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The white-spotted cat hisses at the dog, the solid-white deaf cat dozes unaware of the barking. Congenital sensorineural deafness occurs commonly in domestic cats with a white coat. It is a congenital deafness caused by a degeneration of the inner ear. [1] Deafness is far more common in white cats than in those with other coat colours.
Strabismus is a vision disorder in which the eyes do not properly align with each other when looking at an object. [2] The eye that is pointed at an object can alternate. [3] The condition may be present occasionally or constantly. [3] If present during a large part of childhood, it may result in amblyopia, or lazy eyes, and loss of depth ...
A rare predominantly black cat with odd eyes. The odd-eyed colouring is caused when either the epistatic (recessive) white gene or dominant white (which masks any other colour genes and turns a cat completely white, solid white) [3] or the white spotting gene (which is the gene responsible for bicolour coats) [4] prevents melanin granules from reaching one eye during development, resulting in ...
The slow blink is a potent form of cat communication, and if you're in the receiving end of one it's only polite to return the compliment. You don't have to wait to receive a slow blink, though ...
I've always hated when people make the (incorrect) assumption that cats can't grieve, much less feel affection. Cats may not display their emotions as outwardly as dogs do, but that doesn't mean ...
The National Association of EMS Officials recommends "Cool First, Transport Second" for patients whose body temperature is over 104 degrees.
When Kate finds out how well Betty Jo can throw a horseshoe, she signs up Betty Jo to be the first female contestant in the tournament's history. Uncle Joe thinks it's an insult to the men to have a teenage girl compete. The tournament has started and Pixley Fats is doing great as usual. Betty Jo does win her first match.
When one eye is misaligned, the brain continues to see two images rather than the combined image. In a young child, the brain learns to see only the image from the eye pointed ahead, ignoring the ...