Good points brought up by all and thank you kindly!

I am concerned about cross-contamination and mites and all other things associated with rescuing reptiles (I understand CL probably isn't the best place to pick up rescues) but I figure as long as I keep my collection as far away from the new rescues as possible, I should be fine. I would obviously practice strict QT procedure and take care of my collection's needs before handling any rescues but there will always be a risk I guess.

"Being a breeder I would never bring in rescues and I don't believe a rescue should breed, just my opinion." - Snakesrkewl

Is that last part more of an ethical viewpoint or concerning the cross-contamination issue? ["I don't believe a rescue should breed, just my opinion."] I read it as a continuation of a cross-contamination thought but am curious of your viewpoint if it was in fact an ethical issue.

I figure that if I check rescues for obvious signs of contagious health problems related to typical illnesses like RI and act accordingly, then I should be okay [I know some diseases like IBD don't have symptoms until later; that's why I think the strict separation of my collection and the rescues needs to be a permanent one). But if a snake seems healthy and doesn't show signs of illness, practicing a normal QT would be sufficient. In light of this discussion, I have decided that if I do decide to rescue (it would be all reptiles, not just snakes; but I would start out with snakes since I have lots of experience) I will probably be practicing a QT all the time with two different collections: my personal collection and the rescue collection.

Obviously I need to work out the kinks and smooth everything over before I jump into anything but I have noticed that some people on here that have healthy collections have taken in rescues and nursed them back to health so I am very on the fence about contamination issues: of course I will be as sterile and observant as possible but for those of you who have taken in rescues successfully sort of inspired me to take this direction.

Now I guess a new question has popped into my head: Would you buy from a breeder that you know rescues reptiles or would you turn away soley based off of the fact that you couldn't trust the animals that were in their care because of the possible risk of contamination because of their rescuing practices? To be honest, if my rescuing of reptiles is going to get in the way of my future as an established, trusted breeder, I may have to reconsider starting one until I have the means to house the rescues in a completely different facility.