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    Quarantine or not?

    I am about to pay off my BEL from Mike Willbanks and I was wondering if I really need to quarantine him when he arrives. I know everybody says to quarantine everything, almost religiously, but what about a captive bred baby from a well known breeder with a well maintained facility? I am setting up my cages soon and I just thought it would be easier to put him right in when he got here. Right now I am planning to do the qt in my room but I don't have a lot of room so that is why I am asking. Thanks.

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    That is just a silly question. Should be a no brainer. Imo anyhow ...

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    I dont QT in a separate room but i never handle a new addition and then handle my other snakes.
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    Yup def mandatory. It's not worth the risk.

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    Re: Quarantine or not?

    Try to quarantine as best you can. I completely understand not having a lot of space to work with. I have to have my snakes confined in my bedroom...so when I get a new addition, the farthest place away from my collection is in my closet. I just make sure my closet has a bottle of germ-x, feeding tongs for that room, and it's own scale. I never handle the snake in quarantine on the same day as the rest of my collection. I just try to put as much space between my snakes as possible. I recently got a big 2000g girl from the breeder I got my male from. She's still in quarantine even though I know the breeder has a great facility and very healthy animals.

    Just try your best.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DrDooLittle View Post
    That is just a silly question. Should be a no brainer. Imo anyhow ...

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    Ok, you apparently didn't like my answer like that. I thought that answered your question. So here- absolutely. Every single snake, every single time, shouldn't even be a question. Better?

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    Re: Quarantine or not?

    Quote Originally Posted by DrDooLittle View Post
    Ok, you apparently didn't like my answer like that. I thought that answered your question. So here- absolutely. Every single snake, every single time, shouldn't even be a question. Better?

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    It did come across as somewhat snarky but of course, tone is hard to discern via text alone. I am trying to take a page from Skip's feedback that I have seen on the forum. It would appear that a lot of feedback comes from dogmatic regurgitation of advice and not always with evidence to support it. My thoughts were that if quarantine is mostly due to fear of IBD, and IBD is so rare, then excessive preventive measures are not indicated. That is why I framed the question the way that I did, I am relatively certain, after having our snakes for several months now that they do not have IBD. Or at least, I wouldn't be able to tell if my boa is a carrier anyway. If there is not an outbreak at the facility, then it would seem almost magical for the IBD appear. If there are other good reasons for qt other than IBD, such as mites or other infections, then that would have been additional information that would inform my thought processes regarding why it is good idea. I obviously understand that it is a good practice, but to accept that without critical thought, would be the "no brainer" imo. Thanks and I hope that you don't take it as a slight. Best wishes.
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