Getting Unwanted BP - Some opinons needed

[mainbutter]

it's a risk to not quarantine, but ultimately your decision. If I were to get another BP, quarantine would be difficult(but possible) as I live in a 2BR apartment. I'd do my best to quarantine given the choice though.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

If there's nothing physically off about the snake, I'm bringing it home sometime this week and putting it in quarantine for a week.

Quarantine should be for 45 to 60 days (the longer the better), a week quarantine is not a quarantine.

Quarantine in the same room is also like not having any quarentine!

Is it necessary? Well I will let you judge of that by doing some reading http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...highlight=opmv

[Pandora]

it's a risk to not quarantine, but ultimately your decision. If I were to get another BP, quarantine would be difficult(but possible) as I live in a 2BR apartment. I'd do my best to quarantine given the choice though.

It's not so much my choice as my obligation to keep them both in the same room. I CAN NOT put them in separate rooms. It's not an option. I do realize I'm taking a risk, but if he's looked at by a vet, determined to be healthy, I don't see why a 3 month quarantine should be necessary. I will keep his tank (for the first few weeks) at separate ends of the room from Pandora's tank. If there was anything he could infect Pandora with, from my knowledge, it would spread like wildfire within the first few days so I would know sooner or later if the risk paid off.

[starmom]

Understand the risk you're taking and then make your choice.
Ralph has a great vid on popping too!
Looks like a great snake!!

[Slim]

Is it necessary? Well I will let you judge of that by doing some reading

Yeah, I read about Jen loosing her entire collection on the SnakeKeeper forum. It is something to think about....but I'd prolly still take the snake in though.

[Pandora]

Quarantine should be for 45 to 60 days (the longer the better), a week quarantine is not a quarantine.

Quarantine in the same room is also like not having any quarentine!

Is it necessary? Well I will let you judge of that by doing some reading http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/foru...highlight=opmv

I understand the risks I'm taking... as mentioned previously.

I'm having him looked at by a vet. If the vet doesn't determine any health concerns with him, what is the harm, really, in having him in the same room as Pandora?
Everybody here recommends a week of quarantine to get them accustomed to their (somewhat, in this case) new home. This is the first time I'm hearing anything about 3+ months.
I don't have an option to put them in seperate rooms. It's not like I'm doing this out of sheer ignorance. It's either save the snake from someone who doesn't want it and has little clue as to what they're doing or leave it where it is and hope for the best...

[starmom]

Many suggest leaving the snake alone for a week or two to allow the snake to become accustomed to their new surroundings. It has nothing to do with QT procedures.

Whenever you bring a new snake into your collection, the standard QT time is 3 months....

[MiniJ83]

You're saving this snake, but possibly putting little pandora at risk. And the one week quarantine you're thinking of is the acclimation period. The quarantine process is completely isolating the new snake, in case of any diseases it could pass to your current collection. If you cAn't quarantine, then I personally wouldn't take in the new snake. That's just me personally. I don't want to risk my snakes health.

[Pandora]

Understand the risk you're taking and then make your choice.
Ralph has a great vid on popping too!
Looks like a great snake!!

Could you get me the link to Ralph's video, please? =]
I really would rather save the snake from harm and hope I'm doing more good than damage than hope he'll be okay with the current guy.

[Stewart_Reptiles]

No one here recommend 1 week of quarantine they recommend 1 week of acclimation before interacting with their BP, those are 2 different things.

Even if look up by a vet you are still taking a risk as some things can show up later on.

Proper snake husbandry does not only consist in providing good care for your BP but also practicing strict quarantine procedures.

Read the story I posted above and you will understand what rushing and not quarantining can lead to.

As a potential future breeder (you said you wanted to breed) you need start practicing good quarantine now, this is part of proper husbandry.