Python and Boas

[BigLu]

Do I really need to keep my pythons and boas in seperate rooms? Or is them being in seperate racks ok?

[dr del]

Hi,

Well, aside from temps if you were using a set temp system but had animals with a wide variety of different needs, is the reason to keep them seperated disease related?

I refer of course to the dreaded IBD.

I remember reading that some breeders intentionally put a male BP in the room with their boas to try and detect if any had IBD - seems unfair to the lil guy personally but there you go.


dr del

[Kaorte]

As long as they have been qt'd and have a clean bill of health, I see no issues.

[joshn6805]

I see no problems in keeping them in the same room as long as there needs are meet.

[BigLu]

Ok thats what I thought. I was just reading about how vicious that IBD can be so didnt want to take any chances.

[dr del]

Hi,

Thats the problem.

IBD can be symptomless in the boas for a long time and you think everything is fine and put them in the same area and all the BP's die in 3 weeks.

The chances are your boas do not have it at all but I would use one snake out of the collection as a canary - especially for those with big or expensive collections.

But since we know so little about IBD and how it can be transmitted I'm not sure what the current advice is.


dr del