New Snake - IBD Concern

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I would also recommend picking up your boa from a breeder, instead of a pet store or consumer to consumer site.

IBD researchers have commented that specimens sent to them from boa breeders as "control" animals, supposedly free of the disease, ended up testing positive for IBD.

As for pythons passing quickly from the disease - that's only true for some species. Some pythons species may end up proving to be asymptomatic carriers.