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parasites carry over do babies from adults? are there any disadvantages to CH?

they can get parasites from the water (in Africa)?......the holding pens......the fact they are shipped in bags of ? 25?50? I don't know exactly......it probably varies anyways....holding pens here at dealer/import house......are pens cleaned between shipments>?.......then again at a secondary dealers' pens....then third dealer OR pet shop.....and I know pet shops do not always clean cages........I have witnessed new snakes being thrown into dirty ,mite riddled cages that were then emptied(sold or died)........

........if they are held too long without food and or water......any bacteria or critters they pick up have a better chance of survival and reproduction.......due to their now lessened immune system.......(weak from no food and or water)

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some are ok ......alot are not........

buy some good old fashioned home grown balls.......

ere in Amish country.....we grow good tomatoes,corn,tobacco,,and yes..ball pythons.....(and alot of other species).....

* I know they are grown in most states..........

have fun.........

pay the extra $25............

JYReptiles

I know that ticks sometimes hide in the cracks between the eggs in a clutch in an attempt to jump to the new generation. I'm hoping that most parasites and diseases would not be able to pass to the eggs but I really don't know for sure.

Apparently one of the insidious things about IBD in boas is that it can be passed to the offspring and breeding partners but perhaps eggs will give pythons a little protection. Not that IBD will be much of a problem in ball pythons since they should all die rather quickly, probably before they could breed, unlike in boas. Just using it as an example. I've been reading a little about "burm disease" and since they can't seem to agree if it even exists I don't suppose they know if it gets passed through eggs or if it is just caught later from other animals in the same collection.