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catbyte

(36,776 posts) Sat Mar 1, 2025, 10:56 AM Mar 1

Couple Realizes Why Their Cat Keeps Screaming At Them

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Couple Realizes Why Their Cat Keeps Screaming At Them (Original Post) catbyte Mar 1 OP

We had a white kitty like the one in the video. no_hypocrisy Mar 1 #1

That's not true of all white cats synni Mar 1 #3

Interesting. I've been with three white cats with matching eyes and no_hypocrisy Mar 1 #5

Really sweet! Great video, thank you! Bluepinky Mar 1 #2

Years ago, I had a dream of stepping on a pile of mush nuxvomica Mar 1 #4

no_hypocrisy

(51,236 posts)

1. We had a white kitty like the one in the video.

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:06 AM

Mar 1

And he also was deaf. We learned that white-furred cats who are born with the same colored eyes (e.g., blue or yellow) are genetically deaf. If they have different colored eyes (e.g., blue and yellow), they can hear.

synni

(299 posts)

3. That's not true of all white cats

Reply to no_hypocrisy (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:28 AM

Mar 1

We had a purebred Persian with two gorgeous blue eyes. She could hear a pin drop on the other side of the house. She often alerted us to things going on outdoors. 🙂

no_hypocrisy

(51,236 posts)

5. Interesting. I've been with three white cats with matching eyes and

Reply to synni (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:32 AM

Mar 1

all were deaf.

Bluepinky

(2,397 posts)

2. Really sweet! Great video, thank you!

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:08 AM

Mar 1

nuxvomica

(13,263 posts)

4. Years ago, I had a dream of stepping on a pile of mush

Reply to catbyte (Original post)

Sat Mar 1, 2025, 11:29 AM

Mar 1

Out of which grew a thorny vine that tightened around my foot. I woke up to see that I was stepping on my cat Amos! I rushed him to the vet to make sure he was ok and the vet said he was except that he was obviously deaf. He lived another 10 years after that.

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