Inmates help addicted reptiles

[Catherine]

Quote:On that note, people who smoke Marijuana, and heavier drugs often forget about the 'passive smoking' their animals do in an enclosed space. This could be very very toxic for them. Even cigarette smoke in a room is very bad for them.

Anything with smoke would be bad for a snake. They only have one functional lung. I have no idea how marijuana would effect a snake. Snakes have slow metabolisms. Would pot slow things down further?

I did a quick look at some reptile forums and everyone was against exposing snakes to smoke or drugs of any kind.

Quote:But it is wonderful that these reptiles are getting help. It will be good work for those inmates, some of whom will certainly understand drug addiction and what it takes to detox.

This is a good point. Many of the inmates would understand what the snakes are going through with detox. The rest of us can read about it, but we don't really know what it is like.

It s  totally selfish to expose any pet to dangerous substances. I suppose people running meth labs are fairly selfish in the first place. Meth is a nasty drug.