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anniemm
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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 Posted - 02/07/2014 : 12:13:55
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Looking for opinions please! My CB13 Sammy is in his viv in my bedroom and is still in the settling in stage so no handling yet and two feeds down and one to go (hopefully).
Yesterday I will admit to snake-induced madness and bought an approx 18 month old corn from someone who could no longer keep him. He is in a 2ft viv in the bedroom also but in a different part of the room than Sammy. I wanted to put him downstairs but I have two very stupid cats who would spend the whole time boxing the glass windows on the viv!
Question is, have I been very stupid and put Sammy's health at risk by putting an unknown snake in the same room? The corn, to my very inexperienced eyes, looks healthy with no obvious problems but I've read that they're good at hiding bad health? Any thoughts from anyone - safe in the same room but away from each other, or run the gauntlet with the cats downstairs? |
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Kelfezond
The bearded one
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/07/2014 : 13:18:04
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Well from a quarantine point of view Sammy is at risk, if the corn has anything nasty being in the same room it'll probably transfer but I don't think a corn will transfer anything particularly nasty to a royal, maybe a RI or mites. You're right they are very good at hiding illness. However I think we've all been there before and made that mistake, 90% of the time we get lucky so I wouldn't move him downstairs to the cats yet as they've already been in the same room anything that would transfer may have already done so.
Basically it's just a case of wait and see, check the corn thoroughly for any mites, keep an eye to see if it spends too much time in it's water bowl, check the nose and mouth for anything dripping. |
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anniemm
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 02/07/2014 : 13:40:06
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| Thanks for the thoughts Kelfezond. Will be keeping a very close eye while kicking myself thoroughly for taking what I thought was a calculated risk. Possible infection or stressed snake with constant assault by two cats. Not my brightest moment but will know better next time! |
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Shotputtman
Snake Mite
United Kingdom
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Posted - 19/11/2014 : 17:37:20
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I kicked myself for introducing mites to my older girls. Picked up a bubba corn and checked her over, all seemed fine. Left her alone to settle for a week and when i got her out was shocked.
I wont do that again as had to treat 4 corns, vivs etc and they were in different areas of the lounge.
I have 3 Pythons being delivered next month and have set up 3 rubs upstairs in the bedroom to keep them away from the other 6 snakes.
I wont take any in without quarantine first now. |
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