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Why the need to quarantine new herps?

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About a month ago I had bought a early 2009 male albino boa. Absolutely beautiful animal. Upon first inspection he looked very healthy, no signs of mouth rot mites or anything out of the norm. I already had his quarantine enclosure setup and ready for him for when i got home. His quarantine enclosure is setup up in a small room next to my office which is on the other side of the house from where the rest of the herps are kept. I personally quarantine all my new herps for a min of 2 months to be extra sure. After about 2 1/2 to 3 weeks of having this awsome boy i started to notice little black dots that I hadnt seen before. **** he has mites. I dont know how I missed that for 3 weeks but at the time I had no one else in quarantine so the only explenation is that right before i had bought him he was washed down really good. Mites are extremely hard to kill and get rid of entirely. After a few days of treating the new guy I think i have finally rid him and his enclosure of mites. Thankfully I quarantine all my new herps or else I probably would have been treating 80+ enclosures in the room he is destined for.
 
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