How old is too old to breed a female BP?

[Redneck_Crow]

A situation I've never run into, how old is too old to breed a ball python female? If they are at a good weight and in good health, can they be bred when they're 10-15 + years old?

I've been offerred a sizable female normal. Her "kid" owner isn't a kid any more, he's off to college, and mama is "no way I'm going to feed that $%#@ thing!"

The snake is nice and healthy. (a plus) handles great (a plus) really a female (big plus) and takes f/t prey. Nice weight, nice pattern for a normal. She's also at least 10 years old, and gotten from a friend of a friend as an adult way back when, so there is no telling how old the girl is.

We can probably scout around and find a pet home for this girl. But if it wouldn't harm her to breed, I'm kind of mulling around whether or not to take her to eventually use as a breeder for the codom and double codom males I plan on buying this year.

I'd have a good year and some months to quarrantine before attempting to breed her. I'm guessing that she might have be captive bred because she's been vetted a couple of times over the years for minor bites before she was switched to f/t and her fecal checks were clean, but there is no way of knowing.

Whatcha think? She's a nice snake, not too fat, not too skinny, about 4 1/2 -5 feet long, and I'm really tempted. But I wouldn't want to take her and breed her if it was risky for the snake. The snakes I've bred before have been 4-8 year olds. I'm also wondering if it's OK to breed for the first time at this age--I have no way of knowing if she's ever bred before.

Thanks for your time.