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View Poll Results: Do you kiss your snake(s)?
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Yes, I have no bones about admitting it. Smooch!!
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No, but I allow my kids to kiss the snake(s).
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OK, I'll admit it. I did it once.
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Never did and never will!
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Re: Do you kiss your snake (or allow your kids to)?
When I get home from work, I usually give my 2 girl cats a kiss on the top of their head, but that's as far as I go.
I don't kiss my snake, and I probably never will.
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Re: Do you kiss your snake (or allow your kids to)?
Not even boyfriend type animals? Mine acts like a monkey sometimes.
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I love Salzedo dearly, but I do not kiss him. Besides, I just don't think he would enjoy having a huge heat-radiating predator-sized creature put any part of him near its mouth.
Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski
What is better / OK - anti-bacterial, hand-washing, or either?
After handling Salzedo, or spot-cleaning his cage, or even handling the spray bottle I use to 'top up' the humidity, I use liquid hand sanitizer (like they use in hospitals) twice on my hands. Then I use anti-bacterial hand soap and wash in hot water. This is a stable regiment I do not lax in.
This above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.
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Re: Do you kiss your snake (or allow your kids to)?
Originally Posted by Skoalbasher
When I get home from work, I usually give my 2 girl cats a kiss on the top of their head, but that's as far as I go.
Would you kiss them if they were boy cats?
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I don't kiss snakes and I always make everyone who handles them wash up afterwards. Although, I have kissed cats and rabbits before (but not on the mouth). That's probably not sanitary either... I wonder where one draws the line?
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I dont kiss them, but if they come to my face, I usually let them explore a bit even if it means them rubbing all over my face (only the few that I really trust). I keep my mouth shut, and until I get sick I wont change Its amazing how many people are posting against kissing snakes but about half of the votes seem to "silently" support it...
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I don't kiss Furio but sometimes he stretches out and crawls around my face "tasting" my nose... he must not like it because he hasn't bit haha
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Re: Do you kiss your snake (or allow your kids to)?
Originally Posted by mlededee
who wants to kiss this?:
thanks, but i'll pass.
What is that????
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03-31-2008, 08:46 PM
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Re: Do you kiss your snake (or allow your kids to)?
Originally Posted by ladywhipple02
This is from another post on another site... BWSmith is a respected member of the reptile community, and he found this nice little prize... this info is NOT mine, but definately something to consider!!!!!!!
"Just a nice reminder why proper precautions should always be taken with working with reptiles. THey can harbor some pretty interesting parasites.
I found this in the cage of my male WC Mehelya capensis capensis (Cape File Snake). Admittedly, I did not recognise it and had to send out photos for ID. This is a Pentastomid, also called a Tongue Worm (because of its shape) or Lung Worm (since it lives in the lungs of the host). This particular one was about an inch long. Here is the fun part, it is zoonic (can transmit to humans). The snake caughs up and passes thousands of microscopic eggs in the water bowl and substrate. If you happen to tough the substrate, then have a snack later or wipe your mouth, you can ingest the eggs. Within hours they hatch and burrow through your intestines and migrate throughout your body organs forming cysts.
Of course, I didn't recognize it at first and it looked like a tube of worms, so I punctured it with a razor. The pressure inside the organism expelled the insides.
Did I mention that they can live in your body for up to 2 years?
Sweet dreams "
OMG!!
(I really need to learn how to quote only sections of a post!)
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