She certainly is a lovely normal. One of the wonderful things about normals is the enormous variation in them. I've seen a few with that same warm orange on their sides. I've always found it beautiful. And I don't see any reason why she could not contribute desirable traits to her future offspring. Certainly, people will tell you not to breed normals or single gene animals because of the overabundance of normal baby ball pythons that flood the market every year. But even so, there are always people looking for normals. Many small pet shop owners visit reptile shows looking to buy up the normals for re-sale in their shop. And there are always people looking for a first snake who may not be willing to invest a few hundred dollars right away until they are sure they can properly care for a snake.
Many people with large, expensive collections of multi-gene animals started off with a normal or two. You may not want to breed all normal females to all single gene males and end up with dozens of normal babies. But to breed a few special normal females to specific males to enhance desired traits... what's wrong with that?
Gale
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