Indian egg-eater (Elachistodon westermanni)

[pet_snake_78]

Yep I hate that WC's come with bugs but we need more guys like you willing to work with something different!

Besides just washing my hands a lot, I've purchased nitrile gloves and booties for when I'm in the quarantine room to reduce the risk that I'll somehow drag feces infected substrate or something on my shoes. The room is carpeted so I cannot clean it as well as I'd like. It seems like without wearing gloves, something would get on my hand and then on the sink knobs and stuff when I tried to wash all the germs off.

Anyway, I know of people who import from Africa, South America, and East Asia, but I've never seen anything about a fresh shipment from India. I wonder if it's closed to the snake trade?

[PsychoSnake]

Originally Posted by pet_snake_78

Besides just washing my hands a lot, I've purchased nitrile gloves and booties for when I'm in the quarantine room to reduce the risk that I'll somehow drag feces infected substrate or something on my shoes. The room is carpeted so I cannot clean it as well as I'd like. It seems like without wearing gloves, something would get on my hand and then on the sink knobs and stuff when I tried to wash all the germs off.

I would just like to comment to be sure you know the proper technique for removing disposable gloves (I work in health care). Here's a video for anyone to watch if interested in preventing the spreading of pathogens: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4gyNAsPCbU

When am cleaning cages I use a different pair of gloves for each cage, even for my established reptiles.