Beardeddtagonlover
Hatchling Member
I'm sorry to hear that this beardies are lot of work to maintain I'm noticing
Ok, I Know this is an old thread but, I highly recommend NOT letting your beardie near the cat (in the photo background) For the reasons Kingofnobbys Listed and also Your little beardie is on a loose substrate, Right? in the photo it looks like a loose substrate.CloudyCat":2qfs0pqu said:
HippieLizards":1x8omr3x said:Ok, I Know this is an old thread but, I highly recommend NOT letting your beardie near the cat (in the photo background) For the reasons Kingofnobbys Listed and also Your little beardie is on a loose substrate, Right? in the photo it looks like a loose substrate.CloudyCat":1x8omr3x said:
I Also would highly recommend against using a loose substrate. I Would switch to tile or paper towels. Here's a previous post of mine with reasons NOT to use particle substrates: viewtopic.php?f=34&t=243890&hilit=sand#p1857889
and How is the little beardie doing lately?
My mammal-brain makes me think that there wold have to be an open wound for the saliva to effect them. However, my reptile brain says that beardie's can absorb through their skin, so that would present a risk even without an open wound.EllenD":3lt2r788 said:AHBD":3lt2r788 said:I agree that cats have a lot of bacteria in their saliva but just licking another animal or human will not cause death in almost any instance.
No, I agree, that isn't what I meant, what I meant is that all it takes to make a beardie sick from the bacteria in a cat's saliva is simply the cat licking it or even contacting it with their paws, which is true. Does it mean they will always get sick if that happens? No, but that is all it takes for it to happen, and in my experience from what I've seen here and on other forums, once that happens the beardie typically dies from the resulting infection.
All I'm trying to get across is that most people have no idea that simply coming in contact with cat saliva can result in them becoming very sick.