Quote Originally Posted by JLC
I wonder if there is some general irritant in the environment that they are all exposed to, to some degree or another? Some cleaning material...incense...candles...room fresheners...cigarette smoke...or outside pollutant that we can't avoid letting into our homes....?
If it started 8 months ago with a sick snake brought into the collection/quarantine, I find it "most likely" that the problems are cross contamination related more so than environmental.

Over the last 25 years, I've never seen a single case or RI caused by "Some cleaning material...incense...candles...room fresheners...cigarette smoke ... etc" ... not saying that it isn't "possible"' in this case, just that logically it's more likely to be related to the original sick animal.

I'd try another vet for the cultures, you should at least be able to identify the bug and try and trace it back to the original animal. Unfortunately, I don't know a thing about anti-biotic protocols in anything but ball pythons. If your ball pops positive on a culture, I can certainly do my best to help.

-adam