Re: Ball Pythons and Latex
what newspaper are you using? i use one called the greensheet i think that i get from a gas station all for free and my hands never go black from the ink. but i don't think latex will harm a snake.
Re: Ball Pythons and Latex
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JaGv
what newspaper are you using? i use one called the greensheet i think that i get from a gas station all for free and my hands never go black from the ink. but i don't think latex will harm a snake.
My family gets the Houston Chronicle every day. I always keep the Sunday paper and the recycle the rest. My fingers turn black pretty easily from that paper. Ironically enough, my snake bellies stay white (I have a mostly white cornsnake and she never has ink marks on her).
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The Serpent Merchant
I've used latex gloves with my snakes in the past. None of mine had any reaction to them.
Thank you! I didn't think there would be a problem, but I just wanted to double check before I went touching all my snakes and them have a bad reaction to it.
Re: Ball Pythons and Latex
Vets use latex gloves when they handle snakes on a checkup and such
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snakehobbyist
My family gets the Houston Chronicle every day. I always keep the Sunday paper and the recycle the rest. My fingers turn black pretty easily from that paper. Ironically enough, my snake bellies stay white (I have a mostly white cornsnake and she never has ink marks on her).
You know why that is, right? Snake scales aren't porous like our skin. The ink has nothing to stick to. Really nifty, don't ya' think? :D
But, yeah. Like said above, the vets use latex gloves during handling of creatures, so you should have nothing to worry about.
Sure do wish I had had some whenever I cleaned out the mulch. I got that crap all under my fingernails, not to mention the micro-splinters I attracted that NEVER bothered anyone else. Ugh!
Re: Ball Pythons and Latex
Latex is fine. However, if you have access to the nitrile gloves you might as well use them. I personally use the blue nitrile gloves in our shop with no problems.