Ah! Eye Bulging!

[Evergreen]

:shock: :shock: :shock:

So I was going through pictures from the last couple weeks, deleting the blurry and otherwise uninteresting ones. I had 4 videos, all of which I took while Felix was almost 6 months old and shedding his head for the first time (since I've had him). I didn't notice it on the small camera screen but was shocked to see my little guy doing exactly what I had read about before I got him. For those who wish to scar themselves for life here's the clip of him bugging out...



This was taken on 2/2/12 so since this point he's finished shedding his head and remaining legs and the skin on his body just started coming off after his bath a hour or so ago.

 

[ShannyBeard]

The first time our first beardie did that we were astonished! :shock:

 

[darkon]

Thats a beautiful animal. I don't think I've ever seen either my male or female do that before.

 

[Evergreen]

Shanny- Same! If I hadn't read about it on the forums before I would have thought he was possessed or something lol

Darkon- Thank you Maybe they do it while you're not home? I don't know if they all do it for only a couple seconds but you're bound to catch one of them at it at some point so be ready!

 

[ShannyBeard]

The first time we saw eye bulging, it was our anole, before we got a beardie. The anole's eyes are so small that we thought we were seeing things. Of course on a beardie you can really see the bulging.

 

[Evergreen]

Oh, I didn't know it was a general reptile trait. I just assumed it was a funny little behavior reserved for the Beardie. Although they all shed so it makes sense.

Oo, I wonder if snakes do it... that would be strange

 

[TheDragonKeepers]

Bugeyes!
Tsam does them as a part of his regular morning stretch. Hates to be caught on camera and always catches me sneaking up on him.
Snakes don't do bugeyes (or at least, jungle corns don't. I don't know about weirder species, just personal experience), they have a chemical reaction just between scale layers that lifts it off instead. That's what makes them go "blue" or "milk" eyed for a little while. If you spot a snake with opaque eyes, steer clear - they're almost blind at that time and often aggressive as a result.

 

[Evergreen]

Haha, thankfully felix doesn't seem to mind having a camera shoved in his face ^^

I've never had a snake but I watched way to much animal planet as a kid and seen a few different shows where they showed snakes that were imporperly cared for and the skin built up in layers over their eyes. Seems like blindness can be a difficult thing to overcome across species.