I already washed my face and eyes with dish soap that contains bleach and I'm sure that in itself will cause irritation, but AM I NOW INFECTED WITH SALMONELLA? HELP!!!!
2007-06-19 13:40:09 · 9 answers · asked by MAmom 1 in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Oh my word...any creature great or small can give us diseases if not taken care of properly... I have sucked back turtle water while cleaning their tank with the siphon hose... I am alive.......You'll be fine!!!
2007-06-20 18:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by AnimalManiac 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alright, thus far you have been given a lot of false information.
Firstly, all reptiles carry salmonella. 100% of anything scaly is infected with salmonella 100% of the time. However, it is not often in a form that it can infect you. Secondly, the "24-hour flu" or "stomach flu" is not salmonella, but rather something entirely different. Salmonella is much more serious.
That's the bad news. Here's the good news. Firstly, the water is likely not carrying salmonella viral strains, or, at least, not strains that can easily enter the human body and cause illness. Secondly, the eye is not exactly the most likely place to get infected with salmonella. As long as you weren't drinking your turtle's water, you should be fine.
In the future, in addition to added caution, I would recommend keeping a bottle of hand soap with disinfectant next to your turtle enclosure, and wash your hands before and after working in your turtle enclosure. Also, bleach in your eyes will likely cause more issues than the salmonella virus itself.
2007-06-19 23:30:58 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Odds are against it. If your turtle is kept in cyrstal clean water, the odds are very low.
Even if you DO get Salmonella, you obviously think it is a more serious disease than it is.
Salmonella shows up usually between 6 and 48 hours after exposure. It usually causes some diarrhea and some vomiting (which colds and flus rarely cause), and it usually only lasts about 24 hours.
It is usually called the '24 hour bug' or 'stomach flu'- in both cases, whenever the germ is cultured, it is almost always Salmonella.
You often hear that Salmonella can be dangerous- it MAY be if you are very young or old (usually dehydration is the risk) or immuno-compromised. Otherwise- it is really not a big deal.
2007-06-19 23:11:18 · answer #3 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Calm down, everything is fine. You are most likely not contamintaed with salmonella, not all turtles carry it. If you were, here are the ymptoms. lethargy, anorexia, and diarrhea. In chronic cases, arthritis (particularly in pigeons) may be present. With high dose infections excessive thirst, conjunctivitis along with indications of liver, spleen, kidney or heart damage can occur. Dont worry about it. I would say you are more likely to get it by touching the turtle, then fromt he water it swims in.
2007-06-19 21:56:30 · answer #4 · answered by Heather B 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you washed the eye out with soap and water you should be okay. You put bleach in your eye?
2007-06-19 20:42:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You will be fine, just wash your face with Dial soap.
2007-06-19 20:50:24 · answer #6 · answered by Big K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uh ...if your turtle is infected then you should destroy it, not all reptiles have salmonella the only reason there are a bunch out there that do is because of people who dont keep there habitats clean,feed them inproper food, buy from nonregulated sources and dont kill the animal if it is infected. do us all a fovor and kill the damnd thing if it is infected with salmonella, thanks (-:
2007-06-19 20:56:20 · answer #7 · answered by None 4 · 0⤊ 4⤋
ull b fine, ud only get salmonella if your turtle had it.
2007-06-23 17:36:24 · answer #8 · answered by robert 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Salmon's are actually fish that swim, you can eat them and cook them to a pink color. Grizzly Bears actually love to fish for them on river water falls.
2007-06-19 20:44:31 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 6⤋