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It's something confused me for very long time . I have 1 anerys male adult . He is very easy to affects diseases and seems has lower resistance than other boas I have .

The problem was appeared since last Oct . In last Oct , he has affected respiratory infection . I brought him to see the vet , and then he is seems to be recovered . Later on , he afected RI again , and we have done the same treatments to him , and he recovered again .

Until the 3rd time he has affected RI , I found something there's something unusual with him . Well , I must say , I keeping all my boas at the same environment and everyone is fine that never affected any diseases (even others could breeded successfully) , except him .

Later on , I found some under-skin pus tumors on his jaw , I taken him to the vet right away and we have done some operations for his jaw .

At this moment , he is sick again . I found he has affected mouth rot and perhaps with RI at the same time .

I really can't remember how many time he has affected diseases within 1 year . I just remember , I always took him to see the vet every 1 or 2 weeks.

We almost tried most of the antibiotics for his disease , like Gentamycin , Amikacin , Amocicilin , Enrofloxacin ... so many ...

We have also finished some blood test , bacterial development of infection .... so many ..

Therefore , we still do not know - what's wrong with him ?

I have spent a lot of time and money for him and his disease and it's seems has never been a healthy snake wihthin the last 11 months .

I am really very tired of the mucus which never disappeared in his mouth ...

I am just thinking about , maybe has just has a poor resistance causes by his recessive morph ? Is that a Genetic problem ? Or it's just a normal problem of husbandry ?

I really need your help ...

Any advince will be helpful for him and me .

If anyone knows any good method to improving his resistance , please let me know .

I don't wanna lost him ...

thanks a lot .
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You mentioned blood tests. Has he ever been checked for IBD? Even if he has, I would have him re-checked. If what I remember is right you only have a 50% chance of it being visible in the blood stream.

Even if he turns out to be free of IBD, I would recommend never breeding him.

I wish you luck, and I wish I could give you better advice. You might want to try a different Vet, not to say that the one you have is bad, its just that sometimes it helps to have fresh eyes.
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I don't believe it's because he is an anery. I think since RIs are so dependent on temps and because you have only one boa, perhaps it is a problem in how you keep your boa. From everything you said it doesn't sound like IBD. If you feel you have a good reptile vet, go over your culture with them, especially the temperatures. Use a temp gun, and shoot the temps right on the strata, and right inside the hides, where the snake actually is. I am sorry you're having trouble with your boa. I can tell you have put a lot of time and worry into your anery. I have 3 anerys and a ghost, and I have had no problems whatsoever.

Best of luck
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Caden Chapman
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I don't think that it is the MORPH as much as it may be just that individual. Just like with people, some are healthier than others and some are just sickly. I think that occationally we forget that these are living creatures and that S##T happens sometimes, and unfortunately we can't always fix it.

I am sorry for your troubles and wish you the best. I truly wish I could be of some help, but from the way it sounds that snake may never be 100%.

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It's not I have only one boa , but I have about 14 boas . All boas are fine except the anerys male . I think you are right , it's maybe not a genetic problem , it's just causes by his individual . Perhaps , he just has the poor resistance since he was born ... who knows ? I think GOD knows .

Anyway , I have not found any signs of IBD (I know what's the sign of IBD , I ever seen some in the past) on him and I still do not know what's wrong with him .

Thanks for your advinces .
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