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Can a BP catch a common cold?
Hey BP.net!
Just wondering if a BP can catch a common cold. I have a cold at the moment and was wondering if I should refrain from handling him.
Thanks,
Fatal
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Re: Can a BP catch a common cold?
No worries you can not pass a cold along to your snake.
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Re: Can a BP catch a common cold?
Originally Posted by TomC
No worries you can not pass a cold along to your snake.
Source? I figured as much... but couldn't find any resource to prove it.
Cheers,
Fatal
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Reptiles and mammals have completely different disease and they cannot pass between each other.
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Re: Can a BP catch a common cold?
Yup, there's no way your bp can catch diseases from you.
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can they get colds?
when i have my bp around my neck and it's just chilling there i hear him sniffle and sneeze some times. the other day he squeaked too
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Re: can they get colds?
Originally Posted by Eric Williams
when i have my bp around my neck and it's just chilling there i hear him sniffle and sneeze some times. the other day he squeaked too
What are your temperatures and humidity? It sounds to me like he's comning down with a respiratory infection. Do you see any mucous in the mouth or around the nostrils?
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Yeah sneezing and wheezing is BADDDDDD!! That sounds like a RI for sure.
Yeah a reptile cannot catch a disease from a mammal, hence why it's ok to feed a sick rat to a snake, the protein is the same and they can't catch anything.
I don't have any sources except for the vets that i asked, they all confirmed.
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Re: Can a BP catch a common cold?
Originally Posted by Fataltix
Source? I figured as much... but couldn't find any resource to prove it.
Cheers,
Fatal
Animal genetics and herptile biology is resource enough.
Asking can a BP catch a cold is like asking can can a human catch an RI
Though upper respiratory infections are found in both species, the bacteria or virus in a certain species can effect or infest another.
That is why you can care for you RI snake without getting sick but must move it away from other snakes.
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Re: can they get colds?
Originally Posted by Eric Williams
when i have my bp around my neck and it's just chilling there i hear him sniffle and sneeze some times. the other day he squeaked too
That is a problem......
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