Quote Originally Posted by Penultimate View Post
Ok, I'll check it out! Great to know that there's a good book on the subject. I wouldn't mind having that on my shelf.

This is a question I've been researching quite a bit, and so far I haven't found anything. I'm setting up a new quarantine room for ball pythons. If I'm getting new ball pythons set up in there, why can't I quarantine the boa in the same room? I would never keep a new snake in with my established ones, but I don't quite understand why I wouldn't be able to keep a boa in the same quarantine room. I'm talking about keeping the boa in a quarantine rack with ball pythons that are also in quarantine. If there's a very obvious reason that I'm overlooking, please let me know so I can think about future quarantine room layouts.

Oh, don't worry about me overlooking anything with a new snake. I don't want to take on a boa constrictor for at least a few months, most likely closer to a year. I want to take it slow going into the larger animals, just to be sure I'm perfectly ready to go. I'm just heading into the planning and researching stage. I usually research at least six months before getting any new animal, whether it's a rabbit or a reptile. I love research. It's a shame to skip it, I think it's part of the fun.
Well, the quarantine process is to figure out IF a problem exists and WHICH animal may have an issue. Doing it with more than one at a time could be tough, and if one takes ill, or has mites the others in the area can potentially contract the disease or issue. Or you could have 1 or more animals that come in with problems and not know it.

You could more than likely pull it off in the same room, but its not advisable to have new snakes in the same rack system as established snakes, as in above, below or next to the new arrival.

It is much easier to pinpoint a problem when the animal is isolated, hence the "quarantine" process.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding what you are saying/asking.

The book is worth buying and owning and Vin Russo answers questions in it that I can't.

There are other keepers here that are more skilled than I am at keeping multiple animals. I currently house 3 separate species and all are in naturalistic, display cages.

The rack/tub keepers could offer some guidance I'm sure.