I have not had it anywhere near my collection. However it is in the same room with my incubator, but I don't think IBD can transfer through styrofoam to the eggs, correct me if I am wrong. I did notice for theshort time I have had this pythin it would constantly seek the cold end of the tank even though its hot side was 91f. Ths cool side was 85f. It never did digest the mouse, after 3 days there was still a lump and it had only eaten a fuzzy. I am now thinking the cork screwing was becuase it was so close to death as it did pass away over night. It makes me so angry at whoever owned this snake before. I had a friend aquire it from the previous owner and he gave it to me to see if I could help it as he is not as eperienced with bps as I am. Anyhow I did what I could for it but I think it was so starved that its body no longer had enough strength to even digest its meal.