Quarantine. Am I doing it right?

[reptinate]

Hey guys and gals,

Just some questions on quarantine. I read previous threads on it before getting my two new stimsons from snake ranch on Thursday. I just want to know if I've got everything right.
I've got them in the spare room across from my bedroom, where I have my bredli.
I have different feeding equipment I will be using for them.
Always handle and feed them after I handle and feed my bredli. Always wash hands.
And I plan on quarantining them for 3 months.

Am I doing it correctly? Do I have to wash my clothes and have a shower before going from the spare room, to my bedroom? That would be a pain. Should I treat for mites, and should I worm them?

Also curious. Is it necessary to worm your reptiles regularly?

Thanks

 

[Chris1]

sounds pretty good to me,..but id probably go a bit longer.

Last snakes i brought in i did the clothes change/shower/hair wash after every time i handled them or cleaned out poo or changed water, but aside from poos i just did everythign before my regular shower in the morning.

it occurred to me about a month in that the same vaccuum cleaner gets used throughout the whole house so my efforts of being anal was probably a waste of time. (i stopped vaccuming the quarantine room after that)

regarding mites, i check all animals that come in (nooks and crannies especially) very very carefully over a number of days, i prefer not to expose them to things that arent necessary.

same with worming, out of all my critters only 2 beardys have ever been wormed and that was cos of the disgusting state of the petshop crickets. if snakes are eating only thawed food its unlikely they'd ever need worming.

 

[Manda1032]

ditto, longer is better and so would putting them in another room if possible but I understand it's not always possible