I can never spell that word. It is great that this snake pulled through. While I am happy that she is well, it is my understanding that you do not know her history other than being unkept? I would recommend a much longer quarantine period. 6 months minimal for any boa that has shown illness before, and a year for those that are persistantly sick. While she has pulled through this, perhaps she was immunocompromised from being an asymptomatic carrier of a disease such as IBD. While poor husbandry is a more likely culprit, if this snake gets sick again with proper husbandry, and/or has future regurgitation than IBD becomes more suspect. The long quarantine times are to monitor for these "poor-doers" prior to entering a collection.

Just something to consider anyways...

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• Update on Sick female Redtail!{MOKA}...............Pic's - Hypoboa1, Sun Apr 17 22:09:26 2005
• RE: Update on Sick female Redtail!{MOKA}...............Pic's - tredding, Sun Apr 17 23:19:08 2005
• RE: She had........................................ - Hypoboa1, Sun Apr 17 23:28:21 2005
• RE: She had........................................ - Dove_3, Mon Apr 18 09:21:28 2005
• RE:She most definatley deserves that!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! - Hypoboa1, Mon Apr 18 10:29:19 2005
• Not to sound pesimistic... - joeysgreen, Mon Apr 18 11:11:57 2005
• RE: Not to sound pesimistic...Very Good Idea,Thanks for input! - Hypoboa1, Mon Apr 18 12:56:24 2005