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Yesterday I noticed one of my young WC Fence Lizards poping his eyes way out. This is not abnormal as I have observed in on manny occasions both in the wild and in captivity. The strange thing is shortly after this his eyes starts ozzing blood from the front corners. Now the blood is dry and falling off and he is extreamly equal and reactive just like he should be. I have yet to observe this in any other Fence Lizard any ideas? If need be I will post pictures when I can. Unfortunatly my servers FTP is acting up so I can not upload pictures at this time.
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Hey man,

I have never seen a lizard do that naturally.
Not that I'm any expert on the subject but perhaps this is a result of stress? Here's my thinking. They're related to horned lizards, which are known to shoot blood from their eyes. HLs do this when stressed. Perhaps your Fence lizard was just stressed, and a capillary in his eye popped. I don't know how far-fetched that idea is, but who knows?

My strange thought. hey I'll talk to you later, man.

-Phil

That’s is close to the same thought I was having. I wonder if this is an evolutionary feature or if something is medically wrong with the individual. Regardless I made a note of the instance and added it to my research. Looking back at the conditions I can not really see why the lizard would have been stressed however there are other males in the enclosure so maybe that had something to do with it but it was also my understanding that this species is not territorial until later in life and therefore should not be stressed by the presents of other males. It should also be noted that my breeding enclosure currently houses 3 males and one female "All full grown" and there is not any tension in that enclosure other than the normal head bobbing every once in a blue moon but the smaller males always back down from the large one and to date I have not observed a fight between the 3
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