Re: Why must you clean hands after handling python?
I'm not one of those people anal about hygiene. Sure, I wash my hands, of course I shower daily. I just don't wash my hands whenever I eat or when they don't "feel right".
Sometimes I am bothered by having to walk around with snake musk on my hands when I catch a nice a little water snake in the morning and don't come home until later, though!
Re: Why must you clean hands after handling python?
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Hapa_Haole
What about the folk that let their snakes crawl all over their beds, faces, clothes, neck, etc. Do you wash all those things after it touches your animal?
I always wash my hands after handling but I don't change my shirt/bed sheets when I let my snake crawl around on them. Does that somewhat defeat the purpose of washing my hands?
Dennis
I've often wondered this myself... I wash my hands then go, "hmm my arms are still dirty and he was climbing in my hair... what what was the point?"
My conclusion though is that our hands touch everything, including our food, and some of us have nervous habits like chewing our nails. So our hands are the most important part to keep clean of anything. We don't go around stuffing our sheets and our clothes in our mouths, nor can we lick our own necks.
It's kinda like sneezing into your elbow instead of into your hand. It's preventative but doesn't stop the bacteria from existing just lowers the likely hood of you spreading it everywhere.
