Salmonella. Have YOU caught it from your reptiles?

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I kiss my snakes, I don't care. I try to hold them at least every other day and they seem to enjoy being out of their tubs and sometimes fight with me when I try to put them up. As far as hand washing I treat it like if I had pet my dog or cat.

same here!

i wash my hands before my handling any of my snakes but that's for their benefit not mine.

i let my snakes in my bed and handle them 2-3 times a week, my girlfriend likes to kiss them also while they're out lol - never caught salmonella

sometimes my snakes want to come out, they'll be pressing their noses against the door, and if i lower it they slither right out onto my arm (well my carpet slithers up my arm and the ball python likes to crawl onto my hand). Once out, i can tell they ENJOY being out to explore for 10-20 minutes. if i put them back in too early, they slither right back onto me!