it correlates or is seperate, and again, just coincidence. She is the one in my avatar.
Thank you so much in advance for taking the time to answer any of them and to correct anything, and my apologies if I seemed all over the place and giving you a thousand Q's at once. Hopefully it is a proper question to ask on here too! Thank you also, for answering my post in the other thread!
(I love them either way regardless
and wouldn't hesitate getting another white cat in the future)
Oh right, they are both indoor cats.
I'm just wondering if it is true that white cats are more "delicate" in terms to being more apt to various illnessess? I seem to come across that guess or statement fairly often. I was even informed by someone who worked at a shelter, that sometimes white cats are harder to adopt because they have that reputation of poorer health.
If it is true, why is that?
Is it also true or not that white cats are more likely to have poor vision?
Additionally, my two white cats are big on source of heat. They will often snooze in front or on heaters, the fireplace, under sunlight, snuggle against me more adamantly, or use any other sort of heat they can find, such as on top of a cable tv box or heated fish tank. This happens mainly in the winter, though they will still sunbathe under the sun in the summer. So when the winter eason comes, I make sure they are warm and comfortable, since they seem to get chilled quickly. I also made sure it wasn't just my house, like perhaps an unknown draft or cold flooring.
Because they love "tanning" under the sunlight so often, I have to keep tabs on it. Especially Camelot, who already sunburned his ears twice! I have to keep putting proper sunscreen on him during the summer, since he will lay under the sun for long periods of time. I had already known that white cats can have a higher risk skin cancer if not careful.
My late Jack Russell Terrier, who was mostly white aside from having brown ears and a couple of black splotches, did the exact same thing (Aside from sitting on a fishtank, of course!) all the other darker fured animals in my life never did this, including other cats.
Is this a common reaction for cats, who are fair-of-fur to feel easily more cold than others? Or is it just by chance?
I also took time in reading via books and articles about deafness in white/blue eyed cats sometime ago, since I had one in the past of that mix who was definitely deaf. Camelot is green/yellow eyed and white, but is not deaf. Morgana is the same combo of green/yellow eyes and white, but she is deaf. Is she common in this sense, or more rare/unusual? Is it in relation to her colouring combination, or pure coincidence? I tried looking that up, but it was hard finding it, only managing to find a percentage figure, thanks to http://messybeast.com/whitecat.htm. I had originally assumed that those two were not deaf, based on previous knowledge given that the blue ones were of the majority of deafness and the other combo is normally fine - until Morgana showed the clues and it was later confirmed.
Even though she is deaf, she is a happy and lively kitty, and we have ways of comfortably communicating. Both appear fairly healthy thus far, great vision too. Morgana did have a bout of FVS sometime ago, however. Not sure if it correlates or is seperate, and again, just coincidence. She is the one in my avatar.
Thank you so much in advance for taking the time to answer any of them and to correct anything, and my apologies if I seemed all over the place and giving you a thousand Q's at once. Hopefully it is a proper question to ask on here too! Thank you also, for answering my post in the other thread!
(I love them either way regardless
Oh right, they are both indoor cats.
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