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chinchilla eye colour
« 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...
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Re: chinchilla eye colour
« Reply #1 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.
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Re: chinchilla eye colour
« Reply #2 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!
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Re: chinchilla eye colour
« Reply #3 on: April 06, 2010, 04:38:09 PM »
Yes, a photo would be great!
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Re: chinchilla eye colour
« Reply #4 on: April 08, 2010, 08:43:17 AM »
Got me curious now too  ::nod::
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Re: chinchilla eye colour
« Reply #5 on: April 11, 2010, 09:08:37 AM »
have discovered it's extraordinarily difficult to photograph chinchilla eyes to depth :(
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Re: chinchilla eye colour
« Reply #6 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 ;)
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