my boa is dying

[froggystyle34]

well i have posted on here before about regurgitation and such. well my boa barely moves, hardly no tongue flicker and stares into space all the time. he drank some water and threw it back up. well it sucks but i am taking her back to the store i got her from and getting my money back, and i am hoping to get another one from a different store around here. the symtpoms she ahs sounds a lot like IBD, but the querstion is...is it contagious to my ball python, i think it is a nuerological disorder and i need to know. they are not in the same cage or anywhere near each other but they are in the same room. well thanks in advance.

froggy

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	Inclusion Body Disease IBD

[Stormyva]

There is no way to tell if it is IBD without a necropsy.
Best thing to do is separate them now and keep a close I on the ball.
There are a lot of things that the snake could have that appear to be similar to IBD.

Have you taken your Boa to the vet to have it checked?
If not do it fast!
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	Inclusion Body Disease IBD

[froggystyle34]

i am taking her back to where i got her form( my sis in law) and she is going to give me my money back, and she will take it to a vet. if it is okay she will probably keep it, but it has all the signs of IBD. she wont even turn her self over when layed on her back. man this sucks

froggy
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	Inclusion Body Disease IBD

[Stormyva]

It can be rough when something like this happens.
On a positive note, at least there is someone there at the pet shop willing to work with you.
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[XzyluM]

IBD is 100% deadly. There is no cure for it. Also, it is very contagious and will most likely infect any other reptiles around it or even the whole collection.
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[eddie]

And yes, it is VERY contagious to your BP!
GET THEM SEPERATED ASAP!!!!
The means of transmission are still somewhat a mystery so it is best to keep the two in seperate rooms even! Just in case!
Really it is a good idea to use seperate rooms for all quarentine/new animals but not everyone has that luxury...
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[froggystyle34]

well she died this afternoon and i am freezing her, and then taking hger back to the store this weekend. my BP is acting fine i have never touched her after i touched the boa with out washing and disinfecting my hands. he ate last night and is doing fine, no regurge or anything. i will take the tank and dump its contents out and bake the hides and all as well. i am also going to disinf4ect the tank with clorox bleach. is there anything else i can do??? i am going to try and get my bp to the vet this weekend. well wish me luck

froggy
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[Tom]

I would not save anything that was in the tank with the boa. Wash the tank very good with bleach.
If your ball python has IBD it will only live 2 or 3 months. All Python will die much quicker from IBD than boas.

DO NOT FREEZE the boa, just put it in the refrigerator. If you freeze the boa the Vet will not be able to test it for IBD or anything else

I hope you Ball python is ok. Good luck.
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	Inclusion Body Disease IBD

[froggystyle34]

i jsut found out today that my boa died of a chronic cold/ pnuemonia *sp. the vet said that there was nothing i could have done about it, and it was like that for weeks. thanks for all the help and support guys, bilbo will be missed

froggy
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[Stormyva]

That is too bad Froggy... but at least you were able to get it to the vet.
You know what happened and can now move on to more snakes!


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[herp_chick]

Just wanted to say sorry about your boa, and good luck with the BP
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[faze]

moved this post to the R.I.P forum sorry to hear bout your loss bud
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