That's a shame - it's just a case of basic cleanliness and hygiene!

You're more likely to catch it from the food you eat than the reptiles you handle!

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And remembering
Leyla - our beautiful sorrel somali, put to sleep aged 16½ to prevent further suffering

hey all

I've got 2 daughters, the oldest at 2 and a half, the youngest is nearly 1. I have no reptiles atm (have had them before and will have some again) and when my youngest was just 1 month old she took a turn for the worst, vomiting, the sts, high temps to name a few.
We took her to the local walk in centre and was told she just had the sts, after a couple of days blood appeared aswel, she was straight down the hospital for a check up and they took a stool sample. Well a couple of days later we get a phone call to say my 1 month old daughter has salmonella, well you can imagine all the terrible things you go through (blaming everybody and everything usually is a good start lol). After a couple of weeks she was all clear and was like a totally different baby, and in the end we found out that our dog was the one who passed it on (not a reptile in sight).

I can assure you it's not a nice thing to go through and we now double check everything.

like others have said, it's easy to blame a reptile

I acquired a Persian Kitten coz of a similar thing. Vet told woman cat had E.coli and if her kids caught it they could die.She then got rid of him to me,( so lucky), my vet got test results off her vet and his E.coli count was the same as all humans and animals carry. I end up with this gorgeous healthy cat and she ends up with nothing. People only hear what they want to hear

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2 African Pygmy Hedgehog(Elvis & Evie)

RIP Cassie a much loved friend

THis headline is a case of the typical knee jerk reaction most people have when it comes to reps. The first sign of trouble and the rep concerned gets the blame even if it isnt the culprit. If the woman concerned had done her research properly she would of known that it was possible for her child to contract salmonella from a snake but it is not a common incident if normal hygiene proceedures are followed. In all likelihood the baby caught salmonella elsewhere but no blame the poor rep it cant fight back at all or answer for itself.
I also have concerns about the fact that a nine year old was handling a snake unsupervised and then allowed to touch the baby or worse he was supervised but not made to wash his hands afterwards either way surely the mother is responsible for the outcome not the snake concerned. Even worse is no mention has been made of what has happened to the snake has it been rehomed destroyed or is it still in the family home?

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aye, thats true

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