Read a story today about a snake that was stolen and returned and it included this:

http://www.bendbulletin.com/localsta...-media-outcry#

Apple was returned in good shape, Jensen assured her, and all the python needed was an hourlong warm water soak to calm down a bit.

I'm relatively new to this and only have one snake so:
Is it common to do this? Does it really calm down a BP?