"As I've stated before Ginger is and has always been in quarantine (except for the 3 brief encounters that we stood over and watched) - all before I started posting here. "





There may be some confusion here. Quarantine means to prevent ALL contact so that they can't tranfer diseases. It doesn't matter how closely you watch them, they can still give all kinds of bacteria to each other that you cannot see. So just by letting them even touch once, much less putting her in his cage a few times, they have already been exposed to each other's bacteria. You also mentioned that one time he "attacked" her. Assuming this means he bit her, that's another super easy way for bacteria to be transferred.



In fact if I were you, I would wait a while now to make sure Rex is all clear before you give him to someone else. If Ginger has something that you don't know about and has given it to him, then you might be giving your friend a lot of unsuspected vet expenses.



I'm not trying to be negative, just my 2 cents. Kudos to you for putting up with us, and continuing to spend time learning what you can here. There is so much to know about these guys, two years and I still learn something new all the time. Keep it up.

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• dragonz - CheriS, Sat Jan 3 10:29:48 2004
• RE: dragonz - dragonz, Sat Jan 3 16:17:29 2004
• Okay, I can see what you think they are saying - CheriS, Sat Jan 3 20:20:43 2004
• RE: Okay, I can see what you think they are saying - DRAGONZ, Sat Jan 3 22:17:35 2004
• Make sure the sample does not get in the water - CheriS, Sat Jan 3 22:34:55 2004
• Also, I am sorry this started off bad, people on here for the most - CheriS, Sun Jan 4 00:31:04 2004
• a little FYI - kephy, Sat Jan 3 22:41:27 2004