strangest finding to date this morning. i turned on the fluorescent lamp while he was dozing right underneath it (as he usually does unless he's hunting). his left eye was facing me and i noticed white light shining down through the cartilage that usually overlies the top of the eyeball. there was a gap between this cartilage and the eyeball itself. it looked like the eye was slightly retracted because he was asleep and that (since the left eyeball is so small) it was falling into the orbit! I had to get a closer look so i took him out, but he woke up and the eye went back out to its wakeful position. very bizarre, but like i keep saying, he's active, eating, feisty and growing rapidly everywhere else. i doubt the vet will be able to help with this one: she's does exotics and reptiles, but that doesn't mean that she's a reptile/amphibian specialist. i've looked for specialists, but there aren't any in this area. does anyone know of any that i could maybe call or e-mail? it's an interesting case.