Quote Originally Posted by wafisherman View Post
as long as they are not eating or sleeping in eachothers poop, I can't think of any parasites i'd be worried about between lizards and snakes...
One specimen doesn't have to eat or sleep in the feces of an 'infected' specimen in order to transmit parasites (internal/external) or bacteria infections...snakes OR lizards.

Much of the transmission can be done by the keeper and poor husbandry techniques.

I know I would never knowingly buy anything from a breeder who introduces WC animals into his collection without quarantining the WC animal first.

Quarantining an animal can save your collection. I have heard stories of individuals losing many animals from an unknown epidemic after introducing a WC animal to their collection without treating/quarantining it first.

Now the OP said the skink is in another home away from his other animals. That is fine.

But it may be a good idea to familiarize yourself with quarantining animals.
It goes a lot farther than just sleeping and eating feces.

Remember kids...safety first!!

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...ght=quarantine