Other Pets

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Originally Posted by danielwilu2525

I have a habit of washing my hands after touching ANYTHING, I'm a germ freak lol.

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Well hello there fellow germaphobe :D

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

While there is the scent of rodent in the air, is really the difference. I think any of mine would go for something warm if I have a rat thawing in the room, whether a rabbit or my hand or a puppy. LOL

On any normal occasion that isn't feeding day though, anything is safe as long as there is no rats or mice smells. In addition, rabbits are not actually rodents, so their scent is quite different.

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I have been schooled. I have just been made aware that my definition of a rodent is 100 years old. I believe she will still eat it. Might pick one up tonight and find out for sure if she will take it with no rats in the room.

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Originally Posted by redshepherd

Well, I have my lionhead bunny in my snake room. Since my snakes (two ball pythons and a dumeril's boa) don't eat rabbits for their usual meals, I don't think they recognize the scent as food. I handle my bunny and then handle my dumeril's boa right after. They don't really give a crap.

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Still, be very careful with that. Boa species will eat rabbits, including Dums, once they are large enough.

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Originally Posted by AbsoluteApril

Still, be very careful with that. Boa species will eat rabbits, including Dums, once they are large enough.

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Yeah! I believe once boa constrictors or dums are large enough to see it as food, it's potentially dangerous. But ball pythons though...

It depends how big the bunny is. . .my girl is 6 pounds and I don't think any BP has a chance, lol :P

I buy rabbits as feeders, all sizes from 30-gram kits up through 4-5 pound rabbits for my retics.

I have offered every ball python an appropriate size rabbit fuzzy. Every one of them went EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW YUUUUUUUUUCKY!

OTOH every one of my Dums and BRB's, and all but one of my BCI's, will hit a rabbit feeder like the fist of an angry god.

Now, I'm not saying that your ball python won't suddenly decide to give rabbit a try but I think it's unlikely.

I would never handle a Dum or other boa with a rabbit even in the house, bunny is very pungent compared to rat.

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Originally Posted by Willowy

It depends how big the bunny is. . .my girl is 6 pounds and I don't think any BP has a chance, lol :P

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Same, my bunny boy is 5 lbs!

Haha :D

Over the years we've seen several threads dealing with some form of interaction / mixing of furry pets with scaly pets. Some of them were even accompanied by pictures (like the guy who let his BP ride on his dog's back). Pretty much, the Borg Collective has ruled that the mixing of fur and scales is a bad day waiting for a place to happen.

Your mileage may vary...

I'll weigh in for what its worth.

I have come in from butchering rabbits, and handled the cornsnake and rosy boa with merely a handwash (still lightly spattered all over otherwise), and never had a problem. Maybe sounds weird, but sometimes the corn just wants out, and I'll put him out on the front porch for a little exercise. I can always clean up better later.

I'm out every morning and evening feeding the livestock. I handle the bunnies whenever I'm in with them so they aren't so scared when I take them out for slaughter. To a good nose, I probably stink of rabbit (and other animals) most of the time.