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Originally Posted by Mark Taylor
Don't want you to be worried but have you heard of IBD is he looking up a lot might be early stages if so you might want to quarantine him for a few months so you other snakes are safe.
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the thing everyone seems to forget about IBD is.....
there are a lot more symptoms than star gazing or strange body movments..
for example (pasted in from info i have bookmarked,not my own writing)...
re IBD
Signs of infection in boas include central nervous system disorders such as paralysis, being unable to right itself when turned over, "star-gazing", inability to strike or constrict. Other signs include chronic regurgitation, extreme weight loss, respiratory infections, and dysecdysis due to the inability to control body movements enough to rub off the old skin. The disease is rapidly fatal in young and juvenile boas, typified by rapid onset of flaccid paralysis.
In pythons, the disease progresses much more rapidly than in boas. Along with the above symptoms (excluding the chronic regurgitation), pythons also tend toward infectious stomatitis ("mouth rot"), heightened or exaggerated reflex responses, disorientation (which may be precipitated by the onset of central blindness) and loss of motor coordination.
IMO before suggesting IBD,it would be better asking people...if the snake in question,shows any other symptoms,before alarming them with IBD
also Pythons die within 4 weeks after FIRST showing symptoms,so suggesting that the op should quarantine for months,tells me you have not researched this disease enough,to suggest someones snake has it...!!
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i'm NOT being cheeky mate,i'm merely pointing out,before suggesting something so serious,and alarming a new keeper,research the disease and ask about other symptoms
plenty snakes behave the way the op's does
cheers shaun
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