Ever gotten Salmonella from your reptiles?

[DM1975]

One of my ball pythons likes to give kisses, and he also likes to crawl all around your face and I have never been sick from one. But then again I have also had to sleep in palm groves in Iraq getting pooped on by pigeons during the bird flu scare and never got sick from that either.

I am not even that careful about washing my hands after touching my snakes (after cleaning the cages I am though) I guess I just have a real good immune system.

[SlitherinSisters]

Nope, never heard of it happening either, not even from eggs. Most people don't even know that the part of the egg that carries Salmonella is the yoke. How many people eat "gooey", sunny side up, or soft boilded eggs?!!!!!

People are crazy

[llovelace]

Nope, never heard of it happening either, not even from eggs. Most people don't even know that the part of the egg that carries Salmonella is the yoke. How many people eat "gooey", sunny side up, or soft boilded eggs?!!!!!

People are crazy

I do

[kazboots]

I have handled many animals in the animal shelter, reptile lab, and at home and have never gotten salmonella from any animal let alone reptiles.If I haven't gotten sick(except one bout with ringworm) from being bitten by feral cats and cleaning up the most disgusting of housepets at the shelter, I doubt I am going to to get any disease from my reptiles.

[h00blah]

i like how 0 ppl have gotten salmonella

[sg1trogdor]

I see I am alone in this. While I am not 100% sure it was from my snakes, I do recall not washing my hands before eating and then I was out for almost 3 week. It was hands down torture. Imagine the most severe stomach flu you have ever had and multiply that by 50 lol. I could eat drink or sleep for almost 3 weeks. Everytime I tried I would be up a few minutes later to.... lets say evacuate everything. But this whole situation was my fault.

[frankykeno]

Chris, it may well have been transmitted because you didn't take the proper precautions. I think no one is saying that it can't happen. Just that it is statistically rare (salmonella being far more of an issue with food prep) and that with simple hygiene routines it's not something to really fret over.

Sorry you got so sick.

[adrenalinejunkie]

I never have gotten it but my little cousin did from her father's bearded dragons.

The doctor they went to said it most likely came from the crickets and it was merely the result of not promptly washing her hands; shes like 3 years old and catches the escaped crickets around the house so it's hard to monitor washing her hands every time. She is also highly succeptible to environmental illnesses (wide variety of allergies) so her immune system isn't the best to begin with.

[Raptor]

Thanks for the replys folks. I also voted no; although, I haven't had reptiles for that long. I do however have their distant cousins: birds. Mainly chickens and a cockatiel. Lol. Used to hatch chickens out of eggs and keep the chicks in my room. WOuld emss with em then go eat. Never got sick.

[sg1trogdor]

One is the loneliest number that you'll ever do
Two can be as bad as one, its the loneliest number since the number one
No is the saddest experience you'll ever know
Yes is the saddest experience you'll ever know
cause one is the loneliest number that you'll ever know
one is the loneliest number even worst then two
yeah
its just no good anymore since you went away
now I spend my time just making up rhymes of yesterday
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
since you went away
since you went away
(one is the loneliest number since you've gone away)
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
since you've gone away
Its just no good anymore since you went away
now I spend my time just making up rhymes of yesterday
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
one is the loneliest number
since you went away
since you went away

lol