Third hatchling

[Thorgecko707]

Third hatchling of the year. With horizontal blinking eyelids and all.

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc400/thorgecko707/eed6cfb0.jpg

 

[Wild West Reptile]

With horizontal blinking eyelids and all.

http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc400/thorgecko707/eed6cfb0.jpg

Cutie, but what's up with the eyelids being horizontal?

 

[Landen]

Cutie, but what's up with the eyelids being horizontal?

Eyelids are supposed to be horizontal.....:main_yes:

 

[Thorgecko707]

Horizontal blinking. Eyes are supposed to blink vertical. The eyelids are rotated 90 degrees. Imagine your eyelids opened left and right, not up and down. I don't know the scientific term.

 

[Wild West Reptile]

Eyelids are supposed to be horizontal.....:main_yes:

Why yes, they are! LOL! I meant vertical....Thor said horizontal and I....well, you get it. They look like they are on the right and left side of the eye as opposed to the top and bottom.....Am I seeing that right?????

 

[Wild West Reptile]

Horizontal blinking. Eyes are supposed to blink vertical. The eyelids are rotated 90 degrees. Imagine your eyelids opened left and right, not up and down. I don't know the scientific term.

Horizontal...vertical...whatever....My point is, the eyelids aren't where they are supposed to be! That's crazy looking!:main_rolleyes:

 

[Thorgecko707]

Don't know if it's a bad mutation. Definitely don't want to mix it into anything.

 

[Wild West Reptile]

Could you post a better side picture of the eyes...I wanna see it a little better.

 

[Thorgecko707]

I'll try to get someone to send me more pix or I'll take a bunch when I get back in town.

 

[Quantumhigh]

Oh my, I hope that fella is ok. Did incubation temps dip or spike?

 

[Thorgecko707]

These are the last of the eggs that suffered 30 degree drops.

 

[Thorgecko707]

Looks like eye crinkly on the left eye
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc400/thorgecko707/77daf179.jpg

Bad pic of left eye. It's positive it's tilted.
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc400/thorgecko707/6ad90191.jpg

Such a shame. It has good color/pattern too.
http://i1209.photobucket.com/albums/cc400/thorgecko707/61de4108.jpg

When I get back I'll pull it out and poke at it to see how it blinks.

 

[TranceZ]

Yeah, I don't think the eye issue is a good thing. lol I was thinking temp fluc problems

 

[Landen]

Horizontal blinking. Eyes are supposed to blink vertical. The eyelids are rotated 90 degrees. Imagine your eyelids opened left and right, not up and down. I don't know the scientific term.

Now that is a first to me!! Isn't it crazy what a little temperature fluctuation can do.... I just checked the incubator and found a 90% striped Snow snake eyed raptor with jacked up eyelids.... it's so disappointing isn't it??

 

[rickmoss95]

mother geckos that suffer from vitamin A defficiency(sp) are usually the cause of the crinkled eyelids...maybe not always, but most of the time.

 

[lillith]

mother geckos that suffer from vitamin A defficiency(sp) are usually the cause of the crinkled eyelids...maybe not always, but most of the time.

It can be that or a temperature fluctuation. I sometimes think the combination of the two can play a part...the thing is, you can't always know that there's nothing genetic behind it...I've seen more messed up eye hatchlings this year than in awhile, and I can't help but wondering...

The positive thing is at least this baby has two whole eyelids on each eye. =)
To me it actually just looks like there's a gap in each upper eyelid, in the middle...not so much a rotation.

 

[justindh1]

mother geckos that suffer from vitamin A defficiency(sp) are usually the cause of the crinkled eyelids...maybe not always, but most of the time.

Where have you heard this? I am just trying to figure out this theory. I know eye infections can be caused by a lack of vitamin A but haven't heard the the mother being low in vitamin A causes eye deformities "most of the time." Did someone hatch out a bunch of hatchlings with eye deformities and then test the mother for vitamin deficiency?

If someone else who knows more about this could chime in then that would be great.

 

[Landen]

Vitamin deficiencies shouldn't be an issue. All of my breeders have calcium/vitamins available year round.

I had an issue with the power going out several times this year. Also discovered the placement of my incubator was not as resistant to temp fluctuations in that room as I thought. Lesson learned, and next year I will be in the new house and have a dedicated room and be able to eliminate the problem.

 

[Suncharmers]

Congratualtions, I hope his little lids/ eyes will be okay! He' just oneof those special lil ones I guess :main_laugh:

 

[Thorgecko707]

He/she has to be the most mellow hatchling ever. It looks like the right eye does just have a gap. The left eye is the curious one. It hinges wrong making it look freakish when it blinks both eyes at the same time.