Respiratory infections in young animals like this are very preventable so long you are willing to understand the species have the right expectatio and are willing to listen.
At this age RI are mainly due to a combination of stress and improper husbandry and if the animal does not have a RI yet, it's only a matter of time considering everything.
Breeders raise 100's even thousands of hatchlings each year yet hatchlings do not develop RI. Why? Because they provide optimum husbandry and limited stress.
I have done this for ten years and never had a single hatchling with a RI and some remain in my care for up to a year. Not that it can't happen but it is VERY unlikely.
It's really not rocket science it's knowledge, and understanding of the species and willingness to listen.
If you want something you can handle every day that tolerates handling and is forgiving when it it comes to husbandry, get a corn snake or a milksnake, because BP are not it, never have, never will be.
If you want something that loves you, cuddles with you, trust you and you can play with you for hours at the time get a dog.
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