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Is it possible to be allergic to a reptile?

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Hi this question was posed to me.

Is it possible to be allergic to a reptile?

I dont see that it is as they dont produce dander like other hairy animals.
 
Since there are not any feathers nor any hairs to be shed and dander is not an issue I can't see where you would be allergic to reptiles.

I suppose if you were to grind up shed skin or scales and THEN inhale them you could make yourself have some sort of reaction but I don't think, under normal keeping circumstances, it would ever be an issue.

I've recommended for years that kids who were allergic to mammals and aves go to reptiles so they could have a pet and have never heard back in a negative way from anyone.

So, no, I don't think you can be allergic to reptiles.
 
wilomn said:
I've recommended for years that kids who were allergic to mammals and aves go to reptiles so they could have a pet and have never heard back in a negative way from anyone.

So, no, I don't think you can be allergic to reptiles.
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I'm in that same camp. I've been using hypoallergenic, as a selling point on the occassion when someone mentions they have "pet" allergies. I "never say never" though as it is probably possible that someone could be hypersensative to a snake's saliva (if bitten?) or fecal matter or something. Hypoallergenic = "having little likelihood of causing an allergic response." so that is what I tell people when they inquire.

I do know of a couple business' or people who had to get out of reptiles for related problems like allergies to the feeder mice.
 
I say: unlikely to have an allergy to the reptile itself. NOT unlikely that there might be an allergy to the substrate; or to have an allergic response to molds that may form with less than strict cleaning, to cleaning/disinfecting agents, to the "dust" that is formed when cleaning out urates/fecal matter, etc.
 
hhmoore said:
I say: unlikely to have an allergy to the reptile itself. NOT unlikely that there might be an allergy to the substrate; or to have an allergic response to molds that may form with less than strict cleaning, to cleaning/disinfecting agents, to the "dust" that is formed when cleaning out urates/fecal matter, etc.
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I agree. I HIGHLY doubt anyone could be allergic to the actual reptile, but anything's possible I guess. Being allergic to bedding and substrate is a whole other ballgame. I used to work at a pet store, and I remember a family returning a guinea pig because they thought the kid was allergic to it. They then opted for a rabbit (don't ask me why they'd pick that if they already assumed the kid was allergic to guinea pigs...) and the kid kept having the same reaction. Turns out the kid was allergic to the ink in the newpaper bedding they were getting. Apparently making it into pellets creates enough dust to bother some people, even if just plain newspapers aren't a problem.
(they came back and re-purchased the pig and bought another cage)
 
In order to actually answer this question one has to understand what an allergy is. It is an acquired hypersensitivity to an antigen, a foreign molecule, most often a protein. Any foreign antigen can cause a hypersensitivity reaction including one from a reptile. That said, I have never seen it in clinical practice. I suspect that it could happen in contact with shed skin or with the bacterial products in excrement, substrate, cleaning products, etc. But I would say, based on my experience, that it is highly unlikely that anyone would have a clinically relevant allergy to a reptile for the reasons mentioned above. No dander or feathers floating around to provoke symptoms even if the person in question had a hypersensitivity.
 
The only allergic reaction I have heard of was to the femoral pore secretion in a species of lizard. I have no citation to provide for this case so take it for what it is worth. However, it was told to me by a PhD who's research interest was Sceloporous lizards.

Still, I suspect this would be a very rare event.
 
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