Leopard Gecko: Is my Blizzard blind?

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Paul&Daisy

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Hello everyone, I have a Blizard called daisy, she is 4 months old, Got her a few days ago, I also have a leopard gecko named Paul who is 10 montsh old.
Paul eats, sheds and poos well and very actively stalks his food at night.
Daisy is worrying me a little, we let her settle into her new home, we gave her teh same settings as Paul as far as hide ect goes. We are feeding her 4th size black crickets. She does this weird thing where she constantly walks round her tank with her nose firmly on the glass. She doesnt seem to stalk her food but will snap it up when it it directly infrot of her or if its making a noise.
Would this be pointing to her being blind? She is very fast and a little tricky to handle right now, she seems very jumpy. When we pick her up its like shes shocked as I dont think she see's me initially approaching her. Iunderstand that she will be a little nervous because of her age and newness to us. We never had any of these things with Paul so its a little new to me. From watching her in her tank her eyes are not looking cloudy and her weight seems fine, she is actually a little fatter than Paul already. Any help or advice would be great :)
 
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Mike Markov

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My female RAPTOR leopard gecko does the same thing as yours ever since I got and still does, shes almost 2 years now! But I would say your gecko is fine, with RAPTOR leopard geckos (i'm pretty sure in blizzard leopard geckos to) they have albinism, that is not a disease, it just means your geckos lacks melanin. Melanin gives all animals pigment in there skin. RAPTOR, APTOR, albino, and blizzard (pretty sure) leopard geckos all lack melanin. And since they lack melanin, they are alot more sensitive to light. So try feeding your gecko in the dark, and she should stalk her prey with no problems. Geckos with albinism will always have sensitivity to light.
 
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Paul&Daisy

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Awesome feedback and very helpful thank you. I have them both in my living room and the lights are pretty much always on, shall start dimming them a bit earlier for them.
 
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