Quarantine questions

Wdt77

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Could anyone recommend a care sheet or article that details how to properly quarantine new hatchlings before adding them to your current ones.
Specifically how long and should they be in separate rooms within the house.
 

Millerlite

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Could anyone recommend a care sheet or article that details how to properly quarantine new hatchlings before adding them to your current ones.
Specifically how long and should they be in separate rooms within the house.
When I get a new tortoise I will set up a separate enclosure and the new tortoise or turtle will spend 6 months inside. If it is a new species of course I just set up a new enclosure and never introduce it to a different species enclosure

Kyle
 

daniellenc

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3-6 months separate enclosures and separate areas. Always feed, water, bathe, and handle your established tort first. Then wash hands and tend to the newbie.
 
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