Quarantine questions...

[Eliza]

I have some general questions regarding quarantine.

1) Should birds be quarantined from other animals? As a precaution, I've been keeping Cricket (brought home 9/17) and Beetle (brought home 10/2) in seperate rooms. I wash my hands between feedings and what not; if I am handling one, I go so far as to change me shirt before moving onto the next.

2) What is the length of time for quarantine? When I had hedgehogs the standard was 30 days. In regards to birds, I've been reading 30, 45, 60 and 90 days.

Thanks so much!

[Franciscus]

I don't think it is necessary to keep these two vastly different creatures apart from each other. I doubt that there are any diseases that could be passed from one to the other