Thank you so much for the warning. When you brought your new animal home did you put it through quarantine process?

So are you saying you have lost your entire collection?  I am sorry for your loss even if only one animal was affected.

Was a necro performed to determine that a strain of Paramyxovirus is to blame and was the strain identified?  Determining cause of death in a reptile without a necropsy is very difficult and could easily be attributed to one disease when it is actually another.  Most Paramyxoviruses are transmitted through direct contact with mucus secretions from the mouth or nose and proper quarantine and hygeine between animals would greatly lessen the loss of life from an infected animal.  It would not 100% guarantee that others in the collection did not get it, but a proper quarantine period with separate tools and sanitation before and after would usually limit loss to only the infected animal.  

Thanks for posting

Have the animals that died been tested to confirm that is the cause, or did you come to that conclusion yourself?

What is the quarentine process for you & the 14 other people that have lost animals?

I don't know you or this Jermane, but I will say this is a pretty strong accusation, if you don't have proof that it is in fact Paramyxovirus (proven by a vet) or that it did in fact come from this person. I'm sure you wouldn't want someone else doing the same to you, without proof.

Also, those that lost animals/collections might want to rethink the quarentine process (or lack of, if that's the case) when bringing in a new animal. It can be a pain to do, but a proper quarentine can prevent/reduce these types of situation a great deal.

I am sorry for your loss. I hope that you did/are getting tests done to find out for sure what caused the deaths.

yes, more detail on this.

what are the symptoms of this illness in reptiles?? is it contaigous to humans????

cainescolumbians yes i did quarentine the snakes. and you are welcome for the warning. hun73r thank you for the condolences, i lost everything. over 8,000 worth of a collection. ns yes we had a necro done. 

Someone local posted this from CL http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pet/3211054235.html

It says they have yet to find anyone who has done a necro.It also says that whatever is killing all these collections might be something else entirely.

It's a good idea to follow the quarantine/cleaning/feeding/watering suggestions listed, regardless.

Have you got vet papers from a herp vet confirming how these animals died? Tests? Necropsies? When did all of this happen? I'm sorry for your loss, perhaps you should move your collection to the "deceased" page though, so people dont' get confused and think you still have them. 

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