I know this is a zombie thread, but I was discussing this earlier on another forum.
I don't think that people should breed two normals. I think that the market (and craigslist) is saturated with normals that need homes, and there aren't enough homes for them all. I've seen/talked to people who own king cobras and king snakes, and normal ball pythons are a regular food source for them because they are so readily available and so cheap. Many boa breeders I've talked to have normal ball pythons that they use to detect disease before it hits their boas. The fact that they're being used as snake food and mine canaries should be a clue that they are pretty common at this point.
Some normals will be inevitable when you're breeding morphs, but I don't think that people should breed them on purpose unless they think there's some genetic potential there.
