Quote Originally Posted by bcr229 View Post
Given the ten-day weather forecast you may not have anything shipped up next week. I'm watching mine b/c I'm also waiting for a snake to be shipped in, and it looks like Ol' Man Winter is going to come back with a vengeance.

I would still wait 90 days before pairing them, as sometimes shipping stress can cause a problem to crop up. If the snakes are from the same breeder you could probably QT them together safely, unless it's one of the really big operations where they may have separate facilities housing their animals.
I'm keeping an eye on the weather too. As of right now, it's looking like the Gulf Stream will be keeping my area around the low 40's for the middle of next week. If the temperatures are expected to drop below 40, I'll have the breeder hang on to the snakes until such a time as the weather is more accommodating.

The breeder has a pretty modest operation, and told me that the snakes I've purchased are all in the same set of racks. I was planning on keeping them separate from the snakes I already have for a couple months, but saw no reason to keep them away from each other as well. Shipping stress is a new one for me though. What sort of issues can come of that? I'd thought that if the animals arrived uninjured and took their first couple meals without any trouble, that they'd be set except for the quarantine.