Can a BP catch a common cold?

[Fataltix]

Hey BP.net!

Just wondering if a BP can catch a common cold. I have a cold at the moment and was wondering if I should refrain from handling him.

Thanks,
Fatal

[TomC]

No worries you can not pass a cold along to your snake.

[Fataltix]

No worries you can not pass a cold along to your snake.

Source? I figured as much... but couldn't find any resource to prove it.

Cheers,
Fatal

[jason79]

Reptiles and mammals have completely different disease and they cannot pass between each other.

[Alexandra V]

Yup, there's no way your bp can catch diseases from you.

[Eric Williams]

when i have my bp around my neck and it's just chilling there i hear him sniffle and sneeze some times. the other day he squeaked too

[Alexandra V]

when i have my bp around my neck and it's just chilling there i hear him sniffle and sneeze some times. the other day he squeaked too

What are your temperatures and humidity? It sounds to me like he's comning down with a respiratory infection. Do you see any mucous in the mouth or around the nostrils?

[steveboos]

Yeah sneezing and wheezing is BADDDDDD!! That sounds like a RI for sure.

Yeah a reptile cannot catch a disease from a mammal, hence why it's ok to feed a sick rat to a snake, the protein is the same and they can't catch anything.

I don't have any sources except for the vets that i asked, they all confirmed.

[MitsuMike]

Source? I figured as much... but couldn't find any resource to prove it.

Cheers,
Fatal

Animal genetics and herptile biology is resource enough.
Asking can a BP catch a cold is like asking can can a human catch an RI

Though upper respiratory infections are found in both species, the bacteria or virus in a certain species can effect or infest another.
That is why you can care for you RI snake without getting sick but must move it away from other snakes.

[MitsuMike]

when i have my bp around my neck and it's just chilling there i hear him sniffle and sneeze some times. the other day he squeaked too

That is a problem......