Sad news. Bearded Dragons are actually friendly, alert little guys, very different from other lizards. If I didn’t have a cat, I’d be tempted to own one. Hope they can they be cured of Salmonella.
FYI
No surprise here.
It’s an established fact that upward of 90% of all reptiles and amphibians carry salmonella of their skin.
There was even a recent case where a zoo employee, who worked with reptiles, infected and re-infected his newborn daughter until he was instructed to bath and change his clothing when he got home from work, before he could hold his daughter.
I remember the olden days when it was pet turtles that were the problem. You don’t see them in stores anymore.
We had some and never got sick.
If you think that’s bad, never have a pet armadillo, a beast that is spreading across the Southland, and wasn’t even stopped by the Mississippi river.
Armadillos can carry and transmit leprosy to humans.