The reason there isn't many older boas is poor herpetoculture. It was always so, 35 years ago it was so, decades before IBD. Here's something we all know, that it takes a lot of hard work, time, and brains to keep a boa healthy for it's entire lifetime. On Gus' site he salutes the people who really do give great care. I have to agree. This is really why there aren't more 20 year old boas. That's a black eye to us too.

If half of the WC boas had it then most every collection with WCs in it, would also have it too, and we would surely know about it first hand. You'd be hearing about it in every forum. All the folks with WC boas would be freaking out, and we are not. In fact every instance of IBD I know about has been in CBB boas.

Anapsid says they determined that is is a retrovirus by electron microscopy. At least now we know. It's not a bunch of inclusion bodies all over, it's a pathogen, a retrovirus.
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• how old is your oldest boa? - reagorfu, Thu Aug 21 10:50:55 2008
• RE: how old is your oldest boa? - Jonathan_Brady, Thu Aug 21 13:10:28 2008
• Oh by the way... - Jonathan_Brady, Thu Aug 21 13:12:43 2008
• RE: how old is your oldest boa? - reagorfu, Thu Aug 21 13:49:40 2008
• 30 is possible - Doug T, Thu Aug 21 16:03:35 2008
• RE: how old is your oldest boa? - Slithering_Serpents, Thu Aug 21 19:32:49 2008
• A slight correction: - boaphile, Fri Aug 22 09:06:40 2008
• RE: A slight correction: - jscrick, Fri Aug 22 10:19:26 2008
• RE: A slight correction: - Slithering_Serpents, Fri Aug 22 15:04:49 2008
• RE: A slight correction: - Slithering_Serpents, Fri Aug 22 15:08:56 2008
• RE: A slight correction: - jscrick, Fri Aug 22 17:52:54 2008
• I have one in its 40's - Warren_Booth, Thu Aug 21 16:11:54 2008
• RE: I have one in its 40's - reagorfu, Thu Aug 21 17:10:49 2008
• RE: I have one in its 40's - Slithering_Serpents, Thu Aug 21 21:13:25 2008
• RE: I have one in its 40's - Warren_Booth, Fri Aug 22 08:03:14 2008
• RE: I have one in its 40's - Slithering_Serpents, Fri Aug 22 18:33:51 2008
• I have a 12 year old het albino. np - SenorSnake, Thu Aug 21 17:48:44 2008
• pic - SenorSnake, Thu Aug 21 18:08:53 2008
• She looks to be in great shape too n/p - Slithering_Serpents, Thu Aug 21 19:38:18 2008
• Thanks - SenorSnake, Thu Aug 21 20:37:07 2008
• RE: how old is your oldest boa? - HerpLver, Thu Aug 21 18:42:24 2008
• RE: how old is your oldest boa? - Slithering_Serpents, Thu Aug 21 19:20:17 2008
• hmmm... - Jonathan_Brady, Thu Aug 21 19:45:11 2008
• RE: hmmm... - Slithering_Serpents, Thu Aug 21 21:19:00 2008
• Lots of old Rainbow Boas - Jeff Clark, Thu Aug 21 21:48:43 2008
• RE: how old is your oldest boa? - jscrick, Thu Aug 21 23:15:35 2008
• 20 yr old normal, 10 yr old albino &more - AbsoluteApril, Fri Aug 22 10:33:46 2008
• How old indeed? - boaphile, Fri Aug 22 11:11:53 2008
• I still have my first 2 boas........... - garweft, Fri Aug 22 12:25:54 2008
• Rainbow Boa story... - jscrick, Fri Aug 22 12:54:35 2008
• CORRECTION: 40 years, not 30 years. - jscrick, Fri Aug 22 12:59:27 2008
• RE: CORRECTION: 40 years, not 30 years. - AbsoluteApril, Fri Aug 22 14:10:38 2008