Well here's the rule of thumb in our house with pet rats, snake, a cat, fish and the other host of critters that have moved through our lives at some point or other (4 kids here).

1. Wash before and after handling the snake.

2. Wash after handling the rats and especially BEFORE handling the snake (obvious I know but the kid's kinda forget that one a lot LOL).

3. We do NOT kiss anything on the face or let anything lick our face if it can lick it's own butt

Works for us!


~~Jo~~