I have a sand boa, yes I know this is the ball python section, just stay with me. I have had her for about a year. I bought a small mouse to feed to her. She did not eat it, because she is the pickiest snake in the world, and her owner was stupid and didn't look to see if she was in shed when he picked up all his live mice.

I put the mouse in a little cage, with food and water. My intent was to keep it until Moo, the picky sand boa, was out of shed and feed it off. Unfortunately for some reason, I became attached to this food, even though I am not attached to any of the other mice I purchased as breeders.

Now, my question being, this mouse has been in with a boa. Boas can carry IBD. I like this mouse and do not want to feed it off. Can this mouse, transmit the disease to my ball python collection, if I introduce this mouse to my breeding population of mice?

Am I being too paranoid? How long should I QT the mouse? If anyone thinks this is too much of a risk, I will just feed it off, because, while I like this little mouse. I like my multiple snake collection a whole lot more.