Quote Originally Posted by coldblooded View Post
I'm sorry you had to go through that, it sounds very rough

I don't know how long it takes IBD to show up in animals other than ball pythons, but I would consider all your animals under quarantine now that shared a room with it if they weren't already before. From what I have heard, some python species can live with it for a while much like some boas can. I would be keeping a very close eye on them.

Hopefully it wasn't IBD or something easily transmissible.

I know it must be hard to be around animals every day that need rescuing. I have taken in rescues before on more than one occasion. We take a huge risk in doing so, though..

I'm sorry you were offended by some peoples' posts but I really do think they had your (or the snake's) best interest at heart. It is true that it cannot be conclusive that it was IBD since there was no necropsy, but you made a judgement call that was necessary.
You know Tiffiny, I have been doing this since the early 80's and freezing was the way I was tought to put down a snake. My vet, Roger Klinenberg. Said the drugs are slow and painful. The smashing the head is in no way something I could ever do either.