Melody Hartley wrote: > > I have a male ciliatus that I bought as a juvenile about 5 years ago. I > am wondering if he is what you are describing as bug-eyed. His actual > eyeball sticks out unusually far, skin around the eye is normal.
Your gecko sounds about the same as the two I was asking about. The one that Sara is caring for right now has somewhat larger eyes, but not extremely large. The other one though has big bug eyes, easily the first thing you notice about him/her. They look like frog eyes - they stick out way past the skull height and width. It's as if his eyes grew to approximately normal size but his body stayed put at about 2 months size. Inbreeding could explain it, though I have no clue about either of their parents, but there would/could be enough generations in captivity for it to show up. My original 1.2 breeding group was hatched in 1996, I got them in early '97. I rarely see adults as big as they are. The first thing people ask me when they see them is what I kind of steroids I've been feeding them. The male lost his tail years ago, but he's still about 5 inches SVL, and the females with tail are over 8 inches. So, could the shorter/smaller adult size we now see be an indication of inbreeding, and bug-eyes be another sign? That would mean the bug-eyes could be passed on to offspring? Thanks for the help, it's certainly an eye-opener, I hadn't even considered inbreeding this 'soon' in their captive history. Hilde _______________________________________________ Global Gecko Association http://www.gekkota.com Classifieds http://www.gekkota.com/cgi-gekkota/classifieds.cgi gecko mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.gekkota.com/mailman/listinfo/gecko
