re: Whens the last time you caught a red slider

It's really all reptiles that are salmonella carriers. Turtles, bearded dragons, and geckos just tend to cause infections more commonly. But the likelihood of you catching salmonella and dying or getting seriously I'll from your pet turtle is 1,000,000x lower than dying of covid. Like there was literally only 1 salmonella death in 2021

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I dont know if that is actually a thing, but my mom who would let us run in sewage ditches barefoot wouldnt let us have a baby turtle in the house

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I’m guessing your immune system is healthy.

I make my kids run barefoot for the same reason.

Also my foot surgeon said that 3rd world cou tries have less foot problems than 1st due to barefoot childhoods. No joke.