For larger collections this is an issue Brent, but for your average hobby breeder this can be avoided by trying to schedule your purchases and delivery of new snakes. I keep all QT animals in same rack on a differant floor of my house. QT has it's own utensils, bowls, tubs, feeding bins, soaking bins. I have hand gell in both areas. Hands are washed before, after and in between hamdlings. Feeders are euthanized and kept seperate in freezer if not eaten by a QT snake. I avoid multiple sets of QT animals by waiting to receive new animals until the old set is out of QT. I QT for a minimum of 3 months and have recently extended that to 4-6 months after some discussions with other breeders. As far as being confident in others QT practices, I try to only do business with people who I feel hold the health of thier animals in as high of regard as I do. I avoid buying from facilities that deal in alot of wild caught specimens, I prefer to buy from smaller scale hobby breeders that I feel completely comfortable with. Knowing your care standards Brent, I qt'd the Fire I got from you for 3 months. The pair I have in QT now will stay there until next season, not because of issues simply because I have no need to introduce them any sooner. Sorry for rambling, but this is an issue that I feel needs discussed more openly and more often.