Do you wash your hands after handling herps?

[wetlander]

I try to ....but sometime I forget. I always do when handling turtles in captivity but I usually don't think about it when I handle one in the wild.

I think the purell is better than antibacterial soaps. From what I remember in the reports, the problem with the soaps, either hand or dishwashing, is that the soap usually doesn't stay in contact long enough to kill all the bacteria so resistant strains can emerge. With purell it stays on your hands so it has a better chance or killing all or most of the germs