Quote Originally Posted by iPanda View Post
Well yes, of course. But if one parent isn't as high of quality as the other, is it a deal breaker?
breed the best you've got, but that doesn't mean lower quality animals are totally useless. they are still ball pythons. if what you have on hand is considered low quality, there's nothing wrong with breeding them as long as your directed towards improving your stock.
it's a totally different issue when breeders are focused on production and just churn out clutch after clutch of low quality animals without taking into account that the pastels they produce could be mistaken for normals after a few generations.