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This has probably been asked, and answered, before; but has IBD ever been found in colubrids? Thanks..

SR

I asked the zoo vet who gave my boa a checkup today. She said that IBD *as such* isn't a colubrid thing. They are, however, fairly susceptible to a paramyxovirus that presents pretty much the same way. Neurological exams (besides the righting reflex) are tough on snakes, so it makes it pretty hard to distinguish without the more invasive tests, like a liver biopsy for IBD. Hope that helps,

-Pat
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0.0.1 Normal corn snake (Frito)
0.0.1 Creamsicle corn (Tang)
0.0.1 Ghost corn (Raynham)
1.1 Bay of LA rosy boas (Rivet and Cali)

while I agree but not agree on IBD in other species, there is a pseudo look-a-like disease that mimics IBD in colubrids and hit my venomous collection several times of past years. In the 80ties and early 90ties, what ever this pseudo disease was. it ran rapidly and random among species of some south western kings and especially the gray-banded kings. The virus or whatever was spread the same as as IBD, the actions of the diseased animal took on the same as IBD, etc. I have heard of the disease by name but have forgot. Some of the same actions was: star gazing, twisted or turning weird body events, etc. I come to my conclusions as the same of IBD or pseudo IBD by having several Boas directly diagnosed with IBD in the early 90ties.
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I may be old , cantankerous, crabby, and cynical, but......

Thanks guys...I was a little concerned because someone brought a young Ball Python to the shelter where I work; an employee took the snake home, but not before I'd handled it...now the snake is presenting classic IBD symptoms and I have two ratsnakes at home...

SR