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Will burning incense bother my snake?

Candles and incense produce carcinogens. These are not good for humans so they sure are not good for snakes.
 
I've burnt incense in rooms with snakes before. I have not seen any detrimental effect so far, but then again, I also put it at the opposite side of the room from the snakes, and never burn so much as for it to be overwhelming.

*edit to add:

I also usually only burn a single stick a month, if even that. *shrugs*
 
I forget who posted it, but basically they got a healthy snake that was well for months. Apparently they burned a lot of insence and used harsh cleaners in the home and within months the snake began stargazing like behavior. A vet diagnosed it as some neurological disorder and said the harsh chemicals in both insence and clearners were probably to blame. I have no clue if other stimulus existed that could have caused this, but I am sure since corns function with one lung it can't be good for them anyway:)
 
I know it's horrible for birds because of their more efficient respiratory system and because I have birds I tend not to burn them anyway (or use teflon, etc...). I don't know too much about reptilian respiratory systems but out of caution I avoid scents and fumes around them as much as possible.
 
I know that reptiles don`t have a phrenic (diaphragm?, not sure, which is the right English word), only mammals do. So Reptiles can`t cough up the respirable dust that is formed by burning incense. The accumulation can cause severe problems.
 
We used to burn a lot of incense, before getting snakes, but stopped because we were told that it's not good for them. Though, I have seen no hard data to support this theory. The same thing could be said about cleaners and sprays. :shrugs:

A lot of the things, said in the herp world, I find out later to be untrue. I guess an argument could be made about misinformation, but I don't think I would be willing to use my collection, as a testing ground.

I guess the best thing to do, is errr on the side of caution.

Wayne
 
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