Originally Posted by Lolo76
This is very interesting... I was just offered a hypo BCI in a trade (for electronic equipment), and now I'm worried about accepting. I was thinking of taking the snake, but will it be a constant risk with my BP collection? And are BCIs and red-tails the same thing? Sorry, I know nothing about boas yet!
We do have a good herp vet around here, so maybe I could take him straight to the vet - followed by a good long quarantine. Hmmmmmm.You just have to know and trust the breeders for being reputable. Even if they may or may not know, it's a risk you have to take with boas.Apparently not long enough.So, who here does have both Boas & BPs (aside from those who've already stated they do) - and how did you approach this issue?
I have 3 boas, though only one is a BCI and has been in the same room as my pythons for over a year. When I got him, I only had a few pythons, and nothing has come up and killed them.
Here's the thing that quirks me. The boas are asymptomatic for years, correct? But can they not still transfer the disease immediately to pythons that will show effects within 6 months?
Therefore, if breeders have pythons and boas, then they can basically determine that their boas don't have IBD, because they're pythons are thriving.
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