In addition,

Inbreeding is the reason we have purebred dogs, so it is not something that just happens in the herp world. Breeding closely related animals increases the possibility that any bad genes in a line will show up, but it does not cause genetic disease.

A first or second generation pairing has very little chance of "problems", however that percentage increases the more times you breed individuals in the same line. As a result, most breeders will not "inbreed" multiple times in the same line.
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