I've noticed that every once in a while, my gecko's pupils will be different sizes. Is this normal? I would imagine that one being bigger than the other would make it difficult to see clearly... should I be worrieD?
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pupils question...
jensinger
Jun 01, 2004 06:30 PM
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spottedragon
Jun 01, 2004 06:34 PM
im taking it that one of your leos pupils is bigger than the other, this can happen, but you might be mistaken. when you look on one side, then to the other, they might dialate because of different amounts of light. for example, if you are looking into your shadow at his/her eye and then move year head and look at the other, you may not be looking into the shadow and instead, the other eye is dialating so it will appear smaller or larger. but if it is natural and doesnt dialate at all, then it might be blinde in one eye, and dont worry, as long as their arnt any preditors, he will live happily
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*~*Erin*~*
0.1 Jazmin -leopard gecko- April 17, 2004
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Herp-Boy
Jun 01, 2004 08:18 PM
I had this happen to my two leopard geckos also. Being nocturnal they can regulate the size of their pupil to let in more or less light. In my case my leo was looking forward but the pupils were different sizes because on one side of her head there was a light and on the other side there was no light so that is why they were different sizes(she was just regulating the amount of light that entered each eye). I'm not sure if this is what happened to you but I hope this helps
P.S. I don't think you should be worried
