Quarantine new snakes?

So ive been looking around on the site and ive seen a couple of people saying "Dont forget to quarantine your new snakes." What is the purpose of keeping new snakes quarantined? thank you:)

The purpose is to prevent the spread of any diseases from the new snake to your entire collection.

Symptoms in snakes can take much longer to show, even though they are carrying the disease/virus. If you put one sick (yet seemingly healthy looking) snake in with the rest of your collection, you will end up with your entire collection being very sick. It is imperative that new snakes are quarantined, unless you want a dead collection, or very pricey vet bills for not one, but all of your snakes.

Thanks! one more thing how long should they be quarantined?

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Originally Posted by AKballs

Thanks! one more thing how long should they be quarantined?

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Some do 60 days, I've heard people doing 90 days.

Like it was said already, to prevent the spread of diseases and parasites. I generally quarantine for 60 days, some do 90. If I got a craiglist snake or a rescue it would be 90 days.

Rescues are 90 also with me. Everyone else it's 60.