melly88
Well-Known Member
hey just wondering if any1 has a male water python in the gold coast/brisbane area that i can borrow??? my girl is about 5years old & from a clean home. if u would like to stud ur male out just let me know
I'm gonna get smashed for this but can anyone explain the need to quarantine in a situation like this? I do see a point and my gut just tells me this sort of thing wouldn't be a great idea. However, hypothetically if it is a friend who she knows what would the difference be between quarantining at her house or the "quarantining" that the owner has been doing for however many years they owned the snake? As an example I have a friend who has very good husbandry practices and I'd have no issue "borrowing" one of his snakes because whether it's sitting in an enclosure at my house or his makes no difference
thanks i will keep looking
For what it's worth I tend to agree with you. I often wonder what housing arrangements are used by those keepers who routinely quarantine for 12 months when they are buying multiple snakes over that period. Do they house all the quarantines together in the same building or separate them into a number of buildings, if separated, by how much, if not then all the "new" arrivals will in effect not be quarantined. If I quarantined new arrivals to separate rooms for the last 12 months I'd need a couple of more houses. A bit of judgement is called for regarding the source of the new arrival and a short period of isolation along with a precautionary parasite treatment and close observation. I'll probably get smashed too but it's worked OK for me for quite a few years.
As far as buying a mate rather than borrowing, that changes nothing, either way you have a new arrival.
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