It is the same in any field though. People buy puppies that haven't been vaccinated yet and don't realise that if you have another dog and it goes out, you can actually walk parvo virus back in, that you can walk it in on your shoes. There are many diseases that are spread from rabbit to rabbit, and feline aids is on the up.. but people don't think, well I'll quarantine my new kitten, puppy, rabbit, and so forth. Even tropical fish carry diseases that spread like wildfire in a tank but you buy one from a shop and you plonk it in. People expect to buy pets that are healthy and put them in with other healthy animals.

I am not saying it's right, I'm just saying - most people don't expect to quarantine pets and don't think about it.

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Are you fit???? Or typical male reptile keeper.

lol.

There have been a few instances where i haven't needed to quarantine, animal was living on its own no where other reptiles and or i knew the seller and where the stock came from etc but all other stock was quarantined.

Marina

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I've always quarantined for 3 months, often with a standard fecal as well. If they are "high-risk" (e.g. American/American-descended Beardies with the risks of Adenovirus etc) then they have a fecal done specifically for the risk (and I found that the majority of vets don't have a clue about Adenovirus in reptiles...)

It takes a lot of time and money, but it gives me the peace of mind of knowing that all my pets are safe, and that they all have clean bills of health.

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I am currently quarantining a boa from a very good friend of mine, I know his snakes, I know his setups and I know how careful he is, but there is always a chance something could have gotten through and I can't risk that, I treat any reptile as if I didn't know who had bred it.

Athravan, when I used to keep tropical fish I used to QT them aswell, for a week only mind but I at least tried, I think the main reason I am so insistent on quarantine is because of the fish, when I was younger my dad taught me that fish can carry diseases and if you keep them seperate and watch them you can see if any are sick, that just stuck with me and I have done the same since, even with ferrets.

It just shocks me the amount of people who I know have for a fact, bought stuff at the show on Sunday and put them straight in the same area or in the same viv as other animals.

I think this falls under the "education" heading in conversations about what's not so great about this hobby.

Should the buyer need to be told to quarantine an animal by the seller or should the buyer just know - if so, who's going to tell them?

Also, where does quarantine start? With the importer, the shop or the end customer?

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Hmm I would of changed the phrasing from 'come across' lol


Roy I have found this forum to be the worst for keepers not quarentining(sp) and for being totally oblivious to the word when it's suggested i.e. what is quaretine???

It is one reason I don't buy reps in from people I don't know, yes there is the fact of close friends still having things within their collections but that is a minor risk with the people I have bought from they have such huge expensive collections that are screened regularly etc. so the chances are minimal and I STILL quarentine for minimum of a month-three months for geckos that are going to be paired, we both know who the 'friend' is I refer to

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One would HOPE that the buyer has educated themselves about keeping before buying anything... though it does startle me that most caresheets don't MENTION quarantine.

Makes me want to write and post a care sheet for every species I keep in my collection that DOES mention quarantine as a necessity.

For that matter, yes, I bought an adult female royal at the show and I do intend to breed her... but it's going to involve some tweaking temperatures to make a false winter AFTER her quarantine period is up!

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i never let any of my snakes out at the same time,steralise my hands before handling each one , use seperate feeding tounges ect.

we have quarantine units set up at all times.. more often then not with nothing in. The only things in quarrantine at the moment are 2 female leos, soon to be 3 [additional 1 will be quarrantined seperatly... were not daft lol] for a minimum of 3 months. Quarrantine is in all the animals interests!

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sooo say someone has 2 herp rooms one for the collection and one for quarantine, 3 months ago they bought a nice healthy common boa, just about to move to the collection room. they take in an unexpected rescue WC rainbow boa, mites / retained skin / mouth rot the works and put it straight in the quarantine room.

now my question is....... Is it still safe to put the common boa in the collection room or should it stay in quatrantine until EVERYthing in the room has been in QT for the QT period.

Hope that makes sense and you can see the point??

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