What do you know about the white cat? And what are its types ?

Many people like the white cat because of its original beauty, and its white snowy brilliance, often associated with blue, green, gold or exotic eyes, stands out among multicolored cats such as tapi or kittens, kalicos, tortoise shell cats, It is called a snowball or a snowy white cat, or often called Casper, a white ghost.

- White cat with blue eyes deaf:

Genetic association has led to many species of white cat with blue eyes (but not all) with deafness, and white cat with strange eyes have a blue eye and the other green or gun color or golden color and sometimes deaf in the ear near the blue eye, and occur these cases Only abnormal with dominant white genes, and even some cats with this dominant gene there are exceptions if born with small patches of color other than white.

* Approximately 5% of all cats are white cats (ie pure white), and (15-40%) of these pure white cats have one or two eyes of blue eyes.

Of these white cats with one or two blue eyes, 60-80% have deafness, 20-40% have normal hearing, and 30-40% Were deaf, while 60-70% of blue-eyed cats had normal hearing.

  

- White cat and skin cancer:

The sun is considered the enemy of the white cat, and the white cat is exposed to the sun frequently, which can cause cancer of squamous cells, especially in areas where hair is small or hairless, such as nose, ears and eyelids. This type of skin cancer can be painful, And ultimately fatal unless diagnosed and treated early, the only proven prevention of squamous cell carcinoma in the white cat is to safely keep it indoors from the sun.

- White cat breeds:

Many cat breeds may be found, including the white cat as well as other colors from the rest of the breed, while some other breeds of cats are only white cats, and we will mention a few of the most popular white cat species.

* American cats with short hair:

The white cat is found among the breed of short-haired American cats. This breed is a true breed. These short-haired American cats are strong, endurance, agile, and physically fit because they are very active cats.

  

* Maine Kane cats:

The Maine breed is a hybrid breed that combines the American cat and the Angkor cat, and the white cat that is present in this breed has long shiny white hair, the nose skin and the pink foot paws.

* Eastern cats with long hair:

Eastern cats with long hair are present in more than 600 different colors and patterns, white cat is one of those Eastern cats, and Eastern cats with long hair also include many colors including brown, silver and black.

* Persian cat:

The Persian white cat has eyes that come in three different colors. There is a white Persian cat with wonderful copper eyes, or dark blue eyes, and there is the Persian white cat whose eyes are both colored in blue and the other eye is copper.

* Siberian cat:

The white Siberian cat has a shiny white fur, the skin of the nose with the foot paws tends to pink, and the Siberian cat is characterized as a very smart, powerful, energetic cat.