Quote Originally Posted by Annarose15 View Post
I guess I should have spelled it out a bit clearer. In the winter, I do not keep my house at 78F like my snake room. Therefore, it is colder in my house, where I bathe my dog - this does not mean my house is "cold," or that the dog was bathed in cold water (therefore, he is not "cold," either). If my snakes (or dog) get wet, they are still at an ambient temperature that is healthy for them and will not create a disease that did not exist.
Being cold or wet does not create a disease, or a virus, or bacteria. If your snake gets sick, it is bad husbandry, not having a bath, that did it. It is having the snake in an area that already has bacteria growing. If that is where you gave it a bath, then it is the dirty conditions that caused it not the bath itself.