I'm just trying to point out that science is as flawed as it is accurate. I guess I take it to heart when someone says or inadvertently says "I won't buy boas, they have IBD" I take a little offense to it, ok a LOT. Out of the how many of millions of boas are sold a year or the how many of thousands or more people on the internet, how many have actually had a proven outbreak of IBD? That's a pretty low percentage. Probably as low as the pythons that have passed IBD into collections. I'll bet they are pretty close in percentages. How many large scale breeders breed BOTH pythons and boas in the same building? hmmm...quite a few.

You're right on one thing though, no need for name dropping. I do respect that 100%. BUT to say that buying boas is a risk for bringing IBD into your collection is biased and wrong. ANY SNAKE CAN BRING IBD INTO YOUR COLLECTION. Period.