Ok, so to start things off i am dealing with a very complicated medical issue with 5 of my snakes, i am treating them with prescribed antibiotics and yes the animals were cultured. If anyone wants to read about my exact problems just find my posts. During the past month i had to take a crash course on reptile husbandry because i made some major mistakes when i bought my animals. I have researched this forum and other forums as well a medical reports, and i have came across some great tips and advice on keeping ball pythons, well reptiles in general. I also came across some things that i feel are absolutely ridiculous. I read a post by a forum member that says when she leaves the house and lets say goes to the pet store to lets say buy dog feed and there is reptiles in the store, when she gets home she takes her clothes off as soon as she walks in the door and puts them in a separate bag and washes them seperate and then immediately takes a shower her and everyone that walked into the pet store then went to her house. this one post made me laugh when reading it because i thought to myself holy cow is she serious. How in the world can i do that i enjoy my animals so much and i want my friends to enjoy them as well do i need them to fill out a questionare before they can come in. I started thinking that snakes, dogs, cats, etc all descended from wild animals but because dogs and cats where demistacted they where welcome in our homes around our friends and families with out fear of taking our clothes off when the walked in the house and immediately showering. I guess my point is that these animals have become resilient to a lot of bacterias because we didn't put them into a room and lock them away. One of the articles i read said that instead of trying to find ways to keep out reptiles isolated lets try and make them able to cope with a wide verity of situations. Now too hot or too cold yea that effects everything so yes i understand that point. I would like to hear others points of view