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Chinchillas => Q & A => Topic started by: smokie on April 04, 2010, 12:19:14 PM

Title: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: smokie on April 04, 2010, 12:19:14 PM

My new chinchilla is a beige of sorts and has quite striking eyes, they are red with loads of black flecks through them.  Has anyone seen this before?  Does it indicate anything towards her genetics?  I don't know anything about her parentage but she looks like a hetero beige...

Title: Re: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: chinclub on April 05, 2010, 06:32:23 PM

Red eyes are normal in a beige but I'm not sure what you mean by flecks.  Hetero Beige have dark red eyes.  Homo Beige eyes have a bluish ring.

Title: Re: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: smokie on April 06, 2010, 12:34:18 PM

How interesing, yes, had a good look there and i think she is homo beige, her eye do have a blue-ish ring but also the black flecks.  i must get a photo so you can see what i mean!

Title: Re: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: chinclub on April 06, 2010, 04:38:09 PM

Yes, a photo would be great!

Title: Re: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: Debbie.nl.ca on April 08, 2010, 08:43:17 AM

Got me curious now too  ::nod::

Title: Re: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: smokie on April 11, 2010, 09:08:37 AM

have discovered it's extraordinarily difficult to photograph chinchilla eyes to depth :(

Title: Re: chinchilla eye colour
Post by: flynhawaiian on April 11, 2010, 09:10:36 AM

Give them a treat, like a raisin they will sit still eating it.  Make sure you have a light near it and the flash is off.  Should work fine ;)