is it too late in the season to start?

[SlitherinSisters]

so essentially after shes been properly QT'd i can just throw them together?

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so essentially after shes been properly QT'd i can just throw them together?

I'm sure I'll catch hell for this, but yes. That's what I did this year. Granted my new breeders came from a friend that I've bought at least a dozen snakes from so I trusted them to be healthy, but they sat in their tubs for a couple months and now they are all breeding/mixed in with my crew.

I know two months sounds like a long time, but I haven't seen eggs earlier than May, if I'm thinking right, and this is my 5th breeding season. A lot of people see about the same thing, Spring=eggs, so that means the females aren't getting prego until January-March, most likely. Of course there are people breeding year round and snakes that go really early or really late, but I think you'll be fine.

[Badgemash]

I'm sure I'll catch hell for this, but yes. That's what I did this year. Granted my new breeders came from a friend that I've bought at least a dozen snakes from so I trusted them to be healthy, but they sat in their tubs for a couple months and now they are all breeding/mixed in with my crew.

Not from me you won't. There are benefits to having good relationships with other breeders, and being able to trust their husbandry is a big one.

[SlitherinSisters]

Not from me you won't. There are benefits to having good relationships with other breeders, and being able to trust their husbandry is a big one.

Thanks It is really nice getting snakes from a breeder you know and trust, especially when you have the option to see their set up first hand!

[hozr]

Hypothetically, if you have a snake that is %100 clean and healthy and confirmed clean husbandry, could that animal contract mites from the environment? Getting ready to start my collection and I want to be prepared.

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[Tannerrrtx]

Hypothetically, if you have a snake that is %100 clean and healthy and confirmed clean husbandry, could that animal contract mites from the environment? Getting ready to start my collection and I want to be prepared.

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if it has been intoduced to mite infested bedding. yes, any can.... it doesnt matter how clean and healthy a snake is...

[hozr]

Ah...so a bag of contaminated bedding could do it? Is that an issue with name brand purchased substrates? As in do people actually get contaminated substrate like cocohusk from places like pet smart?

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[SlitherinSisters]

Ah...so a bag of contaminated bedding could do it? Is that an issue with name brand purchased substrates? As in do people actually get contaminated substrate like cocohusk from places like pet smart?

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That's why I recommend freezing any bedding you purchase from a store that carries reptiles. Reptile mites cannot survive in bedding/wood, but they can certainly travel in it.

[hozr]

That's why I recommend freezing any bedding you purchase from a store that carries reptiles. Reptile mites cannot survive in bedding/wood, but they can certainly travel in it.

Killer... I would never have thought about that will freezing a fresh bag of bedding kill all of the mites in it

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[SlitherinSisters]

Killer... I would never have thought about that will freezing a fresh bag of bedding kill all of the mites in it

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It should. Different sites say different lengths of time. 24 hours *should kill adults, 5 days *should kill the eggs. I really try to avoid buying bedding where there are reptiles if I can, but if I have to, it goes in the freezer.

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[bcr229]

Ah...so a bag of contaminated bedding could do it? Is that an issue with name brand purchased substrates? As in do people actually get contaminated substrate like cocohusk from places like pet smart?

The bedding doesn't get contaminated at the manufacturer but at the store. Animals at the big box stores often have mites. The reptile supplies in the store are located close to the reptiles, so the mites travel to/from the supplies and bedding as they search for animals to feed on, or employees/customers handle the animals and then touch the supplies, which transfers the mites. You don't touch a snake but you buy something else that has a mite on it, and bring it home... you now got mites.