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Post by siobhanc54 on Sept 23, 2009 11:30:55 GMT
I've just received 2 new albino retics that will be going in with the 3 I currently have, but after a recent tradgedy of new snails dying (luckily never went anywhere near my other snails) I have decided to quarantine them on their own in a tank before putting them in together
They are both active and healthy apart from one losing a chunk of shell from the edge, but I'm not taking any chances after the luck I've had lately, so any ideas on how long to quarantine for?
I know with fish I quarantine for a month which is about the average unless something shows up, same for snails?
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Post by Bumblebee on Sept 23, 2009 12:29:01 GMT
Its about a months quarantinetime for all animals i think  |
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malti
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Post by malti on Sept 23, 2009 13:17:38 GMT
quarantine comes from the word quaranta meaning 40..so its more of a month and a half
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snailgirl
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Post by snailgirl on Oct 10, 2009 2:19:30 GMT
Sorry, but, what is quarantine?  |
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Post by Bumblebee on Oct 10, 2009 9:20:05 GMT
Quarantine is like health isolation, both humans and animals can be put in this sort of isolation.
Lets say you have one snail, and want to get it a friend. Before putting the snails in the same tank, you should let your new snail live in a seperate tank so you can see wheter it is healthy or not, so it dosnt have any mites or so.
In my opinion, all cageliving animals should live in quarantine before being put together in the same cage, just to make sure that the new one isnt ill.
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Post by aerliss on Oct 10, 2009 11:21:24 GMT
The new one's I'll be receiving (thanks guys!) will get a month in their own tanks unless anything shows up. Even if you get animals from a known source it's better to be safe than sorry as some populations and species may be more immune to certain diseases than others.
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