Would you pay more for a ball python or boa with a recent clean IBD test?

[bcr229]

With the news that there's a fairly simple blood test for IBD available for boas and ball pythons, would you pay more for a snake with a recent clean test?

[Marrissa]

What is the cost of it?

[PitOnTheProwl]

I would say not. Most breeders are not going to pay to have all of their offspring tested and then again what good is a piece of paper? Look how many "papered" hets are out there

[OctagonGecko729]

Depends on the risk and the cost. At the moment the risk of IBD in a BP from a good breeder has got to be close to 0% and the cost of the test will probably add at the least a few hundred to the animal.

[MarkS]

This must be something new? The last I've heard is that the only good test for IBD was during a necropsy.

[bcr229]

This must be something new? The last I've heard is that the only good test for IBD was during a necropsy.

News hit yesterday: http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...test-for-I-B-D
For the sake of argument, a simple blood test should be in the $25-50 range.

[Freakie_frog]

No IBD has been shown to be such a swift killer of python speices that it would be pointless.

[treeboa]

I would say not. Most breeders are not going to pay to have all of their offspring tested and then again what good is a piece of paper? Look how many "papered" hets are out there

Man is this true! Papers on hets are worthless unless they're from Ralph Davis or something. Would think people would just start making their own "lab results".

[patientz3ro]

Depends on the risk and the cost. At the moment the risk of IBD in a BP from a good breeder has got to be close to 0% and the cost of the test will probably add at the least a few hundred to the animal.

Considering that IBD wasn't detectable before the onset if symptoms, I'd say that percentage is a bit higher than that. It's also possible for a snake to be infected, but not show symptoms.

No IBD has been shown to be such a swift killer of python speices that it would be pointless.

I think it's valuable from a prevention standpoint. As I said, considering how common it is for infected snakes not to show symptoms, even a 90 day quarantine may not keep an infected animal from spreading IBD to a collection. That's particularly true when adding a boa to a collection of BP'S. IBD testing along with proper quarantine is good long term insurance IMO.


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[Freakie_frog]

I think it's valuable from a prevention standpoint. As I said, considering how common it is for infected snakes not to show symptoms, even a 90 day quarantine may not keep an infected animal from spreading IBD to a collection. That's particularly true when adding a boa to a collection of BP'S. IBD testing along with proper quarantine is good long term insurance IMO.

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How then do you prove which animal is the origional carrier to hold a breeder accountable for it once all your snakes are dead?