How Paranoid am I being??

I was holding my new baby albino boa earlier in the evening. She grazed my shirt briefly while I was holding her. Later in the evening I took a shower and changed clothes except for my shirt. Shortly after, I changed my albino bp's tub. When I was putting him away, his head grazed my shirt. The same shirt I wore while holding the boa. I completely forgot about it. So, what are the chances that my bp catches something?? The boa has no mites and looks pretty healthy.

Thanks.

What do you mean grazed? Like they both touched your shirt a little bit? I doubt that contact would transfer anything really...

I think your fine. Most people who have multiple snakes just wash their hands between contact. Also, your ball can't get sick if the boa has nothing to catch. There are some illnesses that are mild in boas and fatal in pythons, but if neither is sick in the first place, you are fine, and I very much doubt anything would spread through clothing contact.

Its always a possibility that you could transfer something from a snake in QT to another snake in your collection. With that said it is very unlikely that you did in this case. The QT period is a precaution to protect the rest of your collection. You treat every new animal like it has everything but 90% of the time it has nothing.

Don't worry about it, worrying never helped anything. :P

Cheers.

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

What do you mean grazed? Like they both touched your shirt a little bit? I doubt that contact would transfer anything really...

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Exactly. Both came into contact with my shirt. The boa for a few seconds. The BP may one second. It was really quick but in the same area.

How Paranoid am I being??

very paranoid, your snakes are fine

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

How Paranoid am I being??

very paranoid, your snakes are fine

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haha...I thought so. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by OhhWatALoser

How Paranoid am I being??

very paranoid, your snakes are fine

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lol