Do you let others in your snake-room??

[ChrisS]

Friends? What's that lol. All my friends keep snakes. So, long story short, I trust them all and they are just as concerned about mites as me so I tend to not worry. Only one of my friends have seen any of my animals since I moved last year though. I go to their place more often than not and they have much much larger collections than I, but I'm one of a very small number who even know where most of these snakes are kept. I think it's smart to be concerned about mites just not sure how extreme of measures I would go to.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

Deb, I know 5 of them if you count Karl in your count!

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You, Karl, Anna, Judy, Scott, and John so you know them all

[Rickys_Reptiles]

This is my first 3 page thread on Ball-Pythons.net woooo!!!!

[Poseidon]

Would breeders who don't allow people into their snake room put animals into qt after bringing them to a reptile show?

[Vasiliki]

Congrats on the 3-pager, haha.

I have a very small collection, so I've had people over before that were both reptile and non-reptile people. But recently I've been rethinking things.

You see, we have a local reptile society and we do monthly meetings. At these meetings, various people are invited to bring their animals if they like, to show them off and meet with others. It's a great event. But we've had a few problems with new-comers not respecting our rules for the meetings. (Minimum quarantine length, proper handling practices such as sanitizer between animals, etc). In fact, one of the reptile keepers has been 'battling' mites for the past few months and she has come to two meetings.

It was enough to make me question even friends, you know? It's great to see everyone, and see the new animals, but it was enough to make me seriously rethink what I'm comfortable with.

I spoke with one of our biggest breeders, who came to a meeting the month before last, and she kept her animals in display boxes similar to the show kind. I obviously inquired, and she informed me: "I want people to feel involved with what we're working with, but nobody can hold the animals anymore. It's just not worth it. My collection is too hard and valuable to have something happen to it."

Each animal she brings to the meetings then goes through quarantine again, so she doesn't often bring anything but her males that are done for the season.

What she was saying made total sense. Even if we trust the person we're interacting with, that doesn't mean that they haven't come into contact with someone else who wasn't on the ball. Heck, I went with a friend to a pet store to check out a BP she was interested in (I was trying to talk her out of it) and upon handling the animal, my hands were covered in mites. (Note: I treated myself as if I was a biohazard, which almost got me in trouble when I stripped in my back yard before going into my house, bwahaha)

So, what happens if one of our newcomers interacts with animals from a pet store, doesn't notice the mites and goes home? They might think their collection is safe, but it's not.

Now?.... I don't know how I feel. I enjoy taking my reptiles out to educational outings, so I can't quite say that I keep my collection at home under lock and key, away from the world. But part of me is becoming more and more nervous about interacting with people with other reptiles. Not because I distrust them, but because I just don't know where they've been.

Not an easy question, for sure.

[iCandiBallPythons]

most of the time no. If I dont know you deff no. There has been plenty of thefts accounted for in this industry and I choose not to be a statistic. I also do not post many pics or openly show off everything I have in my racks.

[rjk890]

Nope.

[OhhWatALoser]

This is my first 3 page thread on Ball-Pythons.net woooo!!!!

some of us do 50 posts per page you're half way through one page on my screen lol

[Mft62485]

Very few people are allowed in mine. Like said above, I don't want anything missing as I don't trust that many people, nor do I want someone to get bit and hurt my animals.

[snakeman13]

So Ricky,
should I get one of those suits for you, for the next time your in my room.
You just have to be cautious of who you let in.
The suit thing would be a little to much. You might not have return customers.