Quarantine

[satomi325]

not to threadjack, does anyone take stool samples in to be checked for disease? I usually do a 3 month standard quarantine but want to know if anyone goes extreme.

For parasites. I check mine mostly for parasites rather than disease. Most disease screening is through blood work.

Many of us do a once a year fecal on the entire collection. And some people do it for all of their new additions.
It's good to check, especially since a lot of people don't know what's in their feeders.
I breed my own, so all of my rats are dewormed once a year.