Albino Bp Life span?

[Kyle Walkinshaw]

I heard the other day about a guy who invested in some albino bp's and boas, they were kept healthy without problems for about 3 years and one day they just shut down and died. I was curious if anyone has or knows of any albino bp's that have lived a significant amount of time or whether they are living just long enough to breed??

[Pythonian]

hmmm thats very strange. If i remember correctly. I saw someone on this forum who had an albino that is older than 3.. or it was on the "other" forum

Mike

[sara]

Hmm... that's a good question. I had a wc albino that died when she was 5, she had some other problems (glandular/hormone abnormalities, she was huge) so i don't know if being an albino had anything to do with it. I think the only disadvantage that a healthy albino would have over a normal would be a susceptibility to skin problems. That's a really interesting question, let us know if you find anything out.

[JakeS]

They can live just as long as a normal BP 25 years plus and what probably happend to the albino boids that the guy your talking about...Is that they may of had IBD and although they looked all normal healthy and wasn't showing any signs of having the disease like mouth rot or RTI...They could still have been infected for along time and once one boidae as the disease it's almost a sure thing that all the all the other boidaes that are kept in the area or handled by the same breeder who is not a wear that the animals are infected, will become infected as well...

[Kyle Barker]

That whole ibd thing sounds pretty scary. Hope its not anything like that that killed it.

[sara]

Mouth rot and RTI aren't symptoms of IBD... it's fairly obvious if an animal has IBD, and I don't think it's the best diagnosis to give if you don't know all of the factors in the situation... I just scares people.
I'm not trying to beat up on you, it just isn't a pleasant thing to think about, ever.

[JakeS]

Albino BP's can live just as long as normal BP's 25 years plus...I think what may have happen to the albino boids that the guy was taking care off, they may have had IBD and although there wasn't any sign of the disease like mouth rot or RTI...They could of been infected for along time and once one has the disease it's almost a sure thing all the other boids that a un a wear breeder or collector is caring for will become infected...

[JakeS]

It did post....I didn't see it posten when I checked.......

[JakeS]

Originally posted by sara
Mouth rot and RTI aren't symptoms of IBD... it's fairly obvious if an animal has IBD, and I don't think it's the best diagnosis to give if you don't know all of the factors in the situation... I just scares people.
I'm not trying to beat up on you, it just isn't a pleasant thing to think about, ever.

From what I understand RTI and mouth rot isn't the IBD virus, but they do mimic it and it's one of the way's IBD may expose its self...

[sara]

That's a good point.

[Kyle Walkinshaw]

ok I know mouth rot, but i'm not too familiar with diseases yet so what exactly is IBD and RTI??

[JakeS]

I am sorry been gone all day...(IBD) stands for Inclusion Body Disease and (RTI) Respiratory Tract Infection...Here's a site that I love because not only does it have info on the disease's, but they also have storys written by people who bought a animal and it had the disease or something on those lines...Which to me help's people to understand it a little better becuase they can relate...Ether way its a good site with a nice amount of info...enjoy... http://www.anapsid.org/rti.html http://www.anapsid.org/ibd.html

[Kyle Walkinshaw]

Thx Jake!

[JakeS]

No problem...

[Linds]

Originally posted by JakeS
They can live just as long as a normal BP 25 years plus

Just curious what you are basing this information on since the albino BP was discovered in '89, which would (if the founding snake is still alive) make it 14 years old. However, I agree it most likely would experience a full life, estimating from what other longer-established morphs have demonstrated.