You're absolutely right about salmonella; I have to be meticulously careful about not spreading it. I religiously clean my hands and arms so much that I should buy stock in soap and hand sanitizer.
Nothing wrong with a little overkill. I've just always wondered how birds and reptiles coexisted, but now that I know they do, in fact, carry salmonella, it may not be possible for me to adopt one someday because of my crappy immune system. No worries, I can still admire them from afarYou're absolutely right about salmonella; I have to be meticulously careful about not spreading it. I religiously clean my hands and arms so much that I should buy stock in soap and hand sanitizer.
All my herps are housed in the living room, and I take care to ensure that surfaces are clean and sanitary, since the fids and other pets do visit that room.
My lizards and python are handled and let out to roam regularly, which means I'm cleaning pretty much constantly. When Panzer was climbing on my sofa (and me) last night, I had blankets spread over the entire surface so he didn't make contact with the cushions, then when he went back to his terrarium, I put all the blankets in the wash on the sterilise cycle, changed my clothes, then sprayed the sofa with F10 and wiped down the floor before hopping in the shower. It's the same routine every time a herp comes out to play.
Overkill? Maybe. But having 13 pets makes you kinda nuts anyway.
Oh that's neat! I like the humid hide, lol. I do a similar thing for my pacman frog, he's got one of those plastic hamster houses filled with moss (which he refuses to leave, lol).At the moment he's in a 7 foot long wooden terrarium I originally built for someone else, but in the spring I'm going to make him a new and bigger one, since it's not very wide and he can't really utilise vertical space by climbing, being blind. I also want to have his new one better waterproofed, since he requires much higher levels of gradient humidity than the Savannah monitor who was originally going to live in it.
Outside of his tank, he has a massive humid hide (tupperware storage bin with a fogger, lol) and a basking lamp in my living room for when he's exploring. He's already spoiled.
If it helps, I have an immunodeficiency disease and I've never caught salmonella, despite having reptiles for well over a decade. You probably wouldn't even need to be as excessive as me to stay safe!Nothing wrong with a little overkill. I've just always wondered how birds and reptiles coexisted, but now that I know they do, in fact, carry salmonella, it may not be possible for me to adopt one someday because of my crappy immune system. No worries, I can still admire them from afar
Yeah I think people are more likely to get it from their food than reptiles honestly.If it helps, I have an immunodeficiency disease and I've never caught salmonella, despite having reptiles for well over a decade. You probably wouldn't even need to be as excessive as me to stay safe!
Oh! I'll mention it to my doctor during my next appointment.If it helps, I have an immunodeficiency disease and I've never caught salmonella, despite having reptiles for well over a decade. You probably wouldn't even need to be as excessive as me to stay safe!
Male tegus have the biggest ol' jowls. Pudgy boys.That's a nice P&W Tegu you have there.
I love his fat cheeks!
