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Has anyone else gone through this afliction? I'm at eight snakes dead so far.

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I'm waiting for a reesponse from Dr Jacobson with any suggestions before i cull my entire collection.

Brian
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Nothing could be more exasperating than picking up the dead snakes every morning. Really bad luck....
Before you kill off the entire collection (I've seen this before) let the virus run its course and flame out. Some of your snakes (maybe 30%) are resistant and will survive the epidemic. Obviously keep all your animals away from other collections for the next several months (I don't know exactly how long) and what's left is O.P. resistant and is not infectious.
Sorry you're going through this...Jeff

I'm still researching Jeff. My concern is the carriers and how long they can continue to be contaigious.
It distresses me to cull everything.

I've heard so far that its 10 months.

Brian

here's what i'm losing.
Snakes i'm losing.

Again my sympathys Brian. I know this must be very hard. A question for Jeff. Are you sure at some point the previously afflicted snakes will be "clean" and not stand any chance of lying in wait to reinfect a new collection? It would be a horrible tragedy to have this happen a second time with a new colection just beginning. Is there any proofs that this is true? Please don't misunderstand I'm Not trying to give you a hard time, it's just that many of us realize this could happen to us and I think if there was a chance of reooccurance I'd rather painfully cull everything, and sleep nites while maybe starting a fresh collection. Thanks,
Bob.

Howdy Bob, once the virus runs its course, the collection is eventually non-infectious and should be resistant if re-exposed.
Reptile World in St Cloud FL lost 60% of his collection and has since acquired new stock (and produced new stock) with no further outbreak. A simple virus would die out after the initial runaway infection...
A better source of info would be U of TX at Tyler (Jonathan Campbell) or U of KS or U of FL....all have excellent herp people. I know J Campbell will answer emails through the site.
Jeff

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