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Howdy,
I have been keeping and breeding leos for some time now and have never heard of "big eye". What the heck is it and why is it bad? I have seen what it looks like in a pic but its a new thing to me, is it a disease? Thanks in advance for any info.

never heard of it. Now I am curious too lol
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2.0 Leos (Spot - Normal but oh, so sexy; Jessie - hypotang)
3.2.4 Fattails (Henri, Suwannee, Valencio, Dixie, Isis, Zipper, Pheonix, Hissy, and Snickerdoodle)
0.0.1 redfoot tortoise (Sherman)
0.0.1 sulcatta tortoise (Tinacious aka Tiny)
1.1 Dogs (Zubin and Brenda)
0.1 cat (Mimi)

"Big Eye" as its commonly referred to is a genetic disorder thats attached to other genes which are in no way beneficial to the gecko population. Generally geckos afflicted with "big eye" have poorer sight than their normal counterparts... its a bulging of the eye from the socket.. set more forward than it should be and causes problems with shedding, vision, ability to eat and coordinate. Many geckos exhibit this trait if they've been extensively inbred... since it really is a simple recessive mutation in the genes that control development of the eyes... All in all its not a good thing and animals afflicted with it should not be bred...
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Lucien

1.1 Columbian Redtail Boa (BCI)(Sutekh and Isis)
5.11.Leopard geckos (1.2 Blizzards (Caine, Phoenix, and Mirage), 0.2 Tangerine Albinos (Tequila Sunrise ...Tiki for short, and Casper), 1.0 Tremper Albino (Mycah), 0.3 Poss. Het. Albino (Annika, Lace, and Aris), 1.1 dbl. het blizzard x tang albino (Malice, Malfeas), 1.0 Full Stripe Chocolate Tremper Albino (Discord), 0.1 pastel (Raven) and 1.2 Normals)
0.1 Savannah Monitor (Kiros) (R.I.P. November 18, 2005)
13 rats (plus pups)
2 Dogs (Loki and Storm)
2 cats (Ashe and Hercules)