Wow... This is scary stuff. I was considering going to the Atlanta show at the end of the month to pickup a new snake, but now I'm not so sure... There are usually a lot of retics for sale at the Atlanta show and if this could be spread to other species, I might have to pass for now.

I also wondered about the food supply and it's role, but if this same disease has been seen in other unrelated collections, the food is probably not to blame (unless all of them got food from the same source).

I am sorry for this guy's loss... It has to be heartbreaking to see a collection of animals that you've built up and cared for for years die off so suddenly with nothing you can do to stop it.