Wow, I am so grateful for these informative, thoughtful, and amazingly well-researched suggestions. This thread has taken a turn that I really didn’t expect but am so thankful for as I’m contemplating potential futures. Whenever I decide to get a new pet I always take a long time to research and set up habitat prior to purchasing and at this stage I’m quite far from purchasing since I haven’t begun to set up the tat. And of course my decision to buy a snake is going to depend a lot on what shakes out with my medical situation which is extremely up in the air right now. Although I had assumed a bioactive setup would be less sanitary, it is interesting to hear that there’s speculation that it might reduce shedding of salmonella. Thank you for sharing that paper [mention]Malum Argenteum [/mention]I’ll definitely take a look at it! I wonder what other husbandry practices could be used to reduce the risk of zoonotic transmission, outside of high quality cleaning and hygiene practices.
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