Red eye - Blue eye?

The red-eye feature makes my eyes dark, almost black. Problem is, here where I live we all have blue eyes, and editing to dark black eyes looks strange when you infact have light blue eyes.
Can this be changed? All tips are appreciated!
Macbook Mac OS X (10.4.6)

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How to Change the Size and Intensity of the Retouch and Red-Eye Removal Tools
Type Caps lockControl9
Undo caps lock
Click on the Retouch or Red-Eye Removal tool
The tab key will toggle between cursor types, a cross or a circle
The "[" and "]" keys decrease or increase the size accordingly.
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Hi I'm new to this forum and an absolute beginner so please bear with me.
I would like to ask if anybody has a solution to the following problem.
I am working with Adobe Premier Elements 9 on a 2010 iMac running Mac OSX 10.6.8.
I always have a problem with the eyes of my Siamese cats. They have beautiful blue eyes with the usual black iris. Under flash photography they turn completely pink. Not red but pink. I have tried correcting this using the red eye reducter but it really looks terrible. Giving just a black blob on the eye, making it look dead. In one case the black dot even refused to stay on the eye and instead jumped to my wifes red finger nail. She is holding the cat.
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