Can Black And White Cats Have Blue Eyes
When the white spot gene affects both eyes the cat will have blue eyes.
Can black and white cats have blue eyes. Because epistatic white genes predominate and hide other colors white cats are more likely to be blue than other colorblind cats. Their eyes aren t really pink or red. On the other hand solid white or even just mostly white kitties could have blue copper gold or green eyes. The reflection of light against the blood vessels in their eyes just gives them the appearance continue to 5 of 8 below.
Cats with white spots a cat with a gene with white spots like the tuxedo cat can have blue eyes or in some cases odd eyes. White cats as previously mentioned can have a wide range of eye colors. When kittens are around a month old their eyes will start changing color from blue to amber gold iridescent green or even yellow gold. When the gene affects only one eye the cat will have odd eyes.
Albino cats however often have eyes that look very pale blue pink or red. The fact is however that the most common colored cat eyes range from gold to greenish yellow. In these cats the blue. A white cat may have blue eyes for reasons other than masking.
A common misconception is that all white cats with blue eyes are deaf. If the underlying coat pattern is one of a pointed cat also referred to as a siamese pattern the blue eyes may come from the genetics of the pointed gene. It is a different story when it comes to white cats with blue eyes about 60 percent of white dominant kitties who got their coloring from mutations in a gene called kit.