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tasha,
i was the one who posted the subject "female not eating", the snake went through a 10 day quarantine, had blood and fecal done. healthy snake....i know at least enough to do that much....but thanks for assuming i didnt......:-p hehe

p.s.----she has been seperated for 2 days now and i will try to feed her again tonight...

is a new snake. You should be looking at a 3 month quarantine.
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Jay A. Martin

LOL - standard procedure is at the very least one month preferably 3 months, but if you think 10 days is good, well they are your snakes. I didn't assume anything, simply stated that any herp vet that would tell you its ok to house a snake with an unknow history with an established snake (without the appropriate quarantine period and tests) is in my book incompetent.

By the way two days in a separate cage is probably not enough time, when you move snakes out of their familiar environment, it takes them a while to settle in. Of course she could be hungry enough to eat, but don't expect it for a nother week or two.
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Tosha

8.13.0 Ball Python (Harry and Fluffy and currently un-named)
0.2.0 Feline (Pippen and Pandora)
0.0.1 Dessert Tortoise (Pope)
7.9.5 Fish (1,2,3,4...)
0.0.1 Frog rescued from pool skimmer
0.0.2 Lizards rescued from pool skimmer

well thank you for the info, sometimes i do wonder if the doc has a clue what he is doing, but the plaque on his wall says it all right??? geezzzz......i will try to feed her tonight, if she dont eat i will try again next week, but like you said she could be hungry enough to eat anyways!! thanks again!!

p.s.---doc told me a week was long enough...filth flarn flarn filth!!! @#%^*??@!?!?!

Vets have a general knowledge of common animals - dogs, cats, etc. Most do not have very much knowledge in certain species - reptiles being one of them. I used to get quite a bit of free service/meds for educating my old vet. He was willing to learn, so I give him credit.
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Jay A. Martin

he knows alot about reptiles, he is just alittle too carefree, ya know? he's always like "she's fine, quite worryin" He doesnt get too upset when somethin dies, but i do, so i do worry alot. He says he took a reptile care and anatomy class in puerto rico in the early 90's. He has a plaque and stuff from there so i guess it is legit? anyways thanks for the help guys and gals!!

As long as he completed a weekend course fifteen years ago, I'd say he's more than qualified.

Chris
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“Next time don't buy $10K worth of snakes out of the back of a van!” -- Toshamc

lol!! good one!

Hi everybody!

-Imp