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Anonymous
I was at the pet store last night, and i saw a two year old cat, pure white with soft pink ears. the tag listed him as deaf.

i've never wanted to hug an animals much as i had at that moment in my life, /an/. i wanted to take him home and care for him but i know i never could. i hope he goes somewhere good.
>> Anonymous
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Apparently deafness is quite common in white cats. One of my cats is mostly white, and ignores me most of the time. Maybe hes mostly deaf.
>> Anonymous
you shouldn't support pet stores
>> Navi
HEY! LISTEN!
>>255467
It's cause it's a cat, durr, lol... You have a cat and expect it to pay attention to you? YOU SERVE IT NOT THE OTHER WAY AROUND!
>> Anonymous
>>255467
Something like 40% of white-haired blue-eyed cats are deaf. Concordance that high says there's something about the genes regulating coat and eye color that can affect hearing - makes sense, since the neural plate (which develops into the central nervous system, including eyes and ears) is derived from the ectoderm (which becomes, among other things, the skin).
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I have an all white odd-eyed cat who is extremely deaf. No, not selectively deaf like this>>255486idiot is tittering about. Startles easily sometimes but is completely mellow otherwise.
>> Anonymous
>>255486
I had a cat who would come when called, and would run to the door as you came home and headbutt your shins until you petted her, etc.

Some cats are just more interested in pleasing you than others.
>> Anonymous
>>255454

fucking firepoint siamese
>> Anonymous
>>255499
hahahah greek
>> Anonymous
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my cats all white and the ppl i got her from said they thought she was deaf... shes not... but its common w/ all there kittens they have.. almost half from that mother cat are deaf... fucking ass hole backyard breeder....

pic related.... its my baby athena... when she was a baby
>> Anonymous
If memory serves, most blue-eyed, white-furred animals are deaf, not just cats.
>> Anonymous
there was this guy at the pet store last night. he saw me, with my white fur and soft pink ears, and the tag that listed me as deaf.

i've never wanted to be hugged as much as i had at that moment in my life, /an/. i wanted him to take me home and care for me, but he didn't. i hope i go somewhere good.
>> Anonymous
>>256969
You got me. *sob*
>> Anonymous
Why can't you take this cat, OP?
>> Anonymous
>>256969

bumping for more sobs.
>> Anonymous
pure white is the way to go, but you have to watch out for sun burn.