Someone walked into our store and wanted to buy a Red Tail Boa. He asked if he could place the new Redtail with his existing one and I told him that he needs to keep the new one in quarantine. While trying to explain this he got a little irritated at me. I told him it was to prevent the old snake from getting any diseases of the new snake(if any were found). I think he was just too annoyed and left the store without the Red Tail. I also told him that I didn't know everything and the manager who does know more will be in on Monday. I don't want to lie or try to make something up if I don't know the answer.

Can someone explain to ME again the importance of quarantine so I can explain it to new/existing snake owners(some don't seem to be aware of it)? Did I tell the person the right information? I have been reading A LOT of information about snakes from various books and it's hard to digest all the stuff in it.

Do you all house your snakes in their own separate caging area? I know that the store has a few corn snakes, red tails, and ball pythons together. Do they all fight for the best place in the cage? When I watch the corns they do seem to be "fighting". I don't think the books I read really touched on this.. Can someone clarify?

I know these are kind of stupid questions but I'd rather have all information so I don't look like I don't know what I am talking about. I'm still reading all these books and online stuff but some information really conflicts with the other.