Quarantine - How far away is far enough?

[Stewart_Reptiles]

wow, they really walk that far?

would a line of PAM, renewed every week, be a barrier? it should kill all mites that try to cross it.

sure, a different room or different floor or different building would be nice, but what if a person is for whatever reason limited to one snake room?

also, if you touch a snake under QT only with your hands, wearing latex gloves, and dont let your clothes touch anything, i wonder how they could travel on your clothes. i mean, they cannot fly and cannot jump. and even if you get a snake with mites, if you start treatment immediately, i wonder how many mites would be alive and well enough for a successful journey to another reptile, especially with a line of PAM cutting the room in half.

im not saying its optimal, but i think there are ways to do QT relatively successful when limited to one room.

Mites are not the only reason why strict QT practice need to be in place.

For the people that have not been in this very long this story http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...d.php?t=220629 should be a reminder of why QT in the same room is not QT.

I know people who thought they could skip QT because they bought from someone they trusted and ending up loosing several animals.

Proper QT is a MUST