Okay, I know why - just thought I'd get your attention. I mean, I quarantine my new fish before adding them to my main tank. But I'm having a problem understanding quarantining herps. I think my problem is that I keep thinking to myself "I'm not going to put the snakes in the same cage anyway, so why quarantine?" At least I don't understand why to quarantine in a separate room. I understand the possbility of transmitting airborne illnesses, but I've also read that is extremely rare with snakes. I often read something like, "quarantine new snakes before adding to your established collection". Are they talking about if you're going to add your new snake to the same cage/tank as your original snakes? I guess the other reason I don't get this is because I can't see (correct me if I'm wrong) breeders with all the snakes they have even being able to quarantine each snake in a separate cage in a seperate room. That's a lot of rooms. So I'm not sure if I'm reading too much into it or not. If I plan to house my snakes in the same room but in different tanks/cages, do I need to quarantine in a different room? I can definetely understand if I'm using a rack because the quarters are so close. But if my snakes will be in cages/tanks on opposite sides of the room (for example), do I still need to quarantine in a separate room?

Thanks for reading, as I'm just having a hard time (for some reason) grasping this one - and I'm not sure if I'm understanding what I read.



Oh yeah, and I do understand that I would clean the new animals tanks last (while in quarantine). I plan to clean on separate days so that they cleaning supplies/tools can be disinfected first.