I recently have been noticiing some problems with my ball python. Hes had trouble shedding, has trouble grabbing mice, and just seems odd, not himself. He was easily THE most active ball python i had ever seen when i first got him, i also got him from a very respected breeder who I'm not going to mention, because there were no problems when i first got him. He was kept in the same rack as my two pastel het boas, both of which show no symptoms. But I remember reading somewhere that IBD in ball pythons comes on much faster then in boas.

Its really been stressing me out, luckily i noticed these symptoms before i recieved my sharp strain, and currently have all the snakes serperate, especially the sharp strain which was never housed near any of the other boas. I'll be bringing the ball python to the vet soon and was curious if anyone here has delt with IBD, and had an idea of what kind of procedures need to be done to test for IBD, as well as how much it can cost. Any help appreciated.
thanks

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