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  • 05-09-2008, 07:16 AM
    sweety314
    Re: Help!!!
    Yep...pretty much. Unless you get 2 or 3 snakes all at the same time, so their quarantine is all the same duration, and you don't have to start the clock over when you add another pet.

    That's what we did in our rental. We had snakes in R's room, my room and the livingroom, but had to keep the heat up for them. Luckily the house was only about 900 ft2. Now, in our new home, the snakes are in the smallest bedroom (except Petey as the acrylic tank won't fit thru the door). So I can keep the HOUSE cooler, and the snake room is warm enough. To quarantine, with the room being so small, just being on the opposite wall isn't enough. I've got to use a space heater for my room, and put the new snake(s) there.
  • 05-09-2008, 11:14 AM
    bigballs
    Re: Help!!!
    you should PAM both quarantine enclosure before you put the snakes inside and i would think its ok to place them in the same room.
    if i were in your situation, i would also PAM every enclosure in your current snake room to be safe. you may not see them yet but it is possible that mites from your boa spread to your other animals or maybe even from another animal to your boa and others.
    it would suck to PAM the infested boa, quarantine him for 30 days or more and put him back with your collection only to find out that the mite infestation is worse than you thought. youll have to go through the process all over again with your entire collection a month later.
    that may not be the case but better safe than sorry. good luck!
  • 05-10-2008, 02:24 PM
    RBCpythons
    Re: Help!!!
    yeah i found a mite on my pastel female a couple days ago, so i sprayed all the tubs and our one tank down. i also sprayed the carpet and shelving the tubs sit on.

    thanks for the help guys.
  • 05-10-2008, 02:27 PM
    RBCpythons
    Re: Help!!!
    Oh one more thing, i think i might have picked up the mites from their food. I recently switched over to a new rodent breeder. shortly after that i had this infestation. i saw his facility, and it seemed fine to me, but i also don't breed rats.
  • 05-15-2008, 06:26 AM
    sweety314
    Re: Help!!!
    Most will tell you that rodents can't carry SNAKE MITES. I've had a couple of rats come from the feeder with lice, but not mites. Snake mites are species specific.
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