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10-20-04, 12:26 AM
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Join Date: Jul-2003
Location: Pittsburgh
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Do you wash your hands after handling herps?
I am curious of how many people out there do? When I got my first snake, I would ALWAYS wash my hands after handling. Now, a couple years down the road, i rarely do. If im cleaning up feces, of course ill wash hands afterwards lol. I'm just talking about after "handling".
Take care.
Dan.
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10-20-04, 02:11 AM
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Join Date: Mar-2002
Location: BC
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Every single time. But I do it with anything man. If I take off my shoes, I'll wash my hands. LOL! I probably wash them 30 times a day!
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10-20-04, 02:16 AM
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Join Date: Oct-2004
Age: 33
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you must be ocd i am 2
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10-20-04, 04:31 AM
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I have a huge bottle of hand sanitizer in my herp room, So when ever i do anything in there i just use some of that before i leave.
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10-20-04, 05:54 AM
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Join Date: Aug-2002
Location: Ontario, Canada
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I have a Purell Dispenser on the wall in my herp room. Depending on which animals I'm cleaning or handling I use it more often than others.........
JonK
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10-20-04, 06:39 AM
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Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Age: 37
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Unless I touch something gross then I wash, but if im just holding my snake or whoever, then no...I never wash.
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10-20-04, 09:14 AM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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Same here. I'm not OCD nor am I overly paranoid. 
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10-20-04, 09:40 AM
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Join Date: May-2004
Location: Moncton NB
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I always do, just to be safe.
Nick
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10-20-04, 10:05 AM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: near Windsor, Ontario
Age: 63
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I always do with antibacterial soap. I'm a hand washer anyway, lol. A kid I knew wayyyyyy back told me about getting sick from his herps and it stuck with me. I know that he probably didn't use good husbandry practices like I do but you never know and getting sick isn't what I got into herps for.
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10-20-04, 10:06 AM
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Join Date: Aug-2003
Location: Thunder Bay Ontario
Age: 42
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I always do as well. At least I think I always do.
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10-20-04, 11:57 AM
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I don't believe in germs... they're made up by the soap companies to sell their product... have YOU ever seen a germ? 
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10-20-04, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct-2003
Location: Southern Ontario
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I always do. If I don't and than think about it, I feel nauseous - lol. I have to wash them with soap and water too. Hand sanitizer doesn't feel clean enough to me. I'm chronic I guess.
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10-20-04, 12:13 PM
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Join Date: Jan-2004
Location: Saskatchewan
Age: 45
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yeah I do
I have hand sanitizer by my enclosures and in my igauna room that I use but thats just until I make my way over to the sink to wash with soap - but I can`t even touch anything in public - ie door knobs, railings, ect
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10-20-04, 02:20 PM
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Join Date: Apr-2003
Location: Toronto, Ontario
Age: 37
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I personally think hand sanitizer, or at least purell (sp) is a load of crap. I was told by someone that by now the bacteria has mutated to be immune to it and all you’re doing is mushing it around your hands. I personally think soap and water is the best way to wash your hands...
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10-20-04, 05:32 PM
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Join Date: Jun-2003
Location: Calgary, AB
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I personally think that washing your hands after handling a snake is just propagating the myth that all snakes carry salmonella, and that you will get sick if you don't. Just what we need... more myths being spread and more cause for people to calls snakes "dangerous".
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