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I have two mice with Waardenburg's Syndrome (?)- only one of them has micropthalmia.
Her small eyes appear black, but her eye lenses (I think) only will reflect red when a picture is taken of her (with a flash, of course). She appears to have poor sight, but I don't think she is completely blind..
Is there anyone who can explain this phenomenon a bit to me? (I mean solely in terms of the lens reflecting - what causes this to happen exactly?).
This is Mitzy.
If you'd like to see her without the flash of the camera, Click here to watch a video of her and two of my other females. One of them looks very much like her but with normal sized eyes - look very carefully so that you can tell them apart!
Her small eyes appear black, but her eye lenses (I think) only will reflect red when a picture is taken of her (with a flash, of course). She appears to have poor sight, but I don't think she is completely blind..
Is there anyone who can explain this phenomenon a bit to me? (I mean solely in terms of the lens reflecting - what causes this to happen exactly?).

This is Mitzy.
If you'd like to see her without the flash of the camera, Click here to watch a video of her and two of my other females. One of them looks very much like her but with normal sized eyes - look very carefully so that you can tell them apart!