Nice to see so many of us are on the same page
I think it would be really odd if it were airborne as well for the same reasons you stated. All animals would die or become infected extremely easily. however, I have heard 'stories' from folks saying they lost whole collections to IBD and I have trouble understanding how, if it wasn't airborne, and they had mite-free collections? Either the story isn't accurate or...??? I just practice the best husbandry I can and like the other posters, watch who I buy from!
I also think, (IMO) that even if it is sexually transmitted, that as with HIV or any STD etc. that it isn't necessarily the first sexual contact, etc. that will give it to them. From what I've been told, some people can have sex with an infected person and it could take several times to contract whatever they may have... I think it would be a similar case with snakes too. Continuous exposure of any kind would be, I think, the biggest factor in infecting a whole collection....
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Steph S.
Boas...
1.1 Albino boas (Loki & Hope)
1.4 07 Het. albino boas (Petty & Lady,Sierra,Madeline,Lola)
0.1 Reverse stripe poss. het albino (Cookie)
0.1 Salmon/hypo (Scarlet)
0.1 Anery poss. het snow (Missy)
1.0 Anery (Reno)
1.0 Probable Super Salmontine
0.1 DH Sunglow (Bonnie)
0.0.1 Hypo het anery
1.0.0 Het. Anery (Guy & ?)
0.3 Normals (Ophelia, Sasha, & Lulu)
1.1 Surinames (Solomon & Surreal)
1.2 Hog Isles (Mr.Orange & Peaches, Tang.)
0.0.1 Central American (Sassy)
0.1 Emerald Tree boa (Jade)
1.0 ATB (Satan... seriously!)
Pythons...
2.1 GTPs (B., Monty & Jewel)
0.0.3 BPs (MJ, Precious, Houdini)
1.1 Carpet Pythons (Jackson & Charlotte)
0.1 Blood python (Akaia)
Misc.
1.1 Mandarin Ratsnakes (Jack & Jill)
1.0 Boxer/Pitt Mutt (Tyson)

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