Quote Originally Posted by sugar shane View Post
my understanding is in Boas that they are carries of IBD and it may never show signs of it. I've read somewhere that ball pythons are kinda of used as a parakeet in Boa collections. I'm just going off memory on this . I'd do a whole lot of research into this. reason i have no Boas in my collection, just ball pythons. someone can correct me if i'm wrong on all this
I would heavily recommend doing a "boid panel" on the incoming boa - see here


You should also quarantine for a minimum of 90 days - infections can take awhile to exhibit symptoms and mite eggs between scales can take 2 months to hatch in some cases.