Being scratched by shinglebacks

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Being scratched by shinglebacks

Postby Crazy76 » Sat Nov 26, 2011 6:25 pm

Hi guys :) Should I be careful not to allow my shinglebacks to scratch me, when I hold them sometimes they get eager to crawl and I sometimes end up with small scratches on my arms. Just thinking in terms of slamonella, is it likely I could get it from their scratches? I always wash my arms after handling but is that good enough? What do u guys think?
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Postby Nae » Sat Nov 26, 2011 7:13 pm

From my own experiences, I have never had a problem - And I have got some pretty nasty scratches from wild ones! (Especially when I was little and picked up ones that where stronger then I was.)

But otherwise Im not too sure~
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Postby Crazy76 » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:03 pm

thanks for the reply Nae!, nothing has happened to me either so i guess there is not too much to worry :)
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Postby Nae » Sat Nov 26, 2011 11:44 pm

I would continue to clean the scratches, however, as human nails are known for harboring bacterias, so I can definitely see a bts' nails harboring more.

Im very sure salmonella has to be ingested, and unless you were to sit there licking your arms for whatever reason (:puzzled:), then I think all there is to worry about if you dont keep the scratches clean is infection.
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Postby Crazy76 » Sun Nov 27, 2011 2:37 am

Yeah true, I will make sure to resist licking my arms lol !!
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Postby Linnea » Sun Nov 27, 2011 3:56 am

8D in summer when i took litchie out he really dug his claws nicely into my arms......but the scratches healed within 1-2 days completely and there were no complications.
just keep them clean, as nae said...

although, if your shinglebacks crawl around in dirt, salmonella is probably among the nicest they might have xD (salmonella, isnt it only carried in their poop mainly too?)
once i dropped an agar plate from school, into the dirt, and what grew from it was very.......interesting. we have lots of good bacterias in good soil :D
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