Other than trying to prove a new recessive morph I don't think too many people breed normals to sell. With captive hatched babies being very cheap and not difficult to get and for the most part healthy, there certainly isn't any money in breeding normals.

However I think we are at the point where more normal captive bred and hatched babies would be a good idea. Thousands and thousands of captive hatched babies are imported from Africa...to the point the collectors have learned to single out any unusual babies to sell at a higher price, knowing the morph demands of breeders hoping to get that special 'new' morph from a captive hatched animal. It makes me wonder if the last 10-20 years of mass collected eggs hatched in pits and sold in bulk to collectors around the world, will have a impact on the wild populations in the years to come. Eventually there will be a 'generation gap' which may impact numbers of ball pythons in the wild...once the large adults die off due to age etc. and are not replaced by young reaching sexual maturity. I may be worrying about nothing...but it does make me wonder if the heavy collection of the last couple decades will impact wild populations in the decades to come.

As beautiful as many morphs are, most don't compare to what a good looking normal looks like.
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• Does anyone breed normals anymore - ChrisOz, Sat Jul 3 11:32:01 2010
• RE: Does anyone breed normals anymore - chongorojo, Sat Jul 3 11:44:48 2010
• RE: Does anyone breed normals anymore - ChrisOz, Sat Jul 3 11:58:08 2010
• RE: Does anyone breed normals anymore - PHLdyPayne, Sat Jul 3 14:12:28 2010
• RE: Does anyone breed normals anymore - ChrisOz, Sat Jul 3 19:18:58 2010