Gravid Boa?

bigsnakegirl785 · 10-29-17, 02:47 PM

Introducing two new snakes after a 3-4 week period is not a good practice...one or both could easily have spread diseases between them, which will in turn affect the babies and any owners who buy your boas. People have lost entire collections doing that.

As far as ovulation, I do not yet have any personal experience, but she very well could be, especially if the male no longer has any interest in her.

Dvan19 · 10-30-17, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Introducing two new snakes after a 3-4 week period is not a good practice...one or both could easily have spread diseases between them, which will in turn affect the babies and any owners who buy your boas. People have lost entire collections doing that.

I got her from a guy I know pretty well. I felt pretty confident that she didn't have any diseases before I got her but I still quarantined for 4 weeks to be sure. How long do you normally quarantine for?

bigsnakegirl785 · 10-30-17, 02:09 PM

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I got her from a guy I know pretty well. I felt pretty confident that she didn't have any diseases before I got her but I still quarantined for 4 weeks to be sure. How long do you normally quarantine for?

Even if you know him well, it's still good practice to quarantine, if they at any time receive new animals, their collection is at risk. Always quarantine a minimum of 3-6 months. The longer the better, as there are many diseases that can take a long time to surface. Honestly 3-6 months probably isn't enough, but it does weed out the majority of common illnesses.

**Andy_G** · 10-30-17, 02:51 PM

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Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785

Even if you know him well, it's still good practice to quarantine, if they at any time receive new animals, their collection is at risk. Always quarantine a minimum of 3-6 months. The longer the better, as there are many diseases that can take a long time to surface. Honestly 3-6 months probably isn't enough, but it does weed out the majority of common illnesses.

I'd say the two most common ailments in captive snakes would be mites and respiratory infections, which at most take a couple of weeks if not a couple of days to surface...practically all other pathogens of concern would be having to do with wild caughts (aside from IBD which could take much longer but is exceedingly uncommon and in this circumstance would've been noticed by the OP's friend before purchase). I'm not saying don't ever quarantine as that would be bad practice...but what am I missing here, BSG? Or are we just using old rules of thumb to err on the side of caution?

bigsnakegirl785 · 11-02-17, 01:10 PM

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I'd say the two most common ailments in captive snakes would be mites and respiratory infections, which at most take a couple of weeks if not a couple of days to surface...practically all other pathogens of concern would be having to do with wild caughts (aside from IBD which could take much longer but is exceedingly uncommon and in this circumstance would've been noticed by the OP's friend before purchase). I'm not saying don't ever quarantine as that would be bad practice...but what am I missing here, BSG? Or are we just using old rules of thumb to err on the side of caution?

Bacterial/viral infections can take a little longer to surface, IBD is not the only one. Septicemia can take a few months to get to the point you'd notice (though it is generally a husbandry issue). Internal parasites such as coccidia or worms may not initially show up during observation unless already at high enough levels when it arrives. There are also a lot of unknown diseases that pop up every once in awhile, that we know nothing about. It is always best to err on the side of caution.

Dvan19 · 11-26-17, 02:18 PM

Just an update for everybody. It's been about a month since she had a suspected Post-Ovulation Shed.

She doesn't really seem to spending a whole lot of time on the warm side. I'm keeping the cool side at 80. She does seem to be coiled up most of the time and she will sit in the same spot for days at a time without moving. Still seems like there is only minor swelling in the lower 2/3 of her.
Does it seem like she is gravid?
Thanks