Also, getting it from an environment like a show is putting more risk of infection/harm.
10-11-2007, 06:14 PM
JoshJP7
Re: Short/no quarantine
Yes ive heard of IBD but this is more common in boas than balls... Also if a ball has it ive read it usually passes away within a couple weeks.
10-11-2007, 06:34 PM
West Coast Jungle
Re: Short/no quarantine
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Originally Posted by JoshJP7
Just out of curiosity what could a snake be carrying that wouldnt be caught with a screening test? Not sure what everyone else considers quarentining but my snakes do not interact with eachother until I have tests done and theyve been in my care for atleast a month... If you dont see anything wrong and tests come back negative why do people wait so long? What could a snake have that couldnt be noticed in the first 30 days?
Some RI's can be dormant and then pop up when the animal is stressed. Also internal parasites may be in begining stages and still undectable from fecals. or a virus. It is always better safe than sorry. i agree with Deborah at least 30-60 days.
10-12-2007, 01:00 AM
kc261
Re: Short/no quarantine
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Originally Posted by JoshJP7
Yes ive heard of IBD but this is more common in boas than balls... Also if a ball has it ive read it usually passes away within a couple weeks.
I have no experience with this, but I thought I'd read that IBD could incubate with no symptoms for as long as 3-6 months? Or does it show up sooner in some species than others?
Passing away within a couple of weeks once the symptoms onset sounds very likely to me. It sounds like a horrible disease.
10-12-2007, 01:16 AM
Holbeird
Re: Short/no quarantine
I didn't vote because I would think that my vote would be to get her, keep her in quarantine for 60 days (my quarantine procedure) and then just breed late. That's just my opinion so that you don't risk your collection, or even if you bred separate, your male you'd be breeding to her.
10-14-2007, 01:08 AM
WingedWolfPsion
Re: Short/no quarantine
I would quarantine for 3 months with clean tests--you'll still be able to get in at the end of the breeding season.
I quarantine animals from the same source together. In most cases, if they've been shipped, they arrive covered in pee because one of the snakes always lets loose in the shipping pox, and I feel pretty confident that if any of them had anything, they've all been exposed by the time they arrive. So, they get put in a group together away from the rest of the collection.
10-14-2007, 01:13 AM
Purrrfect9
Re: Short/no quarantine
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Originally Posted by kc261
I have no experience with this, but I thought I'd read that IBD could incubate with no symptoms for as long as 3-6 months? Or does it show up sooner in some species than others?
Passing away within a couple of weeks once the symptoms onset sounds very likely to me. It sounds like a horrible disease.
IBD can lay dormant in Boa's for that long, but once it passes to Ball pythons (not sure about other pythons) it usually kills the BP around a week.
10-14-2007, 01:25 AM
nixer
Re: Short/no quarantine
ill admit there is afew that i gotfrom goodsourcesthati didnt quarantine, but they were from ppl ive dealt with many many many times in the past and they dont do imports or boas at all, unless it came from a show!
