Quote Originally Posted by drugaria View Post
I could even move the snake into another room with some extra effort on my side.
All snakes, regardless of the breeder should be quarantined for observation for at least a month

Obviously even if I get a snake from a breeder I would still have to quarantine it . I can't just take somebody's word for it : "O, all My snakes are healthy" unless I know that person closely. That's crap.
We're not asking you to just throw any snake in your collection, quarantine is a must. Plain and simple.

So with that being said is there anything else that can be dicovered about the health of that snake trough simple test not requiring any special equipment.
I've done the basic IBD test, the snake breths ok no mucose leaking out of it's mouth. I'm gonna check today for mouth rot.
One thing I'm concerned is the fact that it eats live pray therefore a greater risk of internal parasites , please correct me if I'm wrong. I've also heard that few boas eat frozen.
This is just wrong. IBD, (inclusion body disease) can be carried in boas FOR YEARS without showing any clinical signs in any Boa. The best and only sure fire way to confirm in a boa is through a liver biopsy and blood testing.
[edit] Clinical signs including but not limited to: Stomatitis, pneumonia, Star gazing, regurging, weight loss etc...
And I'm still skeptical if a snake can get a mammalian internal parasite if it is host specific. I am not all up on internal parasites, but it is nothing I have ever worried about.