Non-Captive Bred Animals

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After a lot of delays (I missed the two reptile shows I wanted to attend in the summer due to a broken foot!) it looks like I'm going to be buying my first python sometime in the next couple of weeks. I've spent months going back and forth between different snakes but I've finally settled on a Timor Python. I've been interested in them for a while, and have found three that are all well priced, beautifully patterned and (I'm told by the dealers) are well-behaved, i.e. they don't pee all over you. There are others available, but I've narrowed it down to these three (they're also not too far away for me to go and pick up).

Of the three, my number one choice is a captive-hatched male, currently 120cm. I also want at least one of the other two snakes. She's a 90cm wild-caught female, which I'm assured has no health problems and is feeding well. However, I only have one viv set up at the moment so hopefully she won't be sold to someone else before I get a second viv sorted out. The third snake has a really different pattern to the other two, I haven't spoken to the dealer yet but I'm guessing it's wild-caught and I don't know the sex. It would make a great addition to the group!

My only concern is that non of the snakes are captive bred. The two I really want have both been in captivity for a number of months and appear healthy (they eat well and their poop comes out the way it should), so is there any need to have them checked for parasites once they're settled in? I can probably get a fecal test done easily enough, but not sure about a blood test.

Also, I know that people regularly quarantine newly acquired animals, but what does that really mean? Is there any possibility of a WC animal passing parasites to a CH/CB animal, and if so how long should they be kept apart?

Maybe it's just me being a bit over-cautious. I once had a case of hook worms living in my right leg that I picked up when I was living on an island in Thailand (probably contracted from walking barefoot in an area with a lot of feral dogs). They took a while to get rid of and itched like crazy for months!