Hi Audrey,
Sorry to hear about your hatchlings.... I havent actually had any experience of such
problems myself, but have seen numerous reports of eye deformities (deformed, or no
eyelids, missing eyes etc) in hatchling leos on the Kingsnake Leopard Gecko forum over
the last couple of years. I think with TLC most are ok with hand feeding.
It is my understanding (from reading those messages on the forum), and I'm only
repeating what I've read, I dont know if its actually been proven... that eye
deformities can be due to a lack of Vitamin A supplementation in the female leo. And,
the reason there have been so many more recent incidences of eye deformities, is
because people have been warned against over supplementing vitamins to their leos...
So, they have then been cautious, and have actually under supplemented with vitamin
A.. Have you changed your supplementation recently?
I hope this is useful,
Best wishes,
Pauline
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Hi All,
This is my 4th year breeding leos & I have had a
number of successful hatches each year. Eggs that
did not hatch proved to be unfertilized.
This year I have had a number of eggs where, at some
point, the animal stopped developing & expired.
Over the weekend another baby (the 5th this year)hatched
but there is a problem with its eyes. It is difficult to
tell exactly what that problem is, tho. It could be that there
are no eyes or that the eyes are micropthalmic or it
could be a deformity of the eyelids.
Has anyone else had a problem with hatchlings possibly
being born blind? If so, what did you do? Did the animal
live? Was it necessary to hand-feed it or did it
eventually learn to catch food on its own? Might it be best
to euthanize?
BTW - my incubation techniques have not changed.
Any advice on how to proceed would be most appreciated.
Audrey
Audrey Brown, L.V.T., L.A.T.
Animal Facility Manager
Biology Dept. - Central Michigan University
117 Brooks Hall
Mt. Pleasant, MI 48859
989-774-2469
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