Hey,

It's very likely that this poor guy might have been suffering from something other than IBD, as IBD, is not something that is commonly found in pythons. Not impossible for them to have, but not common. It's more commonly found in Boas and other species of the Boid group. Anaconda's etc. At any rate, it could very well be some kind of septicemia (bacterial infection of the blood) that killed it, with other internal organs being compromised like the liver, kidneys etc. In very acute bacterial infections like that, these organs are sometimes affected too, causing a shut down of the digestive processes. Sad but common.



If it had been bit more than once and it had been left untreated and was not detected till the last minute these infections on a small animal can become quite virulent depending on the strain of bacteria, and can cause a whole assortment of things to suddenly go wrong. If money is no object, which it is for most of us, you might want to get a post-mortem done on it, to determine the specific agent and cause of death. I had a large male black blood, die suddenly, and some of the symptoms given were found on him, albeit, we are talking about two very different animals here, but infection was found to be the cause of death with several secondary causes, one of them being hepatic and renal compromise. Alright enough, fancy talk for me. I think you might get some idea from this. Hope this helps a little bit. Good luck with the others.



Note: Clean thoroughly it's cage and discard any bedding that might have become contaminated. My feeling is that it is not IBD, but more likely parasitic or infectious bacteria.



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