Are your Balls for breeding?

[JLC]

So even if you are keeping a normal pair of ball pythons (or a pair of ANY reptile), what reasons are there not to breed?

While I don't really agree with most of your reasoning, this particular point begs a question: What about green iguanas and burmese pythons and other reptiles that are filling reptile-rescues because they are easy to get and hard to keep?

While I think there is a place for captive breeding of many reptiles...I think such things should be done by people with the passion and the temperment to properly see such a commitment through to the end with the best possible care for all the animals involved....not just anyone who happens to have a pair of something.