can pythons catch scabies?

[barbermi]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone knows if pythons can catch scabies?
A mate recently got treated with scabies and he has been handling my snake a lot. Hoping pythons are immune so i dont have to stress about her catching them.

 

[wokka]

It would be highly illogical since pythons are cold blooded and humans are not.

 

[bigguy]

Scabies are a mite that burrows into your skin. What would being cold blooded or warm blooded have to do with it. It is possible if a few scabies mite got onto a snake.

 

[barbermi]

ok so my next question is can scabies be fatal to the snake? if so ill need to make a trip to adelaide to get her checked out.

 

[Chris1]

would the normal TOD treatment work on scabies mites?

 

[Helikaon]

sarcopties are host specific, but can cause irritation on other animals for a short period of time. so your snake will be fine.

 

[barbermi]

fantastic. i had her checked about a month ago and she was fine so should be ok hopefully.
thanks a lot for the replys.
ill post another thread but what age should i try introducing a mating pair of bredli pythons?
the female is about 2 and the male is around 1

 

[Colin]

A mate recently got treated with scabies and he has been handling my snake a lot..

personally I'd discourage him from that sort of stuff... but each to their own I guess :lol:

 

[redbellybite]

Hi all,

Just wondering if anyone knows if pythons can catch scabies?
A mate recently got treated with scabies and he has been handling my snake a lot. Hoping pythons are immune so i dont have to stress about her catching them.

:shock: why are you letting your beautiful little girl ,play with a dirty human like that for?:lol: