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I have a baby leo about 2 months old maybe. When she was born her eyes looked wierd. I took her to the vet. They told me that on both of her eyes the leading(part closest to nose) edge of her eyelids had formed attached to the inside of the eyelid and they gave me antibiotics to insure no infection. Well she has gotten older now and has no problems and is going to be a very pretty gecko but now my question is - Is this a deformity that she can pass onto her babies if she were to breed? I have had other babies from the same mom and dad as her with problems. Thanks for the info
Spooner

It could be passed on, depending on if it's a mutation passed onto her that didn't show in the parents, or, if it's a mutation from her whether or not the RNA (as it was explained to me, I can't back that up well, but it doesn't matter if it's RNA or not because the possibilities are the same) was copied to have the same mutation in the DNA.

Anyway, if you're willing to care for more babies like her incase the mutation breeds on, go ahead and breed her later on and breed plenty of babies and to eachother to see if it comes up again. But, don't sell the babies or give them up because you wouldn't know about it unless you really sat there and bred her extensively. If you breed a bunch of babies from her and none turn out to share her deformity, well, then you can sell babies but just give a warning that the babies might carry the gene. That would be a reasonable and moral thing to do, I think.
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Got hips like Cinderella / Must be having a good shame / Talking sweet about nothing / Cookie I think you're Tame

I am not trying to be a jerk and do thank you for the feedback but in your statement(I think you went overboard) I guess I would have to tell Albey and Ray-Hines (since I got the mom from one and the dad from the other) That possibly one of them are carring this gene and the moral thing to do is now send out warnings with all your geckos you sell informing them of this possible deformity. My main concern is more of passing this gene on(if it could be but the comment says that it is due to temp during incubation) to other geckos by either me or some one else if I would sell her. Thanks though.
Spooner

"I am not trying to be a jerk and do thank you for the feedback but in your statement(I think you went overboard) I guess I would have to tell Albey and Ray-Hines (since I got the mom from one and the dad from the other) That possibly one of them are carring this gene and the moral thing to do is now send out warnings with all your geckos you sell informing them of this possible deformity. My main concern is more of passing this gene on(if it could be but the comment says that it is due to temp during incubation) to other geckos by either me or some one else if I would sell her. Thanks though. "

Well, since I commented before the comment about incubation temps was made, I answered your questions and tried to explain under what conditions something would be passed on. I'm really sorry you find that as being overboard, and I was trying to answer your "main concern," but am not a mind reader. Maybe you're not trying to be a jerk, but it does seem a little ingrateful since I was *trying* to help you as best I could.
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Got hips like Cinderella / Must be having a good shame / Talking sweet about nothing / Cookie I think you're Tame

Eyelid deformaties are from incubation. Either too much flucuation or the temp was too high. It is not a genetic trait so it can't be passed to the babies.

Thank you for the info !!!!!!!!!!