Is it important to keep hand sanitizer around when someone owns a lizard as a pet?
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- yes reptiles including lizards carry salmonella among other diseases.
What makes it necessary to clean your hands after handling a lizard?
- lizards carry diseases on their skin, one would want to wash to keep from contracting any diseases from the lizard.
Does this apply to just certain lizards, or all?
- one should always be cautious as any lizard may or may nor be carrying a disease.
What could have happen if I had forgotten to comply with this rule?
- you could contract a disease like salmonella (salmonellosis)
What is it about lizards that make them different from other pets?
- well.. their lizards, but one should be safe and clean with all pets.
Is there something on their skin that is hazardous to humans? Or should I be sanitizing after coming into contact with any pet?
- salmonella could be on their skin so with safety in mind one should always be washing one hands. the risk of contracting a disease as a keeper of a lizard as a pet increases this risk so additional precautions should be taken, like the usage of hand sanitizer after touching the lizard.
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M$There is no reason to fear the animals because of this, however. It's completely safe to have lizards as pets as long as you follow some basic health practices. And I currently own a mali uromastyx :)
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