Quote Originally Posted by kelykl View Post
Thanks for the response.

I guess I could have been more detailed and asked a couple more questions as well. Other than IBD and Nido, what would be something to be concerned about ? From reading, those are the 2 main issues that ball python keepers face along with RI. I’m not as concerned with RI simply because again, none are showing signs and we check on our snakes multiple times a day. Any snake that showed the first sign of an RI would be removed immediately. From what I understand about RI, it isn’t really an issue for the group unless it has advanced.

And absolutely yes about testing all if anything turns up on the tests. That’s basically why I’m testing like that. I feel pretty good about being able to pick up on something in the group with testing for half. It’s not 100% I know but unfortunately money does start to factor in when it would be over $1000 for testing. But let’s say I did do a full panel test on ALL of them and they came back negative for everything, at that point, would quarantine be a necessity ?

RI- it depends on what pathogen is CAUSING the RI- an RI is a symptom, not a specific disease. For example, it can be a symptom of nidovirus.

You sure don't want to find crypto either. And there could be any number of resistant "germs" too, or even "new" ones. I agree testing half of them should be pretty indicative, but not a guarantee.