Oh, well that one's too late, I already have a little boa as a part of my family. I still want a BRB... One of those dreams that was crushed sadly that I would hope to someday make right.
I guess I'd like to hear from people who work with boas on how they manage. I see people buy, sell, and trade quite often. I know a ton of people who have purchased and had nothing go wrong and lived with their animal quite happily. It would be nice to know if it's more along the lines of freak accident/not TOO likely(But of course be super ultra careful cause you don't want to risk the offhand chance your new snake does have it), or if it is more common than that..
Of course, it doesn't help that every time something goes wrong with a snake, half the world cries that it could be IBD. I understand why, you want to assume the worst and keep your other animals safe, but when the animal dies and the person doesn't get it checked to see if it WAS the disease, it just sort of adds to the mystery of the whole thing.