2007-06-26 12:26:21 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Reptiles
Reptiles may carry Salmonella- not TB.
Wash your hands after handling the turtle, resist the urge to lick it, & you should be OK.
2007-06-26 12:41:10 · answer #1 · answered by markwedloe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Trying to keep a wild box turtle as a pet is not the smartest idea on Earth for several reasons, including the detail that it is illegal in some places.
However, you gotta wonder how a turtle can impart a respiratory disease to a human when turtles cannot really cough.
2007-06-26 17:49:06 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your friend is out of his skull.
The only thing I've ever heard of people getting from turtles is salmonella, never TB.
And that's not hard to avoid as long as you always wash your hands after handling.
With all the people taking box turtles out of the wild its only a matter of time before this slowly reproducing species goes bye-bye.
2007-06-26 12:42:22 · answer #3 · answered by Mimik 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
number two is right egg layers carry salmonella not tb. ask any health care person good hand washing with a mild antibacterial soap after handleing the turtle is all you need as salmonella is passed by body ingestion and with slight possibility through open cuts. HAND WASHING the number one prevetion to most illnesses
2007-06-26 13:29:55 · answer #4 · answered by Elizabeth G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Turtles, carry Salmonella, not TB. You can prevent getting sick by washing your hands after handling. That's all.
2007-06-26 12:43:27 · answer #5 · answered by Audrey A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've rescued a bunch of box turtles and raised them as pets before letting them back into a safer habitat then what they were in when I found them.
I've never been sick because of turtles.
2007-06-26 12:33:46 · answer #6 · answered by ~Jennifer~ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋