My dad and I can't figure it out, so my family's placing bets. Somebody hurry before somebody starts fighting or something... xDDD
2007-02-24 14:24:22 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Rabies (Latin, rabies, "madness, rage, fury") is a viral zoonotic disease that causes acute encephalitis (inflammation of the brain) in mammals.
I also know from my own studies that there is difference between reptilian, avian and mammalian nerve structure and the virus cannot travel down the nerves of birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles as it can in mammals, but I'm not searching through my texts for the source right now. I know they have managed to 'infect' birds in labs, but the virus cannot replicate, thus making them a poor vector for the disease.Oh, reptiles also have the added bonus of being exothermic (cold-blooded) and have a body temp. too low to allow the virus to survive.
2007-02-24 15:19:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Can Snakes Get Rabies
2016-11-07 01:40:01 · answer #2 · answered by pestone 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sooo... you had a rabid raccoon, that you decided to feed to a ball python? Interesting. I've never heard of someone deliberately feeding their snake, especially such a small one like a ball python, a rabid raccoon before. What's better is that a ball python actually KILLED it. I'm calling moopoo on this one! Raccoons are notoriously aggressive animals and would certainly attack your snake. I've seen mice and small rats kill ball pythons, and don't even want to think about the type of damage that a raccoon could do, even a small one! I'd also like to point out that ball pythons rarely reach 5 feet in length and that is under the best conditions. You'd like us to believe that a ball python would go after something it would not immediately recognize as food, attack it and kill it, all under your supervision. Then it ate it. MOO POO! And for future reference, snakes can NOT get rabies. It is a "warm-blooded" disease.
2016-03-24 05:17:51 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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My dad and I can't figure it out, so my family's placing bets. Somebody hurry before somebody starts fighting or something... xDDD
2015-08-06 09:36:53 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, what a variety of answers...
NO snakes can NOT get rabies. It is a strictly mammalian disease.
2007-02-24 14:50:04 · answer #5 · answered by snake_girl85 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Any animal can get rabies. its just the odds of a snake getting it is like 1 in a 100000000000000000.
2007-02-24 14:33:04 · answer #6 · answered by steve_howard63 1 · 0⤊ 6⤋
No, a snake cannot get rabies, it has immunities toward diseases such as this due to its eating habits of various disease carrying critters and such. Just like a vulture can't get certain diseases because it is immune do to its eating habits. XD
2007-02-24 14:38:33 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
no thay train them selfs to not attack to harm for no reason no matter what
2007-02-24 14:36:01 · answer #8 · answered by caleb m 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Simple, NO.
2007-02-24 14:48:12 · answer #9 · answered by Palor 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
yes
2007-02-24 14:30:06 · answer #10 · answered by megz 2 · 0⤊ 5⤋