Thank you again everyone.
I did not bring Kayla's body in for a necropsy because a) she seemed to go peacefully and was older and b) the vet said that it was almost assuredly too late to get any relevant data about anything that could be contagious. Having said that, both the vet, and other reptile breeders and keepers I've spoken to, do not believe that was the case. She did not show signs of illness that I could see, aside from her normal not eating for a few days.
Basically the vet said they might be able to tell me what organs might have failed, but probably not even that. She was in rigor mortis when I found her so she had been dead for 4-48 hours or so, from what I've been told. To do a proper necropsy, I needed to get her body to the vet within 24 hours or less.
Everyone else seems fine and I will keep my eyes peeled. Again, she lived in her own tank, but ate the same food as my other Leopard Geckos, and Ferry, my Chewie. They all seem okay.
I am sorry not to have definitive closure here, but I think with time, I will be able to view this as an isolated, not systemic, issue in my reptile home.
Again, very happy she seemed to pass peacefully but she will be missed.
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