My run of bad luck continues....

[shaunyboy]

thats great news your big carpets fine mate.the only fully qualified herpetologist (im lucky he stays in the same town as my vet) i know once told me that some big importers in the states sometimes threw a carpet in with a new batch of say 100 boas.3 weeks later if the carpet was alive they deemed that batch of boas to be ibd free.me personally mate iwould sell the hatchlings as per normal.my peace of mind for doing that would be i handled the blood then the carpet and shes ok.this is just my way of thinking mate.for the record i would never sell anything i though could lead to someones collection being infected.in your case mate im pretty sure its been a false alarm brought on by a vet that wasnt up on his reptiles.its all looking good for you and im glad for that mate.
cheers shaun

[Lankyrob]

Lets hope that our prayers have been answered mate then and that it was just an awful coincidence.

I will be SOOOO happy for you if you are given the "all clear". We have all been thinking of you a lot over the past weeks.

[Feebo]

Cheers guys Odd.... I posted here earlier on and it`s disapeared......

[shaunyboy]

hows things mate.since we've not heard from you i'm thinking things are ok.let me know how your collections doing mate.
cheers shaun

[emseeKAY]

i'll second that havent heard from ya in a while

[Feebo]

Yeah I`ve been busying myself and haven`t been on the internet much at all recently. It`s been good weather so lots of time in the garden! The snake room is still nice and quiet thankfully. I`m still fumigating often, I`ll do it at least once a week now I`ve got the thing, it`s nice knowing every nook and cranny is disinfected. No more symptoms at all. I`m thinking it wasn`t IBD at all, as is another vet I`ve spoken to as I say. My Carpets are still ok and after touching my big female right after touching the affected Blood, she should be dead by now if it was IBD. I`m still shutting up shop for a year as a precaution, it`s not like I rely on it for a living so I can afford to take such a measure. I think once that`s done, I`ll sell my big Blood python. I was going to breed but I was always a little bothered about space, even after being told by "man in shop" that two adult Bloods can live and breed in a four foot tank, I think not. Now I`ve lost the female I`m cancelling the whole Blood breeding thing, I`ll sell him and use the space for other snakes that can make better use of it. I thought maybe I might find a female Jungle Jaguar Carpet actually, I`ve alrteady got a male and a Jungle female so that would prove an interesting little threesome.... Thanks for asking guys, it all seems good, I think I`ve been relatively lucky.....

[Lankyrob]

Great to hear form you mate - and glad to hear its good news with the snakes!!!

[marvelfreak]

Nice to here your lucks turning around. To bad you didn't live in the states i buy your blood. Oh well it just nice to here your doing ok.

[Feebo]

Cheers I am feeling a little more confident about the situation I must say... I`ve been in two minds as to whether to use the empty tanks I now have actually, I need to move a few snakes around. The mites are definatly gone, I`m using a really pokey disinfectant, I should think it would be ok but I`ve been putting it off for obvious reasons......

[percey39]

Just read this thread, im glad hear all is clear and all your snakes are now fine. Im sorry to hear about your losses, it always hurts when you lose one.
I hope all goes well from now and everything turns around for you on whole.

[Feebo]

Thanks Percy

[emseeKAY]

I wish you lived closer as well, lol wouldnt mind getting some of your BRB's big genes with my males i've been looking for some BRB's lately and cant seem to find any at a reasonable price, i hear they're quite tricky to breed though

[Feebo]

I like a challenge I`ll be looking out for a breeding size male once this is all over, I`ve just got to breed those guys. Thankfully males will be a lot easier to find.....

[shaunyboy]

im glad all is well.its great news your getting more carpets (im a tad bias on that though).a nice 75% female jungle/jag would produce some nice 88% jungle/jags if you stuck it with your jungle male imo mate.

i just got an 07 75% irian jaya jaguar reduced pattern male its one of morphmans so its from a great german bloodline.

also got an 07 very high yellow jungle/jaguar male,im thinking of putting him with my 08 75% jungle/jaguar female with a clean spotless full back stripe.

the courier i used was not up for the job.he took the snakes to ireland with him so he picked them up in essex thursday 2pm dropped them to me monday 2pm.the van was set up with heat cables,lazer temp guns and the guy slept in it with the reptiles.i thought its no big deal taking 4 days in those conditions.

when they arrived i told him the snakes were freezing he replied " i keep them cold so they're not too lively ".

the more expensive irian/jag has developed an r.i by tuesday morning.im nebulising it with f10 15 minutes morning and night.if it gets any worse over the next 10 days i will wiegh him and start giving him the proper dose of batryl every other day.

needless to say im very angry at the service the courier provided and i will be going on the uk forum to let everyone know the guy just isnt up to the job.i asked him what temps my carpets should be kept at and he couldnt answer me.he wouldnt even tell me what temps he had them at.i am not exagerating when i say the snakes felt as cold as a can i took out my fridge.i actually thought the irian/jag was dead when it first came.the jungle jag seems ok for now but im keeping an eye on them both.
cheers shaun

[Will0W783]

Feebo, I'm so glad it seems everything is ok. I was really worried about you and your snakes. It is never easy to lose one, as they become like family members, but at least your others are ok. When I was uncertain what was wrong with my boa, I was a mess wondering if my others would get sick too. I hope you continue to stay all clear and move on with your collection and get that jungle jag soon.