This may be a silly question about quarantine

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I recently moved yards and my mare is out of quarantine. A new companion for her is arriving soon so my question is, after safety issues have been addressed and they have "met" in a controlled environment, could I quarantine them together? Is there any reason not to do this given that I don't want my existing horse spending any more time on her own?
 
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You would be risking the first horse (now out of quarantine) catching any potential disease the second horse (in quarantine) has. If both horses are yours and you want to put the first back in to quarantine and there is room, I'd guess that's up to you if you want to risk it. Quarantine is to keep unknown health status stock from known healthy stock. Would your new yard allow it?
 
Blurr said:
You would be risking the first horse (now out of quarantine) catching any potential disease the second horse (in quarantine) has. If both horses are yours and you want to put the first back in to quarantine and there is room, I'd guess that's up to you if you want to risk it. Quarantine is to keep unknown health status stock from known healthy stock. Would your new yard allow it?
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I'm not sure, thought I'd sound people out before asking. I just hate isolating horses so much and mine's been on her own for too long already. New pony's background makes it pretty low risk.
 
I only have 2 horses, kept at home. As the risk is all mine, I don't quarantine, unless I believe there is a specific risk, or if there is another reason such as a sick horse, or horse who is weak.

Goodness me, H keeps going off to camp where they are all slung in together in an American Barn type arrangement, where they sniff through the bars. I also have regular holidays where my horses go to separate yards (each is best for the individual horse) where they are both turned out individually but aboe to touch noses over fencing with unknown (to me) horses. I'd be quarantine-ing all of the time when they come home!

I appreciate that quarantine is a good idea in a big yard, but I think your idea of keeping both of yours together is a reasonable one.
 
Sounds reasonable to me unless there’s any particular risk with the new horse. I don’t think any yard I’ve been on has done a proper quarantine even one that had resting race horses in and out of the place. Good luck with your new horse.
 
My friend went to a big show and came back with a strain of equine flu and everyone got it at their yard. They were in lockdown for 2 months.

The show didn't disinfect the boxes after each use. She phoned them up to ask they confirmed they didn't.

On facebook a week after another show had been held at the same place and people were asking if any horses had been ill as other horses had caught it.

If you are stabling overnight take some Virkon with you and clean the stable before bedding down to try reduce the risk.
 
Thanks all. As you can see from the time I posted this thread I am worrying a lot about this! I'm petrified of the new horse bringing something onto the yard (unlikely as this is) because I know this does not go down well even if you did everything you could have done, but in that awful eventuality I would honestly rather mine was exposed too so they can be managed together. Isolation is so awful for horses.
 
I'd personally keep them apart until the new horse has done their respective isolation.

I speak as someone who ended up paying a fortune in vet's bills for mine due to a low risk new horse not properly quarantining. We were probably unlucky but if you have the option to quarantine, it's sensible to, IMHO.
 
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