by Pajarita » Wed Jun 21, 2017 10:10 am
Yes, you need to be VERY careful with snakes and little birds - they are a true delicacy to them!
Look for a zoo that has 'presentations' in the reptile house -they usually let you touch the snakes they use for it. We also had Madagascar hissing roaches but I had to force myself to hold those! Not because of the roaches themselves but because they have some sort of symbiotic relationship with mites that live on them and, when you grab the roach, the mites scamper all over your hands! They go back on the roach on their own and never stay on your hands but having the little things crawling all over my hands gave me the heeby jeebies BIG TIME!