salmonella scare

Warning over exotic pet sales and killer diseases in the Midlands – Sunday Mercury

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Salmonella and reptiles is a fact but logical and easy sanitation practices will prevent this!

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Bacteria & why you shouldn’t wipe your “Butt” with a Snake

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As I said earlier, reptiles and amphibians can carry Salmonella. Operative word being CAN. Dogs and cats CAN also pass on disease, but we encounter far fewer instances of fear-mongering when it comes to them.