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<TABLE BORDER=0 ALIGN=CENTER WIDTH=85%><TR><TD><font class="pn-sub">Quote:</font><HR></TD></TR><TR><TD><FONT class="pn-sub"><BLOCKQUOTE> just found out on Monday that one of the ball pythons we sold to a lady had IBD. she bought the snake on friday and on monday morning found the snake showing symptoms of IBD. she had the snake euthanised and our owner gave her credit for a new snake.
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Out of curiosity, was the animal necropsied? If not, then no determination of IBD can be made. In a case such as this, symptoms are utterly meaningless, as any number of things can cause neurological deficit- including environmental factors (such as NoPest Strips). IBD is a very serious disease, but many of the suspected cases out there are not IBD.
As for the other two pythons... if we continue on the assumption of IBD, then they should be dead soon. Pythons are an atypical host for the virus, and that is why it affects them much differently than it does boas.
All in all though, you are taking the right course of action by crediting the customer and keeping an eye on the other snakes that were in the enclosure. Also let the employees know that it is important to observe proper hygeine in order to avoid cross-contaminating other enclosures.
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