Quote Originally Posted by JLC View Post
I don't doubt your judgement about it being time to put the poor thing down...but I would not call it "IBD" unless you get that specifically diagnosed from a vet who does the tests required to identify it. IBD is a very specific and serious diagnosis, but it gets misunderstood far too often by folks referring to it every time they see a wobbly or sick snake.

As for the equipment being safe to reuse...if you can insure it's been been properly disinfected, I don't see why not.
Even if it was not IBD, I knew he couldn't have made it because the way he was limp, skinny, and showing those frightening signs. I've seen videos on IBD, I've seen boas with IBD at the sanctuary, and I don't know of any other diseases with those symptoms besides IBD and this other disease I can't remember the name of (all snakes get it though).

I will most definitely try to disinfect it as much as I can, what would I need to use to be able to do so without ruining it?

Quote Originally Posted by rabernet View Post
How do you KNOW that it had IBD? Are you getting it necropsied to be sure? I'm also a bit shocked how non-chalant you are about stuffing it into a SNACK sized bag to freeze it.

Did the sanctuary not have any terms and conditions for you fostering, including getting proper veterinary care before deciding to euthanize on your own?

I dunno - I just find the entire post a bit disturbing...
For the first part, read the above reply, and I was looking for larger bags but I couldn't find anything, but I definitely did not want that snake spreading anything to my snakes in the QT room or anywhere else in my house. He was just about gone, I did leave a space in the zip-lock open for airflow, and he wasn't packed in the bag, he did have some space since he was pretty small.

I didn't mean for people to attack me on this thread, just had to inform them about the Burm today.