Quarantine - Why? What? Where? Who? and How?

[freekygeeky]

There are soooooo many threads asking this, i thought maybe if we wrote a 'big' special thread it may become a sticky?
Im not too great with wording or spelling (dyslexic) so excuse me, and i will try my best!



Why?

Why do it? Firstly, it gives you a chance to check your new animal out, see if its healthy, eating and so on. (Before adding it to your collection) To see if it has problems eating or weeing to check its weight. To check it out throughly. It may have parasites, worms, mites etc. The time (normally 3 months upwards) will and should show signs of illness. By looking at a gecko in a shop, it may look ok, but give in a week or so, it could loose weight rapidly or have runny stoools etc. If you worry that anything or somthign isnt quite right, go to your vets for a check up and a feacle (sp) test.

What?

What actually is quarantine? Its where you keep and check out your animal. They could have a range of problems from.. mites to shedding issues to MBD to crypto. These could hurt harm or even kill your collection.

Where?

Keep the animal AWAY from your others.. so not in the same tank. And if possible, and preferable.. away from others, in a different room. In a sterile enviroment.

Who?

It doesnt matter who you get you geckos/snakes etc from.. no matter how ''good'' they are its still easy to have problems with the animal.. so giving the excuse of.. ''it was a good shop'' isnt good enough.

How?

Keep away from you collection. Wash hands clothes throughly. Use antibacterial wash and so on.

And lastly..

Its up to you, its your choice. But think of the animal, getting a new (for example) leo, and just shoving it in a tank with a leo you already own.. not only is your new leo at risk now you old one is too. And it isnt always a case of.. ''its only mites - easily treated'' it could one day be.. ''my gecko has crypto - what is it?'' <-- that is..basically the death of your gecko, the ones it was with, and possibley the rest of your collection..

Think of your animals, please dont rush in to things.

Gina

p.s i think i did alright?! lol

[Anna89]

Hi!

Good idea! How about mentioning taking a faeces sample to the vet to rule out parasites etc... should be a sticky though! Nice one!

Anna.

[ToxicSiren]

Very good hun...hope it becomes sticky as soooo many people ask about this. x

[freekygeeky]

done!

[SleepyD]

Sticky!!!
good one Freeky

[freekygeeky]

Originally Posted by SleepyD

Sticky!!!
good one Freeky

thankyyyyyyyyy

[DRACSAT]

a good one for both begginers and the experianced to read, deffinatly sticky material

[freekygeeky]

Originally Posted by DRACSAT

a good one for both begginers and the experianced to read, deffinatly sticky material

whoop whoop

[Tommy123]

Very good and intresting. Should be made a sticky!

[freekygeeky]

Originally Posted by Tommy123

Very good and intresting. Should be made a sticky!

Thanky