NEw snake already problem HELP

[dr del]

Ah,

You might want to tighten up the quarantine angle a bit if your going to be bringing a lot of animals in and out - there are some really nasty diseases that seem to be airborne and the one that scares me the most has not been nailed down on transmission factors at all from the last I heard.

Do you treat the new arrivals and their housing with P.A.M. or similar to prevent the transmission of disease via parasites as much as possible?

Melissa asked about peoples quarantine regimes in another thread but I don't recall many people giving their "recipie".

Might be a good question for reptile radio or snakebytes - maybe even with the advice from a recognised herp vet who is familiar with the possible risks and best practices.

Sorry I'm rambling again.


dr del

[sjsexotics]

they all got new tubs so no worries there nothing has ever been housed in there inclosures before as for air born even if I housed them in another room they could get sick right??

[dr del]

Hi,

Possibly - I have no figures on how much the risk drops with distance.

I know it does but whether any dwelling is large enough to make a difference I simply don't know.

I know a lot of people have mentioned putting PAM as a barrier on the entrances to the quarantine and snake room. This is why I think a good resource people could refer too and realistically assess risk would be a neat idea.


dr del

[sjsexotics]

ok getting more ticked I looked up old posts from the person I bought the snake from and saw pics and ?? from them about weither the snake has RI or not I am pretty sure that is pics of my snake has the same eye strip and it looked bad from that pic wonder if it was ever treated also if not it probable got transphered to my snake if that was not mine pictured I also tried to call and the phone said no mail box was set up but I realized there time in is like 1:00 in the morning

[littleindiangirl]

Did you order overseas? I'm here close to the eastern seaboard and its only 10pm...

[frankykeno]

Quarantine isn't different tubs in the same room or at least that's not what I was taught. QT should be in seperate rooms with all seperate equipment and supplies and you should always take care of your regular collection snakes first, QT snakes last (then you don't go back to your regular collection that night).

You didn't research this person before you purchased snakes off them?

[greghall]

That's very bad if someone sold you a sick snake I would even question them even being hets if someone sold it not healthy,you may have $30 worth of sick snakes,I would be POed.

[sjsexotics]

I am mad but I know the breeding is good as I spoke to there original breeder and recieved paper work on them first but I talked to the person many times and talked to the original breeder before I bought them I just never thought to check back postes before and maybe I have my times wrong I am in cali and they are on the east coast I thought they were 6 hours diff from me but I may be wrong I just still have hope it is a mistake and can be resolved soon the original breeder is Cbballpythons.com

[rbchesapeakeball]

sjs,

Bump up the hot spot temp to 94, take him to the vet tomorrow.

They were purchased from us on May 10 2008, they are 2007 snakes and have been problem free.

Even though you didn't purchase them directly from us and they have been out of our care for 46 days, if he does not make it we will send you another 100% het pied male.

I sent you an email with my cell #, call me tomorrow after the vet visit.

Thanks,

Rich

[stangs13]

Another one of the good guys!^^^