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  1. 11-10-2009, 07:10 PM #1
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    Exclamation Can a Rainbow Boa spread IDB/IBD to ball pythons?

    Same friend, different boid type..
    She wants to know if a rainbow will transmit IDB/IBD to her ball pythons.
    I of course could not remember the acronym...

    sigh... and I just paid her some money I owed her... she is selling of the tarantulas I sold her at a very cheap price...
    Oh well move on....

    If you can let me know if Rainbow boas can transmit the IDB to ball pythons..
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  2. 11-10-2009, 07:13 PM #2
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    Re: Can a Rainbow Boa spread IDB/IBD to ball pythons?

    IBD... and yes, all Boids (including all boas and pythons) can transfer the virus.
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    Re: Can a Rainbow Boa spread IDB/IBD to ball pythons?

    I suspect the question she intended to ask was more like "Can rainbow boas carry IBD asymptomatically for years, the way redtail boas can, and are they as prone to having it as redtails are?" At least, that would have been my question. ^_^
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    Re: Can a Rainbow Boa spread IDB/IBD to ball pythons?

    It's a retrovirus and like other viruses can be dormant for years, until it reactivates.
    1.1 Brazilian Rainbow Boas
    1.0 Anerythrystic Brazilian Rainbow Boa
    1.1 Het Albino Red Tail Boas
    1.0 Albino motley Red Tail
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    2.2 Corn snakes
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    3.4 Ball pythons (Lemon bee, Spider & Pied males. 2 Pastels,poss het pied, girls)
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    Re: Can a Rainbow Boa spread IDB/IBD to ball pythons?

    http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showthread.php?t=58309

    Some good info in this thread...
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