Man, that’s terrible.

Someone on the gecko forum once talked about his gecko dropping dead after the place was sprayed for bugs. However, I would really wonder what “sprayed for bugs” really means. Do they spray inside for roaches and ants? Outside? I don’t really know how that works. If the building is sprayed on the outside, I doubt that would find its way in with lethal effects like that.

Did you paint anything in their proximity. Maybe paint fumes can do it. Have you varnished or put a finish on anything near them that takes time to cure and gives off fumes?

Have you used any new cleaning agents around them or on the cages?

For your own safety, you ought to check for carbon monoxide. The snakes would probably succumb to smaller amounts.

The reply below stating IBD would be highly unlikely since you had a colubrid (not a boa or python) that dies in a very close interval. Plus, even if all had IBD, it is statistically impossible they’d all drop in that close of a window of time.

Food water, and fumes are your likely culprits.

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• 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - reptile_dude, Wed Apr 27 19:34:21 2005
• Really sorry to hear about your loss - digital_reptiles, Wed Apr 27 19:46:20 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - Trueredtails, Wed Apr 27 20:23:40 2005
• i was gonna say what trueredtails said - koky6869, Wed Apr 27 21:20:31 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - sonoranreptile, Wed Apr 27 21:56:26 2005
• Sorry man, that's terrible... - joeysgreen, Thu Apr 28 03:26:24 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - matthewpope, Thu Apr 28 23:40:55 2005
• RE: 4 dead snakes in 6 weeks. - joeysgreen, Fri Apr 29 04:42:55 2005