Quote Originally Posted by tmlowe5704
I heard if you can flip the boa on its' back and it has problem getting straight again, then there is a sign of IBD.
That's only if the boa is showing symptoms (neurological problems being one of them).. it's pretty easy to tell if it has IBD then. Boas can be asymptomatic carriers.. that is the problem.

IBD kills pythons very quickly. Colubrids on the other hand are completely unaffected by it.