It's interesting that almost every article of scientific or medical basis refers almost entirely to either venomous snakes or to wild snakes (or both). Wonder if there is a way to find out if there have been any cases of tetanus at hospitals where the cause was a pet (non-venomous) snake?
It seems like tetanus is a contagion that would be present due to contamination of the snake's prey/environment such that it becomes present in the mouth and thus transmittable to a human via a bite.
I would think that most captive bred snakes would never have a chance to pick up the bacteria due to lack of exposure to substrates or prey that have been exposed... unless it is something that could be passed mother to egg/hatchling?
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