BOA keeping vs BP keeping

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What Sauzo said... I keep my Boas and Ball Pythons in the same rack with identical temperatures and humidity. Someone once told me that Boas "can" pass IBD (Inclusion Body Disease) on to Ball Pythons. I'm honestly not sure how true that is, but just to be safe I am always sure to use hand sanitizer when switching back and forth between handling different species. It's my understanding that Ball Pythons can contract IBD from other Ball Pythons, too. If that is the case, I don't see what the difference is. Maybe someone else here could clear that up?

The difference is that boa species are thought to be able to be asymptomatic carriers for far longer (possibly years) than ball pythons. IBD research is still on-going, so any facts about it often have to be taken with a grain of salt, but if it is true that boas can be asymptomatic for years whereas pythons die quickly, it would put the ball pythons at far more risk from the boas than from each other as quarantine for even 3+ months wouldn't necessarily mean the boa was free of the virus.