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RE: Mommy's Little Helper

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Posted by: JP at Sun Aug 24 19:47:35 2008   [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by JP ]  
   

Salmonella doesn't care how close you were to the baby. The fact of the matter is, you show that pciture to your pediatrician and he is obliged by law to report you to social service. Take it as you will....

My 3 year old boy has stroked the backs of snakes then sent immediately to the bathroom to wash and disinfect his hands. There is one reported case where a baby died because dad had snakes in his lab. Dad comes home from work, after having carefully washed. Picks up baby. Baby dies fgrom bloody diahreah and kidney failure several days later. Turns out Dad draped the snake over his shoulders while cleaning the cage. When he picked up the baby 6 hours later, the baby picked up the nasties from the colar of his shirt.

I would never have come on here to dog you, but I guess I am here to support those that questioned your choice. To me, the "strike" factor is no big deal. Worst case scenario is a few little cuts....

As a rule, when my child was an infant. I cleaned snakes last thing at night and not only did I wash hands and sanitize, I also bathed as soon as I was done...

But I studied microbiology in college, so I may be a wee bit more sensitive to the dangers here. While small, they are real...

   

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