How long can these two share a tank?

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Originally Posted by Bugmom

I don't really get that mindset. If I'm getting a new animal, it has some sort of value to me, whether monetary or sentimental. It doesn't have less value than animals I already own.

I bought from some highly respected breeders this weekend. Ron Tremper, for example, sold my daughter her albino nelsoni milksnake. She would be devastated if that snake died; it's her new best friend. But there wasn't a way to quarantine her snake from my new boa or BPs or gecko in a hotel room or vehicle. Which I know is just the risk you take when buying multiple animals from an expo.

I'm just concerned for what happens once home, as I don't want new or established animals to fall ill.

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I did not say throw them together willy-nilly lol. I was just stating the basis for quarantine, yes it is a bit harsh, but it's about keeping any problems away from established specimens and being able to detect problems immediately in quarantined individuals. My little WC scrub stole my heart the minute he crawled out of the shipping box and wrapped around my wrist...I hoped to god that my de-worming regimens worked and he would prove hardy...thank god he has.

Just keep your new additions in a different room for QT at home. Especially your new boa since IBD is rather common for them. IBD will kill pythons very quickly. Some people have had entire collections wiped out in a matter of days.

Don't handle your QT animals before your resident animals.

Some pathogens can actually lay dormant up to 9 months before become active. Most people here only QT for 3 months. I QT for 6 months minimum. I know one person who QTs for a full year.
Some vets are starting to advocate year long QT, which I am heavily considering myself due to those months long dormant illnesses.

And no matter where your animals come from, always treat new additions for mites. Its a good preventative measure whether they have them or not. Its important since mites can spread fast and can be vectors to spread disease. So I suggest buying a can of Provent-a-Mite and spraying your tubs down for all your new animals. (Note: read the instructions carefully and do not spray the animals themselves)

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I always work from oldest-owned animals to newest when it's just me, but usually my daughter and I split the work, so for example she may feed/water/maintain any new animals while I'm doing all the older ones. Zero risk for cross contamination there.

We have new animals coming in every 3-4 months now, so I think it's time to start converting the spare bedroom for our older residents to live in. New ones can be split then between other rooms, e.g. boas in my bedroom, BPs in the living room, corns and milks in my daughter's room.

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Sounds good.

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