Is she a normal?

[Keetah]

Hello!

Is my danger noodle a normal? or something else?

Here is her story:

A few months ago I went to pick my boyfriend up from his job. He is a groomer at Petsmart and I got there a little early so I decided to just look at all the critters they have. I noticed a small ball python that was just exploring all over the cage which I thought was a little unusual but it also provided me with some entertainment to pass the time I was just about to walk away when I noticed that there was another snake in the cage and realized that maybe this active little python was so active because it really wanted to find an escape route... I was concerned so the next day I had my boyfriend check in on her to see if she was still roaming about. Of course she was out and about and so I expressed my concern to the manager. His excuse was that the ball pythons weren't selling as fast as they thought they would so they had to be kept together longer than expected. He explained that they had no other cages open so they were unable to split the pythons up. Since I pushed the issue he agreed to give me 50% off the price if I were to buy her. I really did not want to support Petsmart by buying this snake, but I also did not want to leave her in this situation so I ended up buying an enclosure and setting it up. I gave it three days to make sure the temps and humidity were ok and I told myself if after those three days the noodle was still there and still housed with another noodle... that was sign enough that I should just take her home. So three days later... I arrived at the store to find my little Noodle at the top of a tree hide trying to get out of the top of the tank. I found an employee and told her I would like to buy a ball python. When I told her which one I wanted she mentioned that this particular snake was not eating (you don't say). She also tried to tell me that this ball python was the "fancy" one in the tank and the other one was the "normal." Now I have no idea if this is true or not... but I did manage to convince her that this was not the case. Now I imagine that Petsmart does not make guesses... they probably order ball pythons either "normal" or "fancy" and they probably come labeled correctly so I imagine she might have been correct? But again... I have no clue lol

It really does not matter to me whether Noodle is a normal or a morph. She is the best little snake ever and I don't regret my decision at all I am honestly just curious to know that truth also sorry if the pics are weird... I am struggling to make them stay right side up :/

[Danger noodles]

Looks like a pastel

[Sunnieskys]

No blushing on the head. Looks to be a normal.

[Alter-Echo]

Not sure, pattern looks like a normal, but color and body blushing kinda look like a low key pastel. Pattern is very interesting.

My guess would be a normal, but an exceptionally good looking one.

[55fingers]

If I had to make myself see something it would be pastel. However looks mostly like a normal to me.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Low quality pastel.

[AbsoluteApril]

I agree, lower quality pastel. Not all of them have blushed heads.

[Keetah]

Thanks guys

Here are some better (maybe?) head shots. I wanted to take some better pics in natural light, but it was dark when I got home :/

[Danger noodles]

No blushing on the head. Looks to be a normal.

I know u know more than me but I see Blushing on it’s head.

It looks like a lower quality pastel to me and I hate that term because the paint doesn’t make a snake any better but y’all know what we mean op

[Danger noodles]

I agree, lower quality pastel. Not all of them have blushed heads.

How are y’all not seeing a blushed head??