I've heard of some people using ball pythons as test animals when they get a new boa. House a known healthy ball in with the boa for a few months and see what happens. Sucks if you're a ball python but if it could save an entire boa collection at the cost of only 1 ball, I'd say it's worth it. I myself only buy baby boas. While I know a baby boa can carry IBD, I don't think their immune system is strong enough to fight it. I also quarantine boas for a looooooooong time. Since they're babies anyway, there's no hurry to introduce them to any others.

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• IBD - jlotto22, Tue Oct 28 22:17:05 2008
• RE: IBD - cardiacsmd, Tue Oct 28 22:22:07 2008
• RE: IBD - jlotto22, Tue Oct 28 22:37:32 2008
• RE: IBD - cardiacsmd, Tue Oct 28 22:56:02 2008
• Unfortunately, - illbeyoursoldier, Wed Oct 29 10:26:57 2008
• RE: Unfortunately, - illbeyoursoldier, Wed Oct 29 10:28:09 2008
• not in boas it doesn't - FRoberts, Wed Oct 29 14:41:51 2008
• RE: not in boas it doesn't - RandyRemington, Wed Oct 29 22:18:12 2008
• RE: not in boas it doesn't - Cahrens, Thu Oct 30 18:47:59 2008
• RE: not in boas it doesn't - Crash1265, Fri Oct 31 01:53:19 2008
• RE: not in boas it doesn't - RandyRemington, Fri Oct 31 06:36:00 2008