Quarantine: Diseases and Parasites

[Sonorantree]

Hi All,
I keep reading about how we should avoid wild caught specimens because they may be carrying "diseases and parasites". Also, don't feed any wild caught insects to your tarantulas because they might be carrying "diseases and parasites" (I understand the pesticide issue and am not addressing that)
My question is, have any of you encountered "diseases and parasites" from wild caught tarantulas or feeder insects? I searched the Internet and came up with only one paper on this:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222007340_Parasites_of_Tarantulas_Theraphosidae
So, it seems that there could be a real threat. Have you seen any direct evidence?
If so, how do you quarantine your collection of 20 or 30 or 90 tarantulas so that a new arrival doesn't infect the whole batch and leave you spiderless?
This being said, I really like the idea of captive bred specimens and feeder insects! I think it is the best way to go! But, if I come across a nice large female of a species I'm interested in keeping while out in the wilds, well, out comes the deli cup!

 

[MassExodus]

I'm the same way, wild caught doesnt concern me much. You can examine wild caught specimens for parasites, just not internal ones. I collected a group of local scorpions and ended up releasing them, they all had red mites on them. The spiders Ive caught look healthy. I have a C lividus thats wc, also a C marshali, an H paucidens. No issues so far.

 

[kormath]

Personally I would keep the WC, put it in a different room for a few weeks to be sure it's not contaminated or infested somehow, if that's possible. I can't do that so i won't own any WC, i don't want to take the chance and my luck has always been i'm the 1% **** happens to