Do you re-use...?

[SiscoReptiles]

I don't reuse them. If I get a snake it goes to QT and I assume everything that came with it could be contaminated as well. Thus all bags and boxes go straight into the trash. Just not worth the risk IMO.

And as I buyer, I would be VERY upset if I received a box that had been used before for the above stated reasons. I don't know where that box has been and don't want boxes that have been in contact with unknown collections coming into my collection.

If you had a snake I wanted to buy and I looked into your rep, and it was good, and I ordered a snake from you and the snake arrived promptly and in good health, in a brand new shiny box, I would QT the snake and inspect/disinfect the box and place it away for future use.

If I didn't trust that the snake from you was likely to be free of mites and in good condition, I wouldn't have ordered from you. If the snake did end up with mites, EVERYTHING in the QT room would be treated.

You are MORE likely to pick up mites from walking into a pet store, vet office or expo, than you are from receiving a snake in the mail from a respected breeder. And if you did pick up some hitchhiker mites from a local collection, the QT room will do you no good. Your snakes and your stack of new boxes could get mites crawling around on them too.

The point is that a clean, structually sound box is just a box.

Rick