Different coloured eyes?

[VegetarianPetLuvR]

I just noticed today - actually, a friend of mine pointed it out - that my boy Felix has two different coloured eyes. The right one is red, and the left one is black. I'd seen it before, but always thought it was a trick of the light. After my friend pointed it out, I examined his eyes closely and learned that they really are two different colours. I've heard that pink/red-eyed rats don't see as well as black-eyed rats. Does this mean that he sees alright in one eyes, but not so well in the other? Has anyone else had rats with eyes like this? Maybe this is a stupid question...But I'm bored and curious

[Marybelle]

Yup, it means he's an odd-eye!  Not sure what that means for his vision exactly, but the red eye is usually a dark ruby, which actually has better eyesight than the lighter colored pink eye. 

[BadRattitude]

Congrats on your special ratty.  Odd-eyes are fairly hard to find and quite popular.  Chances are, he has adjusted just fine to his different eyes and I would be surprised if you noticed a difference from your other rats.  They tend to adjust just fine to their circumstances.

Good luck with all your new babies,
Bad Rattitude Rattery

[hyper_muse]

Nice little Odd-eyed you got there.

Something so special and you didnt even notice! 

[Sunilata]

Odd-eyes are my FAVORITE. I just wrote a breeder practically *begging* her to get me one. 

[VegetarianPetLuvR]

I knew he was a special baby

Wow, don't I feel lucky to have been picked out by a rattie with such darling eyes^^

[elle]

hehehe

my lilttle endr is an odd-eye too... he looks like a black eyed white cause is ruby-colored eye is very dark red... but in bright light, i can see the red in one and not the other...

it's really hard to get pictures of, but here's one where you can clearly see the eyes are differnt color...

[VegetarianPetLuvR]

Just like my boy Felix's eyes^^ Now I can't help looking at his eyes every time I hold him...I can't believe I never noticecd it before!

[vixen]

i love odd eyed rats! one of my boys has dark ruby eyes. he waves his head back and forth sometimes, to see in depth, and its so funny. he looks like hes watching slow-mo tennis.

[angelratgirl]

here are a couple of sachi (she has ruby and black)


(or it might be red and ruby)


and some of leena (she had pink and ruby)

[Claire]

My first rat, Lily, has odd eyes.  I adore her 

[elle]

another one of endr from the other night, playing in his swiss cheese: