Quote Originally Posted by DavidG View Post
I'm only a little firmiliar with IBD. Is it possible to transfer from human to animal? Bad wording... If I walked into a pet shop after holding my snake at home and it has IBD then held a snake while there (30 minutes later) could the shop snake get IBD?
They aren't entirely sure all of the ways it can be transfered. A few ways is through reproduction between an infected animal, sharing water sources, fecal contamination, mites, saliva, etc. So, in theory, you probably wouldn't transfer the IBD, but it is possible.

I seriously wouldn't risk handling strange animals without sending yourself through a sterilization of sorts.

After visiting someone else's collection, I remove all contaminated clothes and they go directly into the washer. After that, I bathe. I do this same procedure after visiting pet stores, etc.