What do you consider a "Quarrintine"??

I have a C-Serpents 5 tub adult rack that is currently occupied by three 100% mite free sub-adults.... ~300- 500g. My hatchlings are in single 10 gallon tanks. If I was to have an addition to the family should I use another 10 gallon tank for quarrantine, or place the new snake in the top or bottom tub of the rack separated by an empty shelf from the other snakes.

You need to have your new snake in as close to a seperate airspace as possible. Ideally, it would be in an entirely different location than where your snakes are currently, but this is not always possible for everybody. We keep our collection in a closed room on one end of the house, and the quarantined animals go in a seperate room on the other side of the house - with no central air going in the summer, and in the winter the 'snake room' doesn't have any vents, resulting in minimal air transfer. We don't handle or interact with the quarantined animals unless absolutely necessary, and if we do, they are the last to be touched, and we don't go into the snake room afterwards unless a clothes change and thorough scrub-down or shower beforehand. The recommended time for quarantine varies for each person, but we like to do a minimum of 3 months, and try to only take in animals from trusted sources.

Use another enclosure for your new arrivals. Placing a new snake in the same rack as established resident snakes is not quarantine. The spare shelf in between does nothing. Personally, I quarantine new arrivals 6-12 months in a separate room as my established collection. Pathogens can lay dormant for months before they finally come out. And mites can be spread just by being in the same room. The nymph stage of mites are airborne. So its best to separate new animals at a decent distance in order to prevent the spread of illness, mites, etc.

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Quarantine means completely away from any of your other snakes.
Another room is necessary to quarantine properly.

NP- I have plenty of spare rooms in the house and spare tanks.

I keep the house at 82F in the summer and 70F in the winter, so here in FL the air/heat is not always running that much.

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

I have a C-Serpents 5 tub adult rack that is currently occupied by three 100% mite free sub-adults.... ~300- 500g. My hatchlings are in single 10 gallon tanks. If I was to have an addition to the family should I use another 10 gallon tank for quarrantine, or place the new snake in the top or bottom tub of the rack separated by an empty shelf from the other snakes.

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Placing the animal in the same room is not quarantine.

Quarantine means the animal must be kept away (different room) from your current collection.

You will need to have a separate set of husbandry tool.

You will need to work with your established collection first and the quarantined animal last.

If you offer food to the quarantined animal and he does not eat food should not be offered to your established collection.

Etc I believe there are a few thread covering QT :gj: