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nephrurus
at Thu Sep 20 23:12:44 2012 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by nephrurus ]
IBD IS very rare and probably one of the most miss-diagnosed illnesses in novice keepers. Boas carry IBD for a very long time before ever expressing symptoms, once they do... they can still drag on for months if you don't euthanize them. In pythons though, IDB attacks them rapidly, often times in a couple weeks. Animals that have IBD do not eat, if you've ever seen one, they have crazy loss of all motor control. Paramyxovirus behaves in much the same way as IBD does, snakes with paramyxo will usually still feed though.
Are all your snakes pythons or boas? Crotalids are natural carriers of coccidia which can be passed to boas and pythons quite easily.
I'm sorry for your loss, but I also doubt it was IBD. If you want to do it correctly, get rid of the cage and the accessories be sure that you, yourself stay clean and sanitized.
Jeff
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