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21-Apr-07, 09:12 PM
|  | jellybean club Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Newcastle Age: 36 | | |
How long do people on this site generally quarantine there newly purchased snakes for..
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21-Apr-07, 09:14 PM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: look behind you... Age/Gender: 44  | | | |
2mths but then i may be wrong but iam sure thats what i was told
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21-Apr-07, 09:21 PM
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Go for 12 months with opmv being around as much as what it is .
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21-Apr-07, 09:23 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-04 Location: 1/2 hr North of Brisbane | | | |
I quarantine any new arrivals for at least 12 months, in the past i would quarantine for 6 months but now days with nasty diseases like opmv becoming more common i don't think 6 months is long enough.
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21-Apr-07, 09:45 PM
|  | Subscriber | Join Date: Nov-06 Location: Wollongong Age/Gender: 24 | | | |
I've always heard its best to be done for at least 12-18months also.
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21-Apr-07, 11:16 PM
|  | Sarcastic Snake Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | |
Can some of you guys describe your quarantine procedures...obviously your basic hygiene stuff, but what about where you keep them. What do you do with multiple snakes coming into your collections etc...
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22-Apr-07, 12:13 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: No where close to u..... Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
This is an interesting topic..... I'm new to keeping snakes but haven't made an effort to quarantine any of my snakes cos all of them have come from reputable breeders....... Have followed the basic rule, which is don't handle the other snakes when u have handled the new one at least for that day.... I do use separated equipment but house them in the same area.... Well I guess that's the most I have done so far but please do correct me if there is something u think I might be doin wrong, or if there is something else u would like to add........
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22-Apr-07, 12:19 AM
| | jellybean club Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Newcastle Age: 36 | | | |
Thanks guys i have a female who has been in quarantine for 6 months now and I was originally going to keep her in there for 12 months due to OPMV,but due to the fact that a 12 month quaratine meant she would miss the breeding season i was having second thoughts about such a long quarantine..Just wanted to get some other keepers point of views on it and she will be staying in quarantine for 12months..Thanks for your input ..Better to be safe then sorry....
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22-Apr-07, 12:27 AM
| | jellybean club Subscriber | Join Date: May-06 Location: Newcastle Age: 36 | | | |
I keep her in the same room but use stricked hygeine...she is always the last snake i feed or do a change and clean up of...so that way I leave the room after i have been near her and do not go back near the other snakes.Ideally i would love to have her in a completely seperate room,but lack of room in the house doesn't allow me to do so.Any food that she refuses to eat is imediately disgarded
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22-Apr-07, 12:31 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: No where close to u..... Age/Gender: 28 | | | |
Yup thats pretty much what I do........ Sorry u can't breed her this season but like u said Better safe than sorry..........
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22-Apr-07, 01:00 AM
|  | Regular Member | Join Date: Feb-07 Age: 44 | | | | thats good to know i,m geting a bredli so i will keep it in my room for 12 mths and feed it last well every think last with it and not breath near my other snakes opmv can it take up to 12 mmths to come out,? and if so no one should ever handle your snakes, cause you don,t know if thay could have it on their hands . This site and the people on it are great for learning i don,t mind a bit of a joke but i am reading and takeing in heaps of intersting facts every day thanks for imput |
22-Apr-07, 01:04 AM
|  | Mr. KLassic Subscriber | Join Date: Jul-06 Location: Sydney Gender: | | | |
IMO you can't quarantine reptiles under the same roof, let alone the same room.
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22-Apr-07, 01:11 AM
| | Regular Member | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: No where close to u..... Age/Gender: 28 | | | Quote:
Originally Posted by learning snake man  every think last with it and not breath near my other snakes opmv can it take up to 12 mmths to come out,? and if so no one should ever handle your snakes, cause you don,t know if thay could have it on their hands t | That is an interesting point ...... Is it possible that a snake can only b a carrier???? Cos I would guess that a snake which has opmv would b dead and gone much b4 12 months........ Please advice......
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22-Apr-07, 03:02 AM
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Originally Posted by gold&black... That is an interesting point ...... Is it possible that a snake can only b a carrier???? Cos I would guess that a snake which has opmv would b dead and gone much b4 12 months........ Please advice...... | from o.s. info it would suggest that yes, snakes can just be a "carrier". In regard to your other post about reputable breeders...... I have only ever bought from "them". I've had opmv in my collection, so always quarantine. I had a death (opmv) a couple of months ago and the last snake to enter my collection was almost 2 years ago.
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22-Apr-07, 04:50 AM
|  | Reptiles Galore Subscriber | Join Date: Jan-07 Location: Redcliffe, Queensland Age/Gender: 18 | | | |
I only have the 1 snake at the moment, but when I get more I'm going to keep them in a seperate room/spaced around the house so that they aren't close to each other. And not mix them up for a good 6 - 12 months just to be save with quarantine.
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1 - Yearling Male Morelia spilota (Zorro)
2 - Yearling Morelia bredli (George and Martha)
2 - Adult Antaresia stimsoni (Zoe and Zac)
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2 - Hatchling Morelia Spilota Cheynei (Tarzan and Jane)
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