See now it is very good practise to do what you do, but i think the term quarantine gets thrown around too much.
In my opinion the hand gels and seperate/sterilisation of equipment is what everyone should do all the time anyway, but it sadly isn`t quarantine. Infections etc will not be stopped in this way, its carried on clothes, in hair, on feet etc.
No disrespect intended by the way

Yes i`ve done hospital agency work....and its VERY worrying!

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maybe we should all sort animals out naked..this may sound wrong but bear with me..no need to wash and change clothes after every animal has been dealt with..just hop in the shower

i might be on to summat

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Hehe, i bet they`d be a fair few more people suddenly interested in seeing the snake room!

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haha, yeah... I have been taking a bath before going into my main royal room, if i've been handling these new snakes we got that have mites. This itself still isn't 100% full proof. I could still stand on something and bring them in - but it does reduce the risk.

I agree, quarantine isn't exactly strict in a home. From what i've learnt though, you should quarantine at least until you have proved to yourself no mites or visual signs of illness are present. You can quarantine in the same room, but it's just not as strict (i can see how this term "quarantine" is overly used). You can miss something all to easily. So initially the best we can do is have seperate rooms for them, until confident the newcomers are clean.

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