an important subject, right?
we should always quarantine new animals, lest we expose the ones we're already attached to, to nasty pathogens and parasites that could potentially kill off our entire collection, or at least give us some extra work for a few months
there is debate as to how long, and for me that always depends on where the animal comes from
and I confess that there are sources that I trust so implicitly that the quarantine is over after the first feeding
there isn't usually that much grey area either, except for now where I have these lovely marcis, purchased from that very nice lady at the expo who impressed me with both the quality of her animals and her enthusiasm about the garters
since these are animals purchased at an expo, they would not ordinarily be housed with any others for at least six to eight weeks, yet part of me wants to break that rule because of the other factors