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Recently got Salmonella. My friends and family blame my animals. What do you guys think?
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fluffypanda17 said:
Were you washing your hands after handling your animal's?
Were you secretly licking your torts/turtles? 
Seriously, I am sorry to hear that you had to deal with that, no fun I am sure. Well, if you handle your reptiles and touch their water, their uneaten food, their substrate--them, yes there is that chance you could have been passed the ick from them....however, if you handle dog food, poultry and a few vegetables you can pick it up as well....so, there is really no way to know for certain....
Seriously, I am sorry to hear that you had to deal with that, no fun I am sure. Well, if you handle your reptiles and touch their water, their uneaten food, their substrate--them, yes there is that chance you could have been passed the ick from them....however, if you handle dog food, poultry and a few vegetables you can pick it up as well....so, there is really no way to know for certain....
You are more likely to get it from a counter top, sponge, chicken, tomatoes, and restaurant silverware than your tortoise and reptiles... unless you keep them dirty and do not clean the enclosures often... then that may be the case. But Wash your hands after handling a possible poo covered tort
Am I to understand this is frowned upon?!ascott said:
There was a huge outbreak of salmonella on the news traced back to cantaloupes, your spell with it can't be linked to that can it?
And dont forget, cookie dough carries it!
I honestly hate when people relate Reptiles to a sickness... That is on my top 10 of pet peeves... Not every living reptile carries it, but they CAN carry it! So can a tooth brush, yet a lot of people stick those in their mouths everyday! (hopefully)
It is possible, but salmonella is in just about everything, or have access to,it would be very hard to pin it down to a single incident. If you practice basic hygiene, odds are you won't get it, and your family will probably never be convinced of it either way.
What does Salmonella do to you anyways???
dmmj said:
Oh ok :&
dmmj said:
I guess that means that I get salmonella every week .
Or maybe its just all that chipotle I eat.
Not to go to far OT but it could be IBS or Coeliac disease.Eweezyfosheezy said:dmmj said:
I guess that means that I get salmonella every week .
Or maybe its just all that chipotle I eat.
dmmj said:Not to go to far OT but it could be IBS or Coeliac disease.Eweezyfosheezy said:dmmj said:
I guess that means that I get salmonella every week .
Or maybe its just all that chipotle I eat.
Dont worry I was jk
Always wash your hands and don't lick reptile cloacas!
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It could've been from anything I agree. I don't remember if I always washed my hands after doing anything with my tortoises but I wash them every time now! I'm kinda paranoid now. Is it possible for me to do fecal tests on my tortoises to find out if they could've been carriers?
Salmonella is also called '24 hour flu' or 'stomach flu'. Diarrhea and nausea are usually Salmonellosis or one of the other common food-related poisonings. Usually nothing to worry about, clears up in a couple days. Biggest common health issue is dehydration especially in younger or older victims. There ARE however many strains of Salmonella and some are very dangerous- mostly the ones you get from stuff from dirty packing houses or processing plants.
You can test your torts, or get yourself tested next time it happens. The strains associated with reptiles are different than the strains associated with food and so on.
You can test your torts, or get yourself tested next time it happens. The strains associated with reptiles are different than the strains associated with food and so on.
Every Tortoise, Reptile, Human, etc. will shed Salmonella at any point in our lives........Anything living carries up to 12 or more different strains in the GI tract, so you myswell become paranoid about everything you touch, eat, or put in your mouth or other mucous membranes........
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Hey kids, some interesting facts! Animals near you have been found to carry menengitis, leprosy, rabies, plague, etc. There are diseases everywhere on and in everything. Can't be paranoid about everything, though.
Salmonella is no problem.
Salmonella is no problem.
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