Are non-humans less susceptible to salmonella? Or is eating raw chicken not as risky as everyone thinks?

Generally, a bit of both.
Its always human grade chicken sold for human consumption, and rats and most other meat eating animals can cope with some of the nasties we might not be able to. Added to which, salmonella isn't as easy to get from raw chicken as people think, its all a bit overplayed.

Rats generally have iron stomachs. They've been known to survive for a long time by just eating soap and drinking bleach. Plus, my rats used to catch live mice when we had a mouse problem in our shed, and never got ill. They're pretty hardy :)

Wow... I respect you SO much for feeding raw.

I also LOVE how Picard looks these days! Such a lovely boy!

We've always fed the ferrets raw, and the cats get raw about once or twice a week. We haven't switched them over yet as we're getting a dog next year that will most likely eat raw, so we're going to wait til then and do it all at once ;)

Good idea. I'm sure they'll do fine till then! :) what kind of dog are you getting?