Does anyone know if sand boas can get IBD?

Today I was holding one of my albino KSBs, and I noticed something was a bit off with her. It's like she seemed slightly disoriented when I was holding her, and every once in a while she would open her mouth a bit and then close it... Not like a snake might do with a respiratory tract infection (she doesn't have that), but more like a piece of substrate was stuck in her mouth. I opened it up and didn't see anything in there, though.

She ate a few days ago (her appetite is fine) and she was not displaying any signs of disorientation. So when I saw the way she was acting today, I immediately entered panic mode! The thing is, neither me or my snakes have had any direct contact (or indirect contact, that I can remember) with any other snakes besides my own for probably about a year... The last reptile show I went to was in October, and I didn't handle any herps there. I only go to one store to purchase frozen mice and I don't handle any reptiles while I'm there either.

I've also done some quick research online and I can't find any reports of Erycine boas getting IBD. Does anyone have any information about that? I'm going to call the vet tomorrow and get an appointment as soon as possible. Does anyone know how much a test for IBD might run? And how quick the results are? Right now I have the snake isolated, but she was living in a tank with a male, so I'm going to be keeping a close eye on him too.

Here is a video of her, please watch the whole thing and tell me what you think! www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDCrxeINmh4

Any advice will be appreciated!
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- Natalie
(San Francisco Bay Area)

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