It depends on a number of things.
For example, I have an amazing normal female who was born eyeless. She is otherwise completely healthy and normal, and I was grateful to adopt her. She will never be bred, even though she is gorgeous.
On the other hand, I did have an import hatchling that despite repeated feeding attempts and force feeding efforts, she would not eat on her own. After 9 months of effort on my part, she still weighed only 55 grams. Eventually, I had to admit defeat, I simply could not help her, and I culled her. I still do not regret it, she would never have survived without constant force feeding, and that was hard on us both.
So, it depends on the individual situation.
Gale








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