need advice

[KORBIN5895]

Originally Posted by Corey209

I've traded my amazon tree boa to a local breeder who needed a halloween phase, I didn't come to him. I had too many problems with my boa and the shop said they'd take care of him and let me get another snake, I wasn't trying to trade him off because I wanted something else. And the kingsnake I never intended on keeping, only bringing back to good health.

Three snakes, and only of them I actually posted on a local site to trade. That one snake I posted is the kingsnake which I did not intend on keeping.

Yet you are looking to trade your royal, which you traded your boa in for, which either got an ri in your care or got it from the pet store where you purchased it, who by chance also gave you some stellar advice on treating mites that your king snake ( which you're trading for a pair of ksb) has/had. Hmmmm.

Yet you wonder why we think you're a joke.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Yet you are looking to trade your royal, which you traded your boa in for, which either got an ri in your care or got it from the pet store where you purchased it, who by chance also gave you some stellar advice on treating mites that your king snake ( which you're trading for a pair of ksb) has/had. Hmmmm.

Yet you wonder why we think you're a joke.

I'm not looking to trade my royal.. and the king snake I never intended on keeping. I've decided not to trade the king snake which is mite free and give him to the breeder free of charge. Not sure how any of that makes me a "joke" but okay.

One question though, you seem to have been around snakes awhile and you said I should ask questions and listen. Well my question is about when I first got the boa. They had sold me a used 40g for cheap and I did wash it with water but I did not thoroughly disinfect it. At the time I didn't even think about doing so which wasn't smart. Could the boa have contracted RI from the enclosure not being disinfected?

I will sit back and listen instead of piping into every thread if you can answer my questions from now on without being rude. Sound like a deal?

[KORBIN5895]

The short answer is yes it's possible.


The long answer is .....

There are two types of ri infection ( apparently there is a supposedly a third[fungal ri] which I haven't confirmed yet): viral and bacterial.

If it was a bacterial then I doubt the bacteria survived long enough to infect him.

If it was a virus the the fact that you didn't disinfect it makes that a possibility. An unlikely possibility but still possible.

Now as for the deal, post what you know, share your enthusiasm, ask questions and show off your pets.

[Corey209]

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

The short answer is yes it's possible.


The long answer is .....

There are two types of ri infection ( apparently there is a supposedly a third[fungal ri] which I haven't confirmed yet): viral and bacterial.

If it was a bacterial then I doubt the bacteria survived long enough to infect him.

If it was a virus the the fact that you didn't disinfect it makes that a possibility. An unlikely possibility but still possible.

Now as for the deal, post what you know, share your enthusiasm, ask questions and show off your pets.

I'm not sure how it originally got RI then.. but yeah I agree to this deal.