Has this happend to anyone else before?

Mouth rot is a scary thought. I saw a picture in one of my books, of a bci with severe mouthrot that was probably fatal. Anyone know a definate way of preventing it? It's one of those things I have nightmares about.

thanks for the imput guys.
He has lightened back up a little but I dont think he will ever be as light as he was...
He is better now..
Mouthrot huh?
Do you think the conditions in the cage need to be changed? My ball python had the same thing so I quaranteed them both and gave them the drops. They seem fine now but I would hate for them to get sick again.
Could it have been the flooring I had them on? I had the two of them on half repti-carpet and half moss (not sure what kind... some kind of mexican moss simular to peat moss I think.
I now have the boa on paper towels and the python is on a regular green towel. (seems to work well, and it looks good)

flooring, hmmm. I dunno. Give a full description of your husbandry and the condition, pics might help. And hopefully the medical expert, Rusty, can help pin point it.

Like I stated before I had them both in tanks with half repti-carpet and half moss. I have a heating pad on one side with a small watt heating bulb above. They are both in glass tanks. So to help with humidity I use a damp towel. I keep the boas humidity at around 60% with heat at 85hot and 75cool. I make sure to not cover all of the top with the towel so they get some circulation.
The python is about the same with a little less humidity (about 55).
The humidity was a bit lower (probably around 50) when they got sick. After they got better I upped the humidity a bit.
So I guess its either the substrate or the lack of humidity?