I don't have any experience with leos that have been born with deformities, but I did have a chameleon with a bend in its spine that I'm sure occurred because I incubated the egg at too high a temperature. She lived a good long life in spite of it.



I also have a uro that I volunteered to look after that has part of both of the back legs missing. I guess he didn't have any other deformities internally because he has been with me for about three years now and is still going strong. The other problem with him is that his growth is stunted. This uro's deformities likely came from too high an incubation temperature too.



Maybe you should check the temperature in your incubation set-up with a separate thermometer to make sure its set right? It could even be that one area of the incubator is slightly hotter than any other areas....that's what happened to my chameleon egg.



Its still possible that there is some other reason for the deformity that has nothing to do with the incubation.



Sorry that you lost the clutchmate too. Sad when they don't even get to have a life at all.

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