Wanting to hear some thoughts on this situation:

Last September I bought a spider BP from a recognized breeder who got the snake from one of his partners (was not produced by him). It was a beauitful snake, but didn't eat all winter and was getting thin (from 691g to 540g on its fast).

The snake was active, alert, and just a little thin until its shed three days ago, but then the next day blisters appeared on its lower body. It died yesterday before I could get it to a vet. First of all, has anyone encountered such a rapidly progresing illness? If so, are any of my other snakes at risk? The spider was kept separate from all the other snakes for months, and then placed in the rack with the others. It hadn't eaten since September, and there was no outward evidence of illness (other than being underweight) until two days before it died.

Secondly, I realize I've had this snake in my possession for ~9 months... and its care was no longer under the control of the person who sold it to me. At the same time, I have a long record of correspondence between me and the vendor about the skittishness and fasting of this snake and how worried I was about it starting months ago. The death seems to have come from some internal infection... and since it hadn't eaten for me and has been kept under identical conditions to my other 20+ BPs who are all healthy and growing, I'm wondering what your thoughts are on where the problem lies that resulted in this snake dying. I'm not trying to say the breeder sent me a sick snake and I want a refund, but I did receive a snake that was not eating and died of a disease that did not come from improper husbandry.

Sorry to see the girl go... she was beautiful