I always quarantine mine for a week just until i know there's no mites, RI, and they have a good shed I have a sweater box with no holes in it i put the water dish over the heat source and they get a nice sauna bath i did it for everyone over the past month they seem to like it and it makes their sheds perfect just incase they've had a bad shed b4 the 4 i got still had shed stuck to the tops of their spines