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Quarantine

abell82

abell82

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How long do you quarantine a new snake for? Is it kept in a different room or the same room, on a different wall or...? How long after you think it is safe do you keep it in quarantine? What do you watch out for?
 
We keep new additions in a separate room from our main collection for at least 2, often 3 months. We maintain them on paper towel bedding to observe feces and check for mites. They are treated for mites if I have any doubts about the source or if they came through a reptile show. We look after them after we have dealt with the main collection - never feed, clean or handle the new guys and then go into the main collection rooms without washing hands. We don't do routine fecals on new additions now, but know that some people do. If we observe or have to treat any problems, the time in isolation increases.

hope this helps,

mary v.
 
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