Odd-eyed Cats

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Heterochromia Iridis is the Greek term for “differently colored irises”. More popularly known as just heterochromia, as the term is described two different-colored eyes that are on the same being. Heterochromia is most commonly found in cats. Instead of calling the condition heterochromia, the term often used for cats is “odd-eyed”. Along with heterochromia, however it has been supposedly known to be linked to other disorders, such as deafness making odd-eyed cats can be more vulnerable to. While heterochromia is usually present when the disorder; deafness is found, heterochromia in cats does not stimulate hearing loss than normally would, because how the mutation develops doesn't contributed to the linked condition, the certain breeds who are more susceptible to heterochromia along with the other associated disorder, and one known condition (hearing loss) linked to cats with heterochromia.
How the mutation develops is the amount of melanin, the pigment that turns our skin darker while in the sun, which also determines the eye color in humans and cats. While all kittens are born with blue eyes, when the kitten grows the melanin transfers to the eye’s iris. If the melanin does not transfer, the eyes will remain blue. Nevertheless, if melanin only spreads to one eye, the result will be heterochromia; one blue eye and other ranging from yellow to brown (Cats with Two Different-Colored Eyes). A lack of melanin doesn’t contribute to major disorders as believed, every so often does deafness appears in cats with heterochromia. Estimating 60 to 70 percent of odd-eyed cats don’t suffer from hearing loss (Cats With Two Different-Colored Eyes).
Breeds that are more susceptible to heterochromia are typically white or mostly white cats. . Bre...

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.... Heterochromia cannot be the cause of another disorder, because it is already a product of an incident itself, which probably only prompted the other disorder to arise.

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