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    Question Your experiences with incubation periods for a RI?

    The quick question: If a snake has been exposed to another snake with RI, what is the incubation period for the infection? I can't find any info online and vet isn't sure! Am happy even just to know your own experiences.

    The long story (for those who are bored haha):
    I've really gotten into snakes in the past two years and am now have 5 bps! It's addictive! Everything has been going great until this past summer... I got a new bp from the breeder I've been buying from for the past two years. I brought my new girl home, and she was great. Very small for her size, but she seemed to be very shy (in her hide a lot) and a bit of a fussy eater so I figured that was why.

    Fast forward a month or so, and on feeding day, I notice she's yawning a lot and something about her body language just LOOKS off. I contacted the breeder, and they told me their collection has had an outbreak of RI. One of her clutch mates was actually sick at the time I bought my new girl (they didn't know at the time and caught it a few days later) and they were kept next to each other on the shelf. Pretty choked because I feel they should have told me this as soon as they found out.

    I got my girl to the vet right away and put her on antibiotics, and she was been moved to a separate room in the house. She has been great after her antibiotics- great appetite suddenly and super perky, which makes me think she might have been sick this entire time from when I got her. I am now leaving her apart from the others for 3 months to make sure she's okay.

    But now the bad part... Unfortunately, I offered food she didn't take to two of my other snakes before I realized she was sick. And now one of these snakes has signs of RI. We've gone back to the vet, and she is now on antibiotics and in her own room. The third snake is fine, but is it just incubating in him still? Or is there a chance he's ok? I'm watching him like a hawk, but I wish I knew how long until it might pop up. The vet isn't sure and I can't find any info online.

    Since this happened, I've learned about quarantine periods bringing in a new animal and will stick to it to the letter! And I won't be dealing with that breeder anymore... They were great to deal with the first year, but this is the second questionable thing that's happened and they've been super hard to get a hold of now.
    Last edited by Ulfric; 09-26-2018 at 04:00 PM.

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