Pregnant women with reptiles(bearded dragons) as pets?

Question

I have bearded dragons as pets and just found out that I am pregnant...can I still handle them? Can I clean their tank? Are there any precautions I need to take?

Answer 1

there should be no pre-cautions you need to take, your fine

Answer 2

as long as you wash your hands after you have handled your bearded dragon and cleaned out the cage you will be OK, there is a risk of salmonella but with hand washing you won't have a problem, i had water dragons, an iguana and a bearded dragon when i was pregnant with my daughter and all was OK, your midwife will probably say don't clean the tank(mine did) but as long as you get some antibac soap you will be fine, best of luck with the pregnancy honey hope all goes well