Posted By: Anonymous
Salmonella possibility??? - 09/21/08 04:58 AM
I've just read a few articles on salmonella transmission from (pet)gliders to humans (though rare). These are medical vet research articles, not gossip, yet I've never seen anything posted here with any such reference. We have a box turtle so we are very careful about washing precautions with that, and that reality is pretty well publicized, but gliders?? Actually mentions in one article to not bring glider items (food, wheel) into kitchen because of possible contamination. While I try to keep my kids from putting the "kitchen" on the counter while cleaning it, they sometimes forget and ALWAYS have cleaned the critter dishes and kitchen in the sink. We also don't take huge precautions with washing hands, and obviously that's a moot point when you've had a glider crawling all over you anyway. I'd like to think I'm off base here, but the research and validity of sources says otherwise. Someone put my fears to rest....