Do you kiss your snake (or allow your kids to)?

i usually soak in straight chlorhexadine but this called for more serious action. :P

I prefer the scented bleach, doesn't burn the nostrils as much. ;)

And yep, I actually do douse myself in chlorhexidine if I have rats or snakes in quarantine. THEN go shower, LOL. Chlorhexidine baths for everyone!

I was doing a search on Chlorhexidine and this post popped up. I know this post is a few days old but I had to chime in….Don’t we kiss our significant others? Aren’t human mouths dirty? Don’t we put our hands by our faces after touching money or other objects in the world? There are TONS of people who don’t wash their hands and then have human feces on their hands. I think, and don’t quote me on this because I don’t have the research to back it up but will find some if people want me too, that money was studied and it was found to have feces on it. To me, the world is a much dirtier place than kissing my dog or a snake (which I can’t really say that I have done, but I won’t say that in the future it won’t happen). At least I know where my snake and dogs have been, where I don’t know what is in the world that I am touching. Plus, again no quoting here until I can find the research, aren’t dogs mouths cleaner than humans? They have some sort of enzymes in there to help with cleaning out wounds; otherwise they would die of infections in the wild. My :2cent:, I don’t think it is that bad to kiss an animal.

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Don’t we kiss our significant others?

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Yes we do however significant others don't sniff or eat poop, nor do they lick their own but.

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Originally Posted by Ksovich

At least I know where my snake and dogs have been, where I don’t know what is in the world that I am touching.

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The scary fact is, you DON'T know where they've been. Are they in your sight 24/7, and kept in a plain white clean room?

Yep, the world is a positively disgusting place. You can catch all kinds of bugs from handling money or kissing someone---Mono anyone? And how many colds have you had in your life?

And you can catch just as many bugs from kissing a critter. The question is, why take the risk (especially with kids)?

We can't wrap ourselves in a plastic bubble all our lives. We do what we can to keep healthy. Some people take vitamins, some people eat an apple a day. For me... not kissing my snakes (or my cat, or my dog) is a nice preventative.

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Originally Posted by ladywhipple02

Yep, the world is a positively disgusting place. You can catch all kinds of bugs from handling money or kissing someone---Mono anyone? And how many colds have you had in your life?

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don't remind me... already feel like hell... :oops: lol

i somehow am lucky enough to contract BOTH mono and hepA at the same time... and no i dont kiss my snakes...

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Originally Posted by GA_Ball_Pythons

Yes we do however significant others don't sniff or eat poop, nor do they lick their own but.

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Okay, I am going to look this up now, but I think that dogs have something in their mouths that kill all the germs so their mouths are actually cleaner than ours are, EVEN after their lick their bums or eat poo.

You would be surprised how many people have traces of feces in their mouths and on their hands from money alone, so you can still get it from the significant other. I work at a Dr.’s office, I see LOTS of stuff. MRSA is much scarier to me than salmonella and anyone, anywhere, with open skin especially, could get MRSA because of how long it lives on surfaces.

I have more control over where and what my snakes and dogs encounter than I do with people in the world.

To each their own, if people want to do something it is their right as long as it is not hurting someone else.

Mmmmm personally I'd still rather french kiss my boyfriend than my Boxer.

I dont kiss my snakes because i dont see any reason too.

what happenes when you get salmonella? do you lose weight?
Any way, I have to say I do kiss all my reptiles.. I can't help it, but
i always wash my face and hands after..