BP Quarantine Necessary?

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Originally Posted by Toad37

Why is it not necessary to quarantine a dog or a cat for 6 months. Just curious

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For what it's worth, we took in a stray cat a few months back. We were in a fortunate situation and have an empty in-law apartment upstairs. Well, anyway, our new stray is basically being quarantined upstairs since we didn't know anything about her medical history or health. Since we already have a cat we felt it was better to play it safe. Obviously, we got lucky having the apartment and took advantage

Also most mammals don't harbor diseases for many months while appearing perfectly healthy, the way reptiles can.

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Originally Posted by Toad37

Why is it not necessary to quarantine a dog or a cat for 6 months. Just curious

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I work at a pound. Dogs and cats are kept in quarantine for various lengths of time in these environments, based on their known vaccination/health history. Some ARE kept in quarantine for 6 months in these places.

However, when people take home dogs and cats, (assuming the new owners didn't just pick them off the street), animals coming from reputable facilities are vetted beforehand.

1.0 Pumpkin Pied BP, 0.1 Bearded dragon, 1.2 Leopard gecko, 0.1 Ornate Pacman Frog

Thanks everyone I had no idea about quarantining mammals. Sorry didn't mean to hijack the thread!

Sadly we have seen too many threads and examples of where no quaratine or even bad quarantine Have lead to people having a horrific outcome.

My advice is always to follow a good quarantine process even for as long as 90 days. Different tools, rooms and only ever doing the new animals last is pretty mutch the only safe way to do it. Also remember any new animals introduced reset the clock on every animal in quarantine.

I know it sounds extreme to most new keepers but trust me, not doing it right can wipe out your entire collection. We have seen it and it is truly heartbreaking.

When I got my first new snake in 20 years, I did quarantine because also we just don't even know that much about reptile diseases
And boy was I glad I did. The snake, from a reputable breeder came in with mites. Because he was kept separate in an easy to sanitized container, it saved a lot of hassle. I did extend to the quarantine period untlil three months after the last mite was found.