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onlyjustbegun

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If I burn a candle and give my room a "vanillaroma", can it hurt my snake? The candle is across the room but can definatly make the room smell vanilaey... :shrugs: lol. Also, my snakes cage is 82 on one side and about 78 on the other... but when I pick him up he's always cold... I know there cold blooded but wouldnt being in a tank that he can choose his temp make him alittle warm to the touch... Just a few questions I have.... Thanx
Jared
 
regarding the temperatures, ultimuttone is right - anything below your body temperature will feel cool to the touch. Look at it this way, hypothermia sets in when your body temperature drops below 95 degrees, so it's no wonder an 82 degree viv/snake feels cold.
 
Candles?
Most commercially made candles have a lead core wick. When the wick burns a small amount of lead aerosolizes into the air. Everything in the room that is breathing will be breathing some of the lead. It is strongly reccommended that people who have birds NOT burn candles. I don't think that reptiles are as sensitive or susceptible to airborn contaminates as are birds and some people.

Another aspect of scented candles and scented oils is that the oils and certain perfumes actually coat the sinuses because they are aerosolized too. Else how would you smell them? Of course we are talking about a microscopically thin coating. Still, this makes them potentially harmful to birds and certain people. As for reptiles, I just don't know.

I speculate that the occasional burning of a scented candle can't compare to chronic exposure to tobacco smoke though. And, any time there is an animal suffering from a respiratory disorder nothing should be burned where it is breathing.
 
My wife has 2 cockatiels and she is always burning candles. Not daily, but at least 2-3 times a week. We have never had a problem with our birds, our dog, or my snake. We have had the birds for 3 years, our dog for 10, and my snake for 3 months. Good ventilation might have a bearing on this. :shrugs:
 
Dminor9 said:
My wife has 2 cockatiels and she is always burning candles. Not daily, but at least 2-3 times a week. We have never had a problem with our birds, our dog, or my snake. We have had the birds for 3 years, our dog for 10, and my snake for 3 months. Good ventilation might have a bearing on this. :shrugs:
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That's what I think too....

My grandma has bred all kinds of birds from finches to macaws for the past 40 years, sometimes having literally 100+ birds of all sizes in her house. She burns candles constantly, she's also a heavy perfume wearer, and of course there's the general mix of potpourri, cooking smells, and hair spray that seems to be a staple of any old lady's house. Anyway, my point is she's got birds that are twice as old as me and she's never had an issue with respiratory problems in any of her birds (I specifically asked her about this last time it was brought up on this site).
 
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