i got a naked female...she came with pinks. help

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after the week they were alone everyone seemed fine, no weight loss, clear eyes and noses so thats when we put them together

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You only quarantined for one week?

I guess i read that wrong, the visit is not free sry. >.<

quarentine for 3mos? really that long when i worked for the pet stores we would put them in a quarentine room for 7-10dys before putting them on the floor, thats when i worked at petworld and petsmart.. it was manditory, the person who took care of quarentined animals that morning did it in the evening and were permitted to work with the small animals that were on the floor the rest of the day. they would be rotated.. i was in equine while at petsmart and did quarentine while i was there

What does Petsmart have in equine that has to be quarantined? LOL

Think about it from a pet owner perspective vs. a pet store perspective. Quarantining longer than 7 days in a pet store is lost profits for them, it's the bare minimum that they will do, as they hope the animals will be moving out quickly. Holding them for a month or two is lost revenue as they have to house and feed.

Quarantining your own pets allows you to be more prudent and give a longer quarantine. There's not the same rush in your own home.

rabernet- i was in the equine department so i was rarely with the small animals until i requested to be both, because i was in equine most of the time i was able to do the quarentine (which included, the birds, chinchillas, hamsters, rats, reptiles, exc) because i wasnt always working the small animal area i wasnt a risk to those animals already on the floor ;)

i understood your point in long term vs short term to get animals in and out fast and as a matter of fact before checking back here i thought of that.. wow 3mos?! what a loss in money, no wonder some animal stores dont have small animals. i had always known it to be 7-10 days so i knew it as being fine, but when you know better you do better. :D but really 3mos?! ive heard a month or 3wks being common quar time.. 3mos, thats the longest ive ever heard. but then again im not doing hundreds of feeders either so i have less to loose (on a scale, not as though my animals are worth less)

I usually do one month or a bit longer if the rat is healthy and showing no signs os illness. If the rat is showing signs of stress, is porphy/sneezing/gasping, then they go on antibiotics and stay in Q-Tine for 2.5-3 months. All rats in quarantine get a fecal done just to make sure nothing is going into my group. They also get treated for lice/mites just in case. For me, quarantine is done at a separate location about 15 miles away. I've not quarantined ONCE, and that's the last time I ever do that again.

For rats from REPUTABLE breeders, not just your loca mom and pop store, I'm talking about pedigreed/registered rats, I quarantine maybe 2 weeks, just in case the rat(s) is stressed from the move and ends up with a respiratory infection.

Rats from places like Petsmart and Petco/Petland, I quarantine the ****ENS out of them. They don't leave my QT facility for at least 2.5 months, regardless. I brought in Streptococcus based pneumonia from not quarantining a rat from Petsmart. Just because they look clean and healthy, doesn't mean they are.

becky.. there is a guy @ southfloridarodents.com thats where i got two of my females, reputable? im not sure what qualifies a reputable breeder? he breeds not just for feeders that go to the zoos but also to petstores, exc the same guy (were pretty friendly and talk on a regular basis) wants me to adopt his hairless male that lives by himself in the same barn as his feeders. he had been breeding hairless rats for awhile to sell to the petstores (which he supplies his feeders/pets and where i buy my feeders from) but found hairless came and went as a fad and he didnt want to keep breeding and them not sell. He asked me to take him.. the rats i got from there were nice and fat, healthy and have become very nice pets... would i have to quarentine that male as well even though they came from the same place? how long should i quarentine for? the petstore i got the other three girls (not including the two rescue girls) were supplied by the same guy. i havnt decided if im going to take the male or not as i really dont want more rats but as an example for me to know as well

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

I usually do one month or a bit longer if the rat is healthy and showing no signs os illness. If the rat is showing signs of stress, is porphy/sneezing/gasping, then they go on antibiotics and stay in Q-Tine for 2.5-3 months...

For rats from REPUTABLE breeders, not just your loca mom and pop store, I'm talking about pedigreed/registered rats, I quarantine maybe 2 weeks, just in case the rat(s) is stressed from the move and ends up with a respiratory infection.

Rats from places like Petsmart and Petco/Petland, I quarantine the ****ENS out of them. They don't leave my QT facility for at least 2.5 months, regardless...

... Just because they look clean and healthy, doesn't mean they are.

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EXACTLY!
I totally agree with Becki, unless its from someone with pedigrees, I would stretch it as long as needed, unless a good Vet told me I had perfect clean Rats. JMO

Unless the vet does blood tests, sends it out for a culture and antibody tests, and the lab rules that the rat is clean, that rat isn't coming into my collection. Breeders who keep track of pedigrees actually get these tests done every 6-12 months just to be on the safe side. I believe they are the RADIL testing, I could be wrong tho.

I think Becky did a great job of explaining how long quarantine should be. It should definitely be longer than 1-2 weeks! Shoot for a month and a visit to the vet. Just so you can be sure.