first, the strain of salmonella associated with reptiles is particularly virulent in humans. You do not need to have direct contact with the feces, as was the case in the case I mentioned. The simple and scarey fact is that children of that age are naturally immune compromised...even very small numbers of bacteria could cause serious/fatal illness. Simply washing the snake certainly did not remove bateria from the animal to any great degree. Did mom quickly change the childs clothes? If not, another opportunity for later exposure. Also, I'm not sure which if any strains of salmonella make up a natural part of the canine gut flora. With dogs, I'd me much more concerned with worms...hooks, pins, etc., etc...

Read the tenor of my posts. I never came to slam anyone and never did. I did try and offer another reason why the OPs practice may not be adviseable. Forget how bad it ooks for the hobby...I was just hoping to educate and prevent reading another horrible story in the newspaper....

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• Mommy's Little Helper - luvmyhydra, Sat Aug 23 13:45:00 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - dandjreptiles, Sat Aug 23 14:01:26 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - luvmyhydra, Sat Aug 23 14:04:11 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - jyohe, Sat Aug 23 14:20:54 2008
• who are you guys to criticize - bloodsrock21, Sat Aug 23 18:37:29 2008
• RE: who are you guys to criticize - luvmyhydra, Sat Aug 23 19:21:45 2008
• Here's the deal... - jespythonz, Sat Aug 23 19:41:14 2008
• RE: Here's the deal... - toshamc, Sat Aug 23 20:25:24 2008
• RE: Here's the deal... - luvmyhydra, Sat Aug 23 20:35:01 2008
• RE: I wouldn't be putting a baby - gant77, Sat Aug 23 21:20:29 2008
• Maybe.... - JackJebus, Sun Aug 24 06:13:40 2008
• RE: Was that a reply to me JackJebus??? - gant77, Sun Aug 24 16:07:45 2008
• RE: Was that a reply to me JackJebus??? - JackJebus, Sun Aug 24 20:21:14 2008
• RE: Was that a reply to me JackJebus??? - TomChambers, Sun Aug 24 22:13:49 2008
• nevermind the kid... - chonjoepython, Sat Aug 23 20:35:55 2008
• RE: nevermind the kid... - JenH, Sat Aug 23 21:20:43 2008
• RE: Here's the deal... - jyohe, Sat Aug 23 22:21:12 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - Emberball, Sun Aug 24 00:07:14 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - luvmyhydra, Sun Aug 24 00:09:51 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - toshamc, Sun Aug 24 00:19:49 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - luvmyhydra, Sun Aug 24 00:37:55 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - irishanaconda, Sun Aug 24 00:51:58 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - luvmyhydra, Sun Aug 24 00:55:01 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - boxienuts, Sun Aug 24 01:45:46 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - JP, Sun Aug 24 19:47:35 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - toshamc, Mon Aug 25 11:08:51 2008
• couple things... - JP, Mon Aug 25 11:20:34 2008
• RE: couple things... - luvmyhydra, Mon Aug 25 11:25:32 2008
• RE: couple things... - toshamc, Mon Aug 25 12:30:16 2008
• Cute pics - JackJebus, Sun Aug 24 06:01:59 2008
• RE: Cute pics - JP, Sun Aug 24 19:54:36 2008
• Well then I guess were ok........... - vcaruso15, Sun Aug 24 21:05:56 2008
• RE: Well then I guess were ok........... - JP, Sun Aug 24 21:24:34 2008
• RE: Well then I guess were ok........... - luvmyhydra, Sun Aug 24 21:29:19 2008
• RE: Well then I guess were ok........... - luvmyhydra, Sun Aug 24 21:31:05 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - rapture, Sun Aug 24 21:36:00 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - luvmyhydra, Sun Aug 24 21:49:12 2008
• Wow....just wow...that is all.... - JP, Sun Aug 24 22:06:31 2008
• RE: Wow....just wow...that is all.... - grunt_11b, Mon Aug 25 01:52:43 2008
• RE: Wow....just wow...that is all.... - luvmyhydra, Mon Aug 25 02:04:34 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - AndrewPotts, Mon Aug 25 12:01:01 2008
• RE: Mommy's Little Helper - BallPythonLuver5, Sat Sep 6 14:22:22 2008