Last weekend my yellow belly was wheezing, so of course I rushed him into the vet for an RI. Nothing is confirmed yet, but after the culture and test results came back the vet called me and mentioned the inflamation and lack of abundant acute RI symptoms suggests that my sweet baby may have Inclusion Body Disease.
We’re going to do a round of antibiotics for a month and see if that effects the inflammation. There’s still hope that he just has an RI but I’ve been looking around and I can’t find as much clear, consistent information on the disease as I would like.
One of the sources I was looking at said that especially in bp’s, euthanasia is often the best option. Obviously I love my little Buckwheat Pancake, he’s only 7 months old, and I would hope that there’s more I can do than that, but I’m not finding much on the subject.
If any of you have any experience I would love to hear from you, to know how he could have picked this up (I don’t own any other boids, I don’t take him outside or introduce him to any other snakes, he’s never had mites in my care), or what early stage symptoms to look out for (he’s behaving normal right now), or any wisdom about treatment.. I would be so grateful. I’m just trying to figure out what a positive diagnosis would mean for him and myself.