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PHLdyPayne
at Fri Jan 5 11:28:16 2007 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by PHLdyPayne ]
Was the test you did on that new boa you bought awhile ago for IBD?
Also, check the snake room for any toxins, Carbon monoxide or dioxide, etc. This could affect your snakes (though if it was a toxic in gas form, it would affect your other snakes as well, not just the boids. Unless the boids are near the floor and the others are higher up. Carbon dioxide is heavy, so won't rise very high off the ground. (ie dried ice produces carbon dioxide when it warms up).
Selecting one or two snakes for a necropsy is worth the cost. Make sure they don't freeze though, as the processes of freezing destroys cell tissues and makes it nearly impossible to test for all possible causes of death.
Sorry to hear of your loss. We infest alot of time and money in our collections and none of us want to wake up to dead and dying snakes for no apparent reason.
It probably be a good ideal to move all your snakes out of that room, just to be sure. If it is some form of air born toxin or gas, it may eventually harm your other snakes. If it is IBD your colubrids should be fine but best to play it safe.
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RE: I can't believe this is happening.(L - PHLdyPayne, Fri Jan 5 11:28:16 2007