Hi Mike,

Thanks for your reply. In all honesty, if I found that one of my snakes was exhibiting IBD symptoms I would immediately quarantine all of them and not sell any of the boas or pythons. I would also do a thorough disinfection of all my reptile displays and only allow access to the quarantined snakes by myself and my reptile guys using strict hygiene procedures. I definitely would not take it casually and continue displaying or selling the sick boas. That's my main concern with the other store is their lack of action to prevent an outbreak if it is indeed IBD. How they do it is up to them but as of yesterday (over a week after they showed me their first sick snake) they have done nothing and continue to show and sell their baby boas.



My dilemma is exactly as you mentioned, I don't know for sure if it's IBD and I don't want to cause a fuss in case it's just an isolated incident. I only vaguely remember the big IBD scare several years ago since I was primarily breeding Bearded Dragons and only keeping a few snakes. So I'm not sure how easily this disease can be transmitted between different locations (ie. handle a snake at one store, drive a few miles, handle a snake at another store).



I do appreciate any advice/help offered.

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