From:
sukiec@optonline.net
Date: 2005-03-25 19:11:55 UTC
Subject: RE: Weired eye color
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <5870656.1111777915445.JavaMail.root@thallium.smartgroups.com>
This is all that I could find on green sclera but it is for humans and it doesn't sound like it is for green spotting:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Genetics/message/3442
i think those spotty green eyes are lovely, but BEFORE they are bred it IS important to have a vet ophthalmologist make sure that the coloration or spottiness are NOT signs of a health problem.
In searching I found this human health site:
http://forums.drslounge.com/printthread.php?t=150791
In humans iron deficiency can turn sclera blue.
This med can turn human sclera green or yellow:
>amsacrine. It's an antineoplastic.
Osteogenesis imperfecta can cause blue sclera in humans.
Okay, according to that site -- which is a bunch of med students and med profs asking each other HUMAN health questions:
>My guess is that you might see green sclerae in a
>patient with a CT disease (like OI or Ehler-Danlos;
>which could lead to blue sclerae) that happens to be
>jaundiced. Blue + Yellow = Green.
and
> kids with severe short gut syndrome and liver failure
>look like miniature Incredible Hulks.
Also, in that discussion Marie gave pupil shape information in:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Ferret-Genetics/message/3445
I have not yet found anything on scleral spotting.
Anyone know any on-line vet ophthalmologists who might be interested in looking at the photos and discussion?