staring a snake collection and confused about quarantine?

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Originally Posted by Python1992

i may have an idea there is a big cuboard outside my room in the hall way and it has vents on the door as well with shelves and maybe i could turn that into a quarantine rack "please tell me if this isnt a good idea" and i might also get a adult female pinstripe and a male banana from 2 different places and a male piebald from the reptile shop near me which i trust the most so i keep the piebald in my rack in my room for my collection and keep the banana and pinstripe in quarantine rack in the hallway out side my room and then 90 days later if all the snakes are fine i can then keep them all in my main rack. does this sound like a good plan?

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Anything will work as long as they are separated and you wash your hands and tools (snake hooks ect..) so that you dont transfer from one to another. I'd only start with 2 IMO... Buying 3 snakes off the bat and having a hard time with where there kept and room mates not keen on them sounds like to much non sense to me, but if you can juggle it and the snakes are well cared for more power to ya..

If you don't have any snakes right now, I'd start off getting just the one snake to keep and then see how it goes.
Once you have kept that snake for a few months and are a little more experienced, and have an appropriate area for quarantine set up then I'd think about adding another.
Start off slow, as there's no need to rush into it, especially if there's risks for passing infections into your new pets

It's quite easy to get carried away and keep adding snakes, until the cost and care might start to overwhelm you - coming from someone who went to an expo only to buy decor and supplies then coming home with 3 geckos and 2 more snakes... :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by Mr Sully

Do you have any thoughts about what it was? I take it you didnt have anything done or you would of mentioned the cause they found...

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Nope, I was so sick to my stomach I couldn't even talk to the original breeder. Fed a week earlier, changed water and cleaned two days prior to finding him belly up.