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Most Eastern boxies that are males have RED eyes.

A few female boxies also have red eyes. One of my females that has red eyes, and is the most gentle and one of the best eaters I have.

Has anyone bred a red eyed female to a strong red eyed eastern male...? Do the young carry the eye trait from both parents?
If so ..Will all of my .cp. young from breeding my red eyed female produce males and females with red eyes?

Thanks,
Ric...

I dont know the answer to your question if you find out though I'd like to know the answer I have a huge female 3-toe whos eyes are two different colors, I also have a smaller female three toe with chestnut colored eyes but she wont let my male mount her
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The only information found regarding two different color eyes; is a slight mutation where the genes for eye color share an allele; and one eye gets them (paired allele) and the other doesn't.
With female boxies having red eyes one boxie breeder believes that certain boxies are an alpha type (more aggressive towards other boxies) and will try to dominate other boxies in their territorial area. ( NO PROOF OF THIS )
This is not something I know of, but just heard. My female is a very gentle one towards humans...But I might introduce her to other females and observe. She willing lets my males breed her.
Strange the breeding behavior you described regarding your three toed. I don't think it is anything to do with eye color....
Possibly hormones. Was she keep warm, active during the winter or did she hibernate in the outdoors?

Although it's rare, people occasionally have two different color eyes. Same reason (shared alleles).

I'm just hoping that all the offspring that I get from this Red Eyed female are Red Eyed regardless of their sex .
Thanks,
Ric

I let all of my adults brumate this past winter, it was an artificial brumation, but it did the job, what I meant by my other females eye is that the bottoms are a different color than the top parts of her eyes
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My Site
1.2.1 Terrapene Carolina Triunguis
0.1 Nymphicus hollandicus
1.1 Melopsittacus undulatus
1.0 American Cocker Spaniels
1.0 American Short Hair? Cat
1.1 Rouen Ducks

Ok ... I misunderstood.
Wow ..The bottoms of her eyes are different!.....Never came across that before. It would seem then that the colored part of her eye, the iris, has pigments that differ from the top of her eye.
Some species of true chameleons can intentionally do that; but for the purpose of protective camouflage...while blending in with the rest of their body.. And their entire species does so.
With box turtles; I believe it’s an extreme rarity.
.Love to see a pic.
Ric