Is it true that all ginger cats are male and/or that all white cats are deaf?
“‘Tortoiseshell cats are always female and ginger cats are always male.’ Tortoiseshell cats are mostly female. Ginger female cats are not as common as ginger males, but they are by no means rare. Tortoiseshell males are rare, but are not valuable in terms of money. Most, but not all, tortoiseshell males are sterile.” http://www.messybeast.com/catfacts.htm See Mosaicism: http://www.messybeast.com/mosaicism.htm “Dominant white (more properly “epistatic white” since it occurs on a different gene to the black-based or red-based colours) denoted by the gene symbol “W”, is the colour associated with deafness in cats. Dominant white masks all other colours and cats may have blue, orange or odd eyes. Those with blue eyes have a high chance of deafness. Those with one blue eye have a high chance of deafness on the blue-eyed side. Those with orange eyes are far
