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18-Feb-05, 01:22 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: May-03 Location: Sydney, NSW, Australia | | | Hygiene protocol for snakes
The NSW DEC 2004 publication "Hygiene protocol for the control of disease in captive snakes" is available for download from: http://www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au/...col_snakes.pdf |
18-Feb-05, 02:21 PM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Newcastle, NSW Age: 28 | | | | RE: Hygiene protocol for snakes
I hate to say it, but while all that stuff is good practice, I cannot see everyone going to lengths described. I mean it would be easy for someone with 2 or 3 snakes to take such drastic cleaning and hygenic measures, but someone with 10, 50 or literally hundreds of animals, they are simply not going to have time for it. Just my opinion.
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19-Feb-05, 05:10 AM
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A bit over the top i also think, does anyone here go to those lengths ? |
19-Feb-05, 11:28 AM
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With new arrivals I do, during the quarantine phase.
I am rather more pedantic than that in the 'sick' room. With taps, sinks, doorknobs, light switches etc being disinfected upon entry and exit. I disinfect myself when exiting, bag my clothes to be washed and shower immediately.
Yes, I have recently been described as being 'anal' about it. 
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19-Feb-05, 11:45 AM
| | Suspended | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: sydney | | | | RE: Hygiene protocol for snakes
Crikey ! has anyone installed airlocks yet ?
Im pretty thourough with hygene but must admit mulching discarded euclyptus mulch substrate in my garden. Document sounds rather paranoid, I wonder what they are not telling us? 
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19-Feb-05, 12:19 PM
| | Regular Member | | | | | RE: Hygiene protocol for snakes
Airlocks!! Why didn't I think of that?? Now... where are my Yellow Pages... 
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19-Feb-05, 01:09 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Apr-04 Location: North Carlton, VIC, Australia | | | | RE: Hygiene protocol for snakes
hasmat suits hahaha, thats be funny... hey i wonder if ven can bite throgh those? |
19-Feb-05, 01:20 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: bow river Victoria | | | | RE: Hygiene protocol for snakes
you can just go in your birthday suit when you enter the quarauntine room save washing clothes just have jump in shower easy mate easy stuff
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19-Feb-05, 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by farmdog you can just go in your birthday suit when you enter the quarauntine room save washing clothes just have jump in shower easy mate easy stuff | Don't think I haven't thought of it.
However, the sick room is downstairs and out the back and we don't have fences. Can't help the snakes if I am locked up for indecent exposure... |
19-Feb-05, 10:17 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: May-04 Location: Brisbane Gender:  | | | I put mine in little condoms Cut the little knobby bit off the end so they can breath. 
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19-Feb-05, 10:26 PM
|  | Yes, that Hix Moderator | Join Date: Mar-04 Location: Sydney | | | Quote: |
you can just go in your birthday suit
| Too risky if you're a guy - snakes might mistake something for a giant pinkie.......
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