why quarrantine?

Why quarrantine?

Is mites the only communical issue that can come between snakes? I hear of people doing 6 months... i guess i dont comprehend. When mites life cycle is relativly short.

What else is there to avoid?

Ive had up to 7 snakes at one time. Never any issue

Can someone educate me?

Many people own snakes on a large scale. If one snake comes in with mites, any type of RI, or even IBD and you go ahead and put it with the rest of your snakes, now you're putting them at risk.
And think about it, catching the problem and treating it while the animal is being quarantined is much cheaper than being careless and having to treat your whole collection. And I think its not how short the mites life span is, but how fast they spread and once theres a lot of them it can take months to completely get rid of them.

If you care about the well-being of your other snakes, and the one you've just purchased, you'll be smart and quarantine it:gj:

Because its the smart thing to do.
Is it worth taking a chanse on the lives of your whole collection?
There are more than just mites out there not to mention just the stress of having mites can cause other problems.

Reapiratory infection and ibd are contagious?

I thought RI is only from bad husbandry? Im not familiar with ibd... irritable bowel disease? Thats what the human acronym is i believe

Search 'IBD in snakes'. It's a pretty fatal disease.

Respiratory infections are very contagious within snakes.

Why?

To protect your established animals. Personally I have invested too much financially and time wise to take any risk. I have very strick quarentine and it has served me well over the last decade.

Over the years I have seen people losing part or their entire collection to things such as IBD, OPMV.

I have seen people with mite outbreaks.

So tell me why wouldn't you quarantine?

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=220629

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Originally Posted by MrBrightside

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=220629

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Yikes. I remember when this happened. This remains my nightmare, and why I QT every animal that comes in to my collection.

As a vet tech, I'm floored that this even had to be asked. I had a whole spiel going in my head, but that fauna thread pretty much covers it.

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Originally Posted by Wolfchan

As a vet tech, I'm floored that this even had to be asked. I had a whole spiel going in my head, but that fauna thread pretty much covers it.

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As a vet tech im sure you know more about it than me. I was asking to be educated. Not ridiculed.


That thread was nothing like i expected. Very sad. I have a separate room i can use for quarrantine. Currently i only have one snake. Ill be adding a few more soon. Do vendors at reptile shows like NARBC not fear this? i handled a lot of snakes from many breeders last weekend, a few requested i put some hand sanitizer on. So do these breeders put all of their leftover show inventory into quarrantine after the show?

I had no idea they could pass airborne diseases, is there anything that they can have that could make a human sick?

If i quatrantine into another room of the house or should i just keep them in the same room? Ive got central air...

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Do vendors at reptile shows like NARBC not fear this? i handled a lot of snakes from many breeders last weekend, a few requested i put some hand sanitizer on. So do these breeders put all of their leftover show inventory into quarrantine after the show?

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Any responsable vendor does quarrantine after any show because if you dont you are asking for trouble

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I had no idea they could pass airborne diseases, is there anything that they can have that could make a human sick?

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I have never heard of a virus that moved from snakes to man. But who knows what can happen. This is one good reason to make sure you wash your hands after handleing

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If i quatrantine into another room of the house or should i just keep them in the same room? Ive got central air...

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Anything you can do to limit contact helps do not hold a quarrantined animal then go handle one that isnt.
Wash your hands, and any tongs,bowls,scales exc. before using them again.
Just to add this is also why you should not go to a show then go home and hold your snake. I come home from a show my clothes go in the wassher and i take a shower

I'm a first timer myself and have always wondered as would like to get another soon but didn't understand the quarantine process but knew that mites r a nightmare having had to deal with them once. But I had no idea ri's and Ibd were contagious

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QT is important to stop the spread of diseases and parasites. To do it all you need is to have the new reptile's setup somewhere different than your current reptiles and not cross contaminate. It's tested and works.

Personally I'd treat the new enclosure for potential mite infestations, wash new reptiles, quickly dispose of whatever they came in, and keep husbandry solid.

I also freeze bedding and food stuffs when they come in because they are often the way things get into your collection. My basement is covered in diatamaceous earth and I have to regularly clean my rats, and their bedding has DE mixed in, because I introduced a new male, and all of my rats have mites now. I didn't used to freeze food when I got it and have been struggling with flour mites in my bug room, because they got in and are now everywhere my other bug enclosures are, and I can't use DE in there because it will kill the other bugs, some of which are valuable colonies I'd hate to have to establish again.

While all of the issues I've had between not QT and not knowing to freeze foods have been minor (DE handles mites and has little negative effect on rodents in studies, flour mites just make things smell sour and might reduce weights in animals), I would absolutely hate to deal with something like snake mites.

I can understand that it might be a pain to do but if every animal you had died or even just one how would you feel at that point. I try to do my best but as a renter with roommates i dont have a lot of room to do quarantine. I got lucky with two walkin closets so one is a rodent room, one is quarantine, and the main room has the rack in the corner. Its the best that i can do but that is why i am very particular about who i buy snakes from and not letting people near my snakes the same day they were playing with someone elses.

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Originally Posted by StillBP

Any responsable vendor does quarrantine after any show because if you dont you are asking for trouble

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There are a LOT of irresponsible vendors at expos, which is why it's important to do your homework before shopping. You would be amazed at the number who have snakes on the table on Saturday that were shipped from a wholesaler the prior week. They haven't owned those snakes long enough to even have to feed them, never mind long enough to determine if they are sick.

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Originally Posted by bcr229

There are a LOT of irresponsible vendors at expos, which is why it's important to do your homework before shopping. You would be amazed at the number who have snakes on the table on Saturday that were shipped from a wholesaler the prior week. They haven't owned those snakes long enough to even have to feed them, never mind long enough to determine if they are sick.

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I had a vendor tell me that the "dumeril's boas just hatched out two weeks ago and had two meals". Insert rolling eyes emoji here.

Point: boas don't hatch from eggs

So really, who knows where the snakes even come from?