Quick PAM question

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Originally Posted by edie

thanks a bunch! i have 4 cats in my room so i'm use to vaccumming everyday! after i vaccumm my room i move right out to the RTBs room and get it cleaned.
I also put out a new towel on the floor to giver her shots/dry her from her soak then put it in the wash.
and shes in a room with wood floors, but we have house cleaners that wipe down the floors once a week so that should help too.
and i've been cleaning the cage out in my sisters shower once a week, using STEAMING hot water.
and of course, washing any part of my body that touched the RTB before going back into my room where my healthy snakes are.

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That is AWESOME!!! It sounds like you have REALLY really thought this through & are taking lots of precautions. The *only* suggestion I would make at this point - because it sounds like you have all of your bases covered very well - is to do all of your husbandry in your established collection before ever doing anything with the RTB that is in QT. I know that sometimes things come up that require a keeper to go back & forth, but if we all get into the habit of "established first, new animals last" in terms of routine, it can potentially cut down on cross-contamination issues. :D I'm sure you already know this (again, I'm sincerely impressed at how you have handled everything thus far), but it certainly doesn't hurt to repeat.

K~

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Originally Posted by KLG

That is AWESOME!!! It sounds like you have REALLY really thought this through & are taking lots of precautions. The *only* suggestion I would make at this point - because it sounds like you have all of your bases covered very well - is to do all of your husbandry in your established collection before ever doing anything with the RTB that is in QT. I know that sometimes things come up that require a keeper to go back & forth, but if we all get into the habit of "established first, new animals last" in terms of routine, it can potentially cut down on cross-contamination issues. :D I'm sure you already know this (again, I'm sincerely impressed at how you have handled everything thus far), but it certainly doesn't hurt to repeat.

K~

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thanks, i've kept arachnids for 10 years so i was using the same QT techniques that i've used with them.. and i'm obsessed with cleaning, so it comes naturally :)

so far i don't think any of my other snakes gotten an RI or mites.. i got paranoid that my male BP caught the RI so i took him to the vet and hes perfectly healthy.
I feed my snakes (and change water dishes, spot clean bedding) every tuesday, so i changed the RTBs day to wednesday so I don't get things mixed up.
and I always change her newspaper/soak her at night right before i go to bed, so shes always the last snake to be handled/cleaned.