Do you kiss your snake?

i've never kissed my snakes but all mine really do is flick their tongue at my face so im assuming their kissing me...lol...

My old lady kisses my snakes all time.

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

actually salmonella isn't the kind of spice i need in my life.

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I'm with you on that, having seen 2 of my friends suffer from ole Sal, one from chicken and one we can only trace back to no washing after contact with his turtles, I know better than to kiss my snakes or any other reptile for that matter. Had to go with Heck No.

Now a few may say a turtle and a snake are totaly different and they are in all but one case, turtles swim in there own poo (fact of life for them) and snakes slither over theirs so both are high risk for salmonella.

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Originally Posted by SirMontyPython

That's why I give Monty a bath after he makes the big POO. He is so cute when he dunks his little head under water. When he wants out, he just slithers out of the bucket then he slithers up to my head to dry himself in my hair. He LOVES my hair but not as much as he LOVES my glasses. As much as he loves spending time with me he will slither over to my husband when I set next to him on the couch.

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Unless you give monty a bath in antibacterial soap thats not going to save you from salmonella.

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Just thought I'd mention this as it's what killed the reptile trade in scotland almost totally when run in a national newspaper;

Its NOT only reptiles that can give you salmonella!! in fact you are far more likely to pick it up from your cat or dog who spend their free time sniffing their own and other animals cr*p, licking various orifices and then being allowed to lick childrens faces ( though thankfully not every one allows this) because people think it looks cute.

You can catch it from virtually every living thing on earth up to, and including, your girlfriend. Just drink plenty of water and consult a medical practitioner if it carries on for any length of time or if you are in a vulnerable group.

It always seems to me people are far to worried about a little infection these days - the immune system is there for a reason and for a lot of the stuff we come into contact with it works fine. You can tell this because the human race didn't die out almost instantly. But if you shield everyone from all germs then their immune system doesn't function at full efficiency and problems can develop - the last part is purely my own opinion and in no way should be taken as scientific fact by the way. :)

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Sorry about that but it hits my little trigger everytime. :oops:

If it's any consolation your body can adapt to the point of handling terrapins,frozen rats and mice and catching crickets and locusts all while eating a sannich with the other hand (gotta love working in an understaffed busy petshop) all without suffering any ill effects after only a few weeks.

In the initial stages just assure people you are on the "sh*t yourself thin" diet and make carefull notes of all public restrooms on a map in your pocket. :P

And in an unexpected veer into ontopic;

I tend not to actually kiss them much but do let them rest their heads on my nose and stare into my glasses/eyes. I have no idea why they do this but they seem to like it and it only bothers me when I'm trying to type.


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ok if you kissis you snake you will get salmonela, if you go to the tropics you can get "dengue" beacuse of the mosquito, if you go and in the sea you can get atack by a shark, and know you can get the chiken virus by eating a chiken wing. hey if we all care that much about virus and stuff I will be in a bubble lol like the sing from KLG live your life like it was the last day. jus be care full lol

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Originally Posted by recycling goddess

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My reasoning is I don't urinate on my hands when I use the bathroom. Besides urine is sterile. That said I am just touching myself. I don't know about most other guys but I scratch myself down there constantly and I don't wash. I just don't see the point. Contrary to what society and religion has been trying to brainwash the genitals aren't dirty.

Urine is sterile INSIDE the body only(which is why we do cystocentesis), and when you eliminate, the urine catches all of the bacteria and other fun stuff that has lodged itself in your urethra, which then makes it non-sterile(also why you can't do a culture on free-catch wee).

Yay for an anatomy lesson :rolleyes:

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Urine is sterile INSIDE the body only(which is why we do cystocentesis), and when you eliminate, the urine catches all of the bacteria and other fun stuff that has lodged itself in your urethra, which then makes it non-sterile(also why you can't do a culture on free-catch wee).

Yay for an anatomy lesson :rolleyes:

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But still though I bet what is in my urethra is harmless compared to what is on pay phones, restraunt utensils, etc. Either way I don't see the point in getting all worked up about germs. Bacteria is just something our body has to deal with and our body from head to toe is covered in it.

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Originally Posted by Danny Beane

Bacteria is just something our body has to deal with and our body from head to toe is covered in it.

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yeah thats true. even if you're the type of person that is "germ-phobic" that takes like 10 showers a day,you can never be 100% bacteria free.as soon as you step out of the shower,you're back to being covered in bacteria and germs as if you had never taken that shower in the first place.

No way... Not unless they took me to a movie and bought me dinner first.

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