Sufficient quarantine distance.

[Gomojoe]

What is the minimum distance new purchases must be segregated from the rest? And for how long?




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[The Serpent Merchant]

I would keep them as far away as possible, and for 3 months

[Daybreaker]

Also to add, no sharing feeding tongs or other supplies between them: especially feeders. If a quarantine snake doesn't take a feeder then I don't give it to any of my established guys.

I also agree w/ 3 months and as far away as possible: I have my QT snakes in a separate room away from my established snake's room.

[Xotik]

3 months, minimum - if you introduce a new snake into quarantine I would suggest re-setting everyone back to zero again and starting the 3month cycle over again.

I always handle my QT snakes last, washing thoroughly between my established snakes and the new ones. Then between each of them as well.

I also try and keep them in separate rooms when possible.

[SpencerShanks]

The general trend that I've seen on this forum is as far away as possible for three months. Completely different equipment and supplies for QT and established. When you bring a new snake into QT, everybody goes back to day 1, even if they've been in QT for 2 1/2 months. Always go through your rounds established, then QT. Some people even go to the extreme of wearing completely different clothes when they come in contact with QT.

[mattchibi]

Just wondering.. Have there been cases in the past where people did not follow QT properly, or at all, and suffered losing their whole collection? How easy do snakes carry sickness to one another? In my current situation, I couldn't really QT because I got all of my snakes in my rack within the same a month and a bit. and I had no previous "established colony". Should I have housed them all seperately in different rooms? Is it sufficient to use seperate equipment in my case? The most economical way for me to house my first three new snakes was to buy a rack, but thinking back now, I might not have been considering qt as a main priority.

[Daybreaker]

Just wondering.. Have there been cases in the past where people did not follow QT properly, or at all, and suffered losing their whole collection? How easy do snakes carry sickness to one another? In my current situation, I couldn't really QT because I got all of my snakes in my rack within the same a month and a bit. and I had no previous "established colony". Should I have housed them all seperately in different rooms? Is it sufficient to use seperate equipment in my case? The most economical way for me to house my first three new snakes was to buy a rack, but thinking back now, I might not have been considering qt as a main priority.

There is a thread on Fauna's BOI about a girl who didn't practice proper QT and lost many snakes due to IBD. The thread is "Beware SakaraGT..." it's a long read but it's worth it IMO: I think everyone should read through the BOIs threads.

If you got all your snakes at the same time then I would have just monitored them all together but sanitize between every snake. Any new snakes you get though I would keep them separate from the ones you have now (basically your "established collection" because those are the only other ones you have currently).

I've only had one sick snake (with an RI) and she is with all my other QT snakes and none of them have gotten an RI. I keep reading that RIs are very easy to pass to other snakes so maybe I've been lucky, but sanitizing is key!

[Gomojoe]

So getting two snakes around the same time, you just quarantine in the same room?


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[pigfat]

I got three new snakes from Ben Siegels recently. Two at the same time, in the same box, and another one a little over a month later. I only had one snake that I have had for a while now and I kept him in a different house until I was positive that the ones I got from Ben didn't have mites or any signs of RI. All of them are healthy and eating great, so I finally brought my established collection of one snake over to my house.

[The Serpent Merchant]

So getting two snakes around the same time, you just quarantine in the same room?


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It depends.

If they are coming from the same place around the same time then I would say they they don't need to be seperated (in seperate enclosures but not different rooms)

If they are coming from different placed I would keep them as far away from each other ad possible.