Can snakes pick up head/chest colds from me as easily as my friends and family? Does this mean I can't handle her while I'm still snifflin' and sneezin'? Would sprinkling vitamin powder on her rats help prevent her catching it?
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Can my boa catch my cold?
lilbitlizz
Oct 23, 2003 03:39 PM
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oldherper
Oct 24, 2003 07:18 AM
Snakes can get colds. It's doubtful that the same pathogens that give you a cold would affect your snake, but it's possible I suppose that some of them might. Giving your snake human vitamins could be dangerous, some are toxic to reptiles. The main thing is to watch the temperature and don't let them get too cold. When a snake gets too cold, it can become immune depressed and get sick.
lilbitlizz
Oct 28, 2003 07:19 PM
haha - I didn't mean human vitamins of course. I was referring to some of the various reptile vitamin powders. Lukcily I think my cold is passing, but you don't think it's likely that snakes pick up human germs that cause colds?
