Comments on: Your reptile can kill you? The dangers of salmonella http://freepettips.com/2008/07/your-reptile-can-kill-you-the-dangers-of-salmonella/ tips about dog cats birds and critters Thu, 21 Oct 2010 08:02:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: John http://freepettips.com/2008/07/your-reptile-can-kill-you-the-dangers-of-salmonella/comment-page-1/#comment-100 John Sat, 06 Feb 2010 15:26:30 +0000 http://freepettips.com/?p=37#comment-100 I have now contracted Salmonella 3 times in a year from my reptiles...I take every precaution to be sanitary with them but I'm also immuno suppressed which I'm supposed to avoid contact with them. I have now contracted Salmonella 3 times in a year from my reptiles…I take every precaution to be sanitary with them but I’m also immuno suppressed which I’m supposed to avoid contact with them.

]]> By: admin http://freepettips.com/2008/07/your-reptile-can-kill-you-the-dangers-of-salmonella/comment-page-1/#comment-68 admin Mon, 24 Aug 2009 19:22:46 +0000 http://freepettips.com/?p=37#comment-68 Check with the CDC, many people have contracted salmonella from reptile pets. "Reptiles, including turtles, transmit an estimated 74,000 cases of salmonellosis to people in the United States annually." http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/spotlight_an_turtles.htm Check with the CDC, many people have contracted salmonella from reptile pets.

“Reptiles, including turtles, transmit an estimated 74,000 cases of salmonellosis to people in the United States annually.”

http://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/spotlight_an_turtles.htm

]]> By: jason smith http://freepettips.com/2008/07/your-reptile-can-kill-you-the-dangers-of-salmonella/comment-page-1/#comment-66 jason smith Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:57:40 +0000 http://freepettips.com/?p=37#comment-66 Your reptile will not kill you. Ask any reptile owner or breeder and they will tell you, they have never heard of anyone contracting salmonella from there captive born or bred pets. If you don't practice proper husbandry of any pet you put yourself at risk of all kinds of parasites and viruses. Your reptile will not kill you. Ask any reptile owner or breeder and they will tell you, they have never heard of anyone contracting salmonella from there captive born or bred pets.
If you don’t practice proper husbandry of any pet you put yourself at risk of all kinds of parasites and viruses.

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