how to quarantine if I can't have separate rooms?

[Droxalope_94]

I agree with Craig. It isn't really QT if it's still with the breeder. IMO off site only works if you have a friend or family member who has no exposure to reptiles or any in the house since that is essentially a clean zone where no diseases or parasites would have been present (or would not remain present due to months without a reptile host). The breeder has previously not followed QT to keep any part of his house or facilities clean enough from his other animals to serve for QT.

Essentially, his whole house would have been exposed to anything he might have in his collection anyway due to him going home or around his house without fully decontaminating himself first. Some diseases can survive a few months without a host and could easily be present when now being occupied for "QT".

Unless you're willing to risk the death of your original snake, the current new one, AND this third one, that's not a workable plan. And honestly, if you're okay casually risking their deaths or spreading diseases like that, then that would make me think of you as an irresponsible pet owner.

Also, yes... 1 snake may do fine for years with a feeding box, but you're talking about new snakes who can have very different temperaments. A snake offered live, especially having possibly not eaten in a while due to being loose, is highly likely to eat regardless of where it is, but this likely won't repeat indefinitely, especially when transitioning to F/T.
A feeding tub has known risks and 0 benefits, so why do it? Maybe you'll never experience the risks, but without benefit there's no reason TO do it that way even if it were risk-free. It takes effort to do, has no benefits, and can have major risks... sounds like a no-brainer to NOT do to me.

When I initially read the post, I thought the box referred to was the kind used to transport a live feeder home from the store to he fed off, not to put the snake into to eat.

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all good points, I'll see if in the future maybe I could keep any newcomers in the hallway, where reptiles dont usually roam. ill see if i could do the same for this one, even though the girl i rent from thinks shes so terrified of reptiles. she tells me she has dreams that they get out and choke her to death, as if my snakes could possibly escape, which they cant i wish everyone saw reptiles the same way we do.

i guess I'll use the feed box for any vet transports after cleaning it thoroughly.