Sentence examples for pet reptiles from inspiring English sources

MELVILLE Long Island Reptile Expo, pet reptiles, amphibians and arachnids.

Around the walls are half-a-dozen tanks containing pet reptiles.

The risk of catching salmonella bacteria from pet reptiles, chicks, ducklings and other animals has been widely recognized for decades.

The government does not require owners to register pet reptiles, so there are no official statistics on the total number of snakes present in the country.

But Dr. Gilcher's article said that pet reptiles might account for 3percenttoto 18percentt of the 1.4 million salmonella infections that occur every year in the United States.

Pet reptiles alone account for around 2.5 million imports a year, said Simon Habel, director of the North American branch of Traffic, an international organization established by the World Wildlife Fund and World Conservation Union to monitor the trade in plants and animals, meats, hides and other animal products.

In the same view, the model could be applied to diseases affecting domestic (dogs, cats) pets or exotic pets (reptiles).

Given the increasing popularity of reptiles and amphibians as pets, reptile- and amphibian-associated salmonellosis is a substantial public health concern (5 ).

Always wash your hands after handling pets (especially reptiles, turtles and birds) and after using the bathroom or handling pet litter.

Mr. Knox wrapped the snake around his waist and talked so gently and amusingly about the nonvenomous creature's habits that the boy inched closer and, with a smile, started to pet the reptile.

Never let children help with exotic pets or reptiles.