Just a thought

[Adam_Wysocki]

Thanks Adam, that makes sence, so in captivity their immune systems become lower and the stresses become higher?

Any creature is naturally more stressed in a cage.

With ball pythons, stress has a direct impact on their immune systems.

Also, if you consider that average household temperatures are 12 - 14 degrees (and sometimes lower) than the temperatures that ball pythons as a species have evolved to live and thrive in, you can understand why respiratory infection is a common problem in captive ball pythons.

-adam