Ibd?

[dacolli1]

Can garter snakes get IBD? If so what are the symptoms?

[guidofatherof5]

Garters can get certainly have bowel problems and infections just not sure it would be called Inflammatory Bowel Disease. What are you seeing that leads you down this road?
These are symptoms for humans but some may relate to anaimals.

Signs and symptoms that are common to both Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis include:


Diarrhea. Diarrhea is a common problem for people with IBD.
Fever and fatigue. Many people with IBD experience a low-grade fever. ...
Abdominal pain and cramping. ...
Blood in your stool. ...
Reduced appetite. ...
Unintended weight loss.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

I think they might mean ibd mostly seen in boids and pythons (iclusion body disease). Vitamin b deficiencies have some of the same symptoms. I'm not sure if garters can catch it from other snakes, but i don't know that it has ever been reported. I would think that it's not very likely.

[guidofatherof5]

I think they might mean ibd mostly seen in boids and pythons (iclusion body disease). Vitamin b deficiencies have some of the same symptoms. I'm not sure if garters can catch it from other snakes, but i don't know that it has ever been reported. I would think that it's not very likely.

Thanks for the clarification Shawn.

[Albert Clark]

Can garter snakes get IBD? If so what are the symptoms?

Short answer is no. Long answer is its still being studied by the higher minds of science in how IBD affects, infects, and becomes a carrier in colubrids. It's a retrovirus that is a terminal affliction and can be detected by blood test specifically for the offending virus. The disease is indirectly caused by mites is what most of the research has concluded. At least a causative correlation. Symptoms are wide ranging but mostly are neurological with imbalances and incoordination. Animals inability to right itself if placed on its side or back.