Here is a weird question. I was told by a friend at work that owning both snakes and dogs can, "heighten cross contamination/diseases in the snakes, dogs and even us." I have never heard of this and thought since snakes are reptiles and dogs are mammals, they're not going to carry the same possibly diseases? I've heard that snakes can carry salmonella and pass it to us, but I think that's a simple fix of washing your hands before digging in your face. I ask since I'm like many people on these boards and own a dog and a snake. This is more of curiosity than paranoia and I never have my dog near the snake anyways since he scares the crap out of him.

Thanks