blindness & breeding ethics

[Michael & Sharon Fazi]

I have a friend that offered me a DEH (DEH/REW) female gerbil with the gene code I would like to have in my breeding program:  AaC-eeGgPpspsp   There is one problem... she is blind in one eye and the other eye is not completely opened.   Is her blindness genetic?  Would it be hereditary?  Would a blind gerbil take a mate?  Would a male gerbil breed with her?  Would she pass the blindness on to her offspring?