So, years ago, I had a guyana bcc, she was wild caught at a very young age and I had her for many years before my life situation changed and I had to give her up to a good friend. Back in those days, IBD wasn't well known and most people weren't too worried about it, and thankfully she didn't have it. However, I am now in a situation where I am considering getting another bcc, and now that I have ball pythons, the prospect of getting a snake that has IBD concerns me a bit more.

My main questions are... exactly how common is IBD and how does one avoid getting it into their collection? I know it can have a rather long incubation period in boas, so exactly how long should I quarantine a boa if I get one? 3 months? 6 months? A year? I miss having a boa, but am starting to wonder if it's worth the risk considering how common this disease seems to have come.