Include

[olivehydra]

I find this and similar topics very interesting and am surprised that they are not discussed more often on this forum. I tried to get a thread going a while back about IBD but it didnt really fly. I dont know of any confirmed cases of OPMV personally. Until recently I used to think that IBD had only appeared in a very few number of collections containing exotics, but on my last visit to the vet was told otherwise. I had a sick python and was kind of shocked when the vet started asking alot of IBD, OPMV related questions. I knew where the line of questioning was going and so told him it was not the case with MY snake :wink: (it turned out I was correct). The vet went on to tell me that the reason for his stressful line of questioning was that he had had "many" confirmed cases of IBD through his surgery alone and that he considered it a "common" occurence now.

I dont know if some people feel shame or something but I have never heard anyone say "yes I've had IBD or OPMV in my collection". Aside from possibly poor quarentine methods I dont think it is a reflection on anyones husbandry but rather an example of bad luck and why uncontrolled imports of exotics shouldnt occur. Having said that I suppose it might be considered financial suicide if a breeder were to announce that they had had an outbreak but everything was fine now. I dont know how many people would feel "safe"??

Just my thoughts, and I would like to hear other peoples.