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DavidY
at Mon Jun 22 21:19:49 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DavidY ]
I run a reptile & exotic pet store and recently had an employee from another pet store come in and ask me if I could help diagnose what was wrong with one of their baby boas. He said the snake acted as if it was blind and wasn't eating. I asked if the snake ever lay upside down or seem disoriented and he said yes and that a couple of other of their baby boas were acting similarly. I told him it could be IBD and asked him to take the snake out of the store immediately. I informed him that they need to quarantine all of their boas and pythons and disinfect their reptile section since the disease is highly contageous and fatal. This was over a week ago and since then I've learned that they have sold at least one of their babies prior to this and have not done anything to quarantine or isolate them. I've got some RTB and BP breeding projects going right now as well as several customers with large boid collections so I'm pretty concerned.
I've been considering reporting them to the state department that oversees the licensing of pet stores and possibly taking further action against them to make sure they do not start a potential outbreak. Am I getting too paranoid or is this a real threat?
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1.4.20 Bearded Dragons (Frodo, Red Sonya, Galadriel, Arwen, Lakis & babies)
0.1.0 Peacock Day Gecko
0.1.0 Columbian Red-Tail Boa (Bilbo)
0.1.0 Ball Python (Daisy)
0.1.0 California King Snake (Cali)
1.1.0 Honduran Milk Snakes
1.0.0 Timor Monitor (Timmy)
2.1.0 Red Ear Sliders (Pilot, Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum)
0.1.0 PacMan Frog (Jabba The Hutt)
0.0.2 Grey Tree Frogs
0.0.2 Fire Belly Toads
0.2.0 Cats (Mollie & Nermel)
1.0.0 Mini Pinscher x Chihuahua (Pepper)
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 Need advice on possible IBD threat - DavidY, Mon Jun 22 21:19:49 2009
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