My experience with Inclusion Body Disease (IBD)

[Sharpy6272]

Sticky!!

[Montage_Morphs]

Originally Posted by royalnking

Just bringing this back up, hope you don't mind Elle, I think some people need reminding of the importance of quarantining all snakes.

I'm also reporting the post hoping that it will become a sticky.

It's amazing that the people who gave me so much crap about all this incident have either little or nothing to say now... And I agree, more people need to see this.

[diamondlil]

Originally Posted by Montage_Morphs

It's amazing that the people who gave me so much crap about all this incident have either little or nothing to say now... And I agree, more people need to see this.

This may help people who don't health-check new purchases, who don't quarantine properly, who don't use proper hygiene procedures. If they read it and learn from it. Unfortunately some people won't take those measures seriously until they lose their own animals.

[jnr]

Sorry you have suffered this disease, I hope alls well with your collection..fingers crossed..great to see the situation being dealt with responsibly by a concerned respectable keeper..its a tough one..good luck

[storm]

sorry to hear about your loss, may she rest in peace.

do you know any where i can get hold of this preventamite? sounds like a good thing to have in as a precautionary measure xxx

[Montage_Morphs]

Originally Posted by diamondlil

This may help people who don't health-check new purchases, who don't quarantine properly, who don't use proper hygiene procedures. If they read it and learn from it. Unfortunately some people won't take those measures seriously until they lose their own animals.

I hope that last part wasn't some kind of dig... if not my apologies. And yes, I agree...

[ian kerr]

one of the best and most imformative posts
ive ever read!
but sad!!
where do you think this particulate I.B.D came from
as you havent mentioned it in post?
ALSO did mites come from substrate{orchid being a fav}
or from bringing in snake from outside

ian

[Montage_Morphs]

Originally Posted by ian kerr

one of the best and most imformative posts
ive ever read!
but sad!!
where do you think this particulate I.B.D came from
as you havent mentioned it in post?
ALSO did mites come from substrate{orchid being a fav}
or from bringing in snake from outside

ian

Well the mites were snake mites. I only use kitchen towl or newspaper substrate for ALL my snakes. I find other substrates too messy (as I have black carpet in one room). I found them on the snakes I bought in December first, so I can only assume they came from the person I bought them from. However I don't think the person I bought them from knew of the mites as it wasnt until early January I found the mites. I imagine it was a few stray eggs that came with them, hatched and started the typical mite cycle. I had NEVER had mites before I bought those snakes in December.

As to where the IBD came from, I don't have a clue. It would be wise to assume that the snake that died from it is the source ie Clementine. However nobody else I have spoke to that had bought corn isles from Ian Bennett has had any IBD symptom snakes. And Ian himself says he had had no dead snakes recently. Whether or not any of this is true I don't know.

The thing is I have bought from so many people through the years. I have bought from well known members on here. And I think they would panic if I mentioned names. So I wont. Because I will never be able to track back where the source of the virus came from.

[morallywrong]

Just wanted to bring this up wit hsome of what is going on at the moment and re-request it is made a sticky so it doesn't drift off into the background and get forgotten. My sympathies Elle for your loss, hope the rest of your snakes are all doing ok.

[Montage_Morphs]

I think a billion people have requested it becomes a sticky. I don't know why it hasn't... I may send some mods a friendly PM. I see no reason why this information should not be amoungst things like the importance of thermostats and threads on how to get of mites...