Re: crooked toe

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Posted by val on October 16, 2000 at 16:51:48:

In Reply to: crooked toe posted by Sarah on October 16, 2000 at 15:46:01:

:Sarah- To answer two questions-You can clean any receptacle for "poop" by using 3 parts water to 1 part bleach. That should disinfect anything you have for your critter. Next, reptiles carry Salmonella and can pass it on to you at any time-therefore you should always wash your hands after handling your animals. If you are ill you should be careful about getting too close to your animals. Reptiles don't really exhibit symptoms of salmonella, they are just carriers. As far as I know the symptoms are similar to flu symptoms in humans.You can make your animals sick sometimes depending on what you might have,so just be careful!Hope that helps a little.

I noticed recently, that one of phil's front toes is crooked at the joint. Is there anything I can do to help him? It doesn't seem to be painful or bother him. I'm not sure wether I should leave it alone, or if I need to do something about it.
: Antoher question. What should I use to disenfect his water pan which he poops in all the time? I don't want to use any dangerous chemicals.
: One more question. What are the symptoms of salmonella in an ig, and in a human. I'm pretty sick right now, but I think its just the flu, I want to be sure though. Also,is the flu transmissable from human to iguana? Can't be too careful :)

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: :Sarah- To answer two questions-You can clean any receptacle for "poop" by using 3 parts water to 1 part bleach. That should disinfect anything you have for your critter. Next, reptiles carry Salmonella and can pass it on to you at any time-therefore you should always wash your hands after handling your animals. If you are ill you should be careful about getting too close to your animals. Reptiles don't really exhibit symptoms of salmonella, they are just carriers. As far as I know the symptoms are similar to flu symptoms in humans.You can make your animals sick sometimes depending on what you might have,so just be careful!Hope that helps a little. : : I noticed recently, that one of phil's front toes is crooked at the joint. Is there anything I can do to help him? It doesn't seem to be painful or bother him. I'm not sure wether I should leave it alone, or if I need to do something about it. : : Antoher question. What should I use to disenfect his water pan which he poops in all the time? I don't want to use any dangerous chemicals. : : One more question. What are the symptoms of salmonella in an ig, and in a human. I'm pretty sick right now, but I think its just the flu, I want to be sure though. Also,is the flu transmissable from human to iguana? Can't be too careful :)

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