Guinea Pig Has Super Reflective Eyes?

[DMBernard]

Hi! So recently I noticed something a little weird about my piggy, Alfie. His eyes are super reflective. He has black eyes, but from many angles they reflect red. I would disregard this, as it's normal with eyes, but his eyes seem to reflect way more than my other piggies's eyes. I was curious if anyone had any idea of why Alfie has such reflective eyes?

 

[Pawz]

Hi! So recently I noticed something a little weird about my piggy, Alfie. His eyes are super reflective. He has black eyes, but from many angles they reflect red. I would disregard this, as it's normal with eyes, but his eyes seem to reflect way more than my other piggies's eyes. I was curious if anyone had any idea of why Alfie has such reflective eyes?

He might be "Ruby Eyed" rather than black. They have a habit of looking black until the light catches them a certain way.
It is quite common for people to assume that red eyes only come in that very bright shade related to albinism but nope they can occur in non albino animals too just usually slightly less bright.

I recommend doing an image search for "Guinea Pig Ruby Eyes" and see if the results look anything like you describe on your boy.

 

[DMBernard]

Oh wow! I had no idea about ruby eyes, even after owning so many guinea pigs. Looks like my little boy does have dark ruby eyes! Thanks for educating me

 

[kenken123]

Awww I love ruby eye guinea pigs can we see a picture. One of my boys is a ruby.

 

[flowerfairy]

Jingle (orange gp in avatar) has deep red eyes. Lovely. I agree with kenken, we need piccies.

 

[Girl Afraid]

I was thinking maybe he has super powers but yeah sounds more like he has ruby eyes, my boy Noel has pink eyes