Ever gotten Salmonella from your reptiles?

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Yes you're a freak.

Haha...all dancing banana's are freaks...thanks for posting this thread. I don't know how to do it, so I appreciate it. Hopefully this freak has been helful to the OP

[BPelizabeth]

NO thank goodness...but I have gotten it from banana pancakes...it was the worst thing ever!! UGH

[Moofins07]

Many of you will probably think this stupid, but, aside from kissing my BP on the head and such, I've actually put her whole head in my mouth before (I like looking weird, take it or leave it).

Never have I felt sick afterward. I use my little bottles of hand sanitizer, but rarely after holding my snake. But ALWAYS after handling the mice and their dishes and whatnot. They are more unsanitary than my snake, if you ask me.

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Many of you will probably think this stupid, but, aside from kissing my BP on the head and such, I've actually put her whole head in my mouth before (I like looking weird, take it or leave it).

Never have I felt sick afterward. I use my little bottles of hand sanitizer, but rarely after holding my snake. But ALWAYS after handling the mice and their dishes and whatnot. They are more unsanitary than my snake, if you ask me.

You have to remember that the infection is in the fecal matter. Snakes usually move away from void, but it 'could' be on their head and face, but unlikely. I think if you enjoy that kind of closeness with your animal, thats fine.

I would kiss all over Muffin, but I am terrified of germs in general let alone Salmonella.

[olstyn]

Never gotten it that I know of, which is to say that if I ever have, it must have been a very mild case. I always wash my hands after handling any reptiles or their enclosures or accessories, and before handling them if I have any reason to believe I have anything on my hands that could be harmful to them. I also don't ever kiss/lick/whatever reptiles or any of their stuff.

Proper precautions for the win and all that.

[SiscoReptiles]

Snakes may move away from the void in the wild, but in a small enclosure they are sure to come back to it very quickly. It's unlikely a keeper (any of us) is able to get all voids cleaned out immediately after they happens. With all the ball pythons I have, I do occassionally need to clean speared poo off a bin wall and the snake.

It is pretty likely to get voided matter on its head unless you get every single void out of the enclosure immediately.

Rick

You have to remember that the infection is in the fecal matter. Snakes usually move away from void, but it 'could' be on their head and face, but unlikely. I think if you enjoy that kind of closeness with your animal, thats fine.

I would kiss all over Muffin, but I am terrified of germs in general let alone Salmonella.

[Chocolate Muffin's]

Snakes may move away from the void in the wild, but in a small enclosure they are sure to come back to it very quickly. It's unlikely a keeper (any of us) is able to get all voids cleaned out immediately after they happens. With all the ball pythons I have, I do occassionally need to clean speared poo off a bin wall and the snake.

It is pretty likely to get voided matter on its head unless you get every single void out of the enclosure immediately.

Rick

Agree.....

[Aeries]

I was once told that samonella wasn't good for reptiles either, and that the reptile had to be sick for the samonella to harm you. Anyone know if that's based in fact at all, or maybe just exaggerated?

and to contribute. Never had any problems. Usually wash hands afterwards, but not always. Cuddle/kiss and such.

edit- another common thing I've heard is that turtles are more likely to pass it than other reptiles. Fact or bs?

[shaggie]

Never from a reptile and I have a tortoise but have gotten it from school when younger and from burger king

[musicalKeyes]

Well, I've never got sick enough from it to notice, despite all of my animals being in my room, and going to/volunteering on a farm since I was two. I keep a tub of Clorox wipes near the mice, who are so much dirtier than my BPs, and I always use those or wash my hands after handling them, and everything's kept pretty neat and clean. But my snakes hang out on my bed with me all the time, my friends hold them, the travel around the house with me or my mom... and no one's gotten sick yet, knock on wood. I've had chickens for years, hatched and raised in our bathroom or the basement, and I'd be much more worried about them than the snakes, they don't care what they step in, at least the snakes try to avoid their poop. And honestly, I can't imagine getting it now after years and years of eating a quick sandwich between tours while hanging out with some baby cows.