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hand sanitizer?

Some of the people on here have said that they use it before. I personally use good old soap and water. Hand sanitizer leaves residue on your skin, and reptiles are sensitive to some germ-killers like Lysol, so I figure better safe than sorry. It may not be a needed precaution, but it's not like it's a big challenge to wash my hands in the bathroom before handling the snakes.
 
If you attend reptile shows, some vendors require you to use it before handling their animals.
 
I get a little paranoid... LOL. I use soap and water before and after handling the snakes. But after, I ALSO use hand sanitizer. :poke:

It's just what I do....
 
Nanci said:
What do you think you're going to catch, Fred?
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Oh... don't get me wrong. I do this if I handle raw meats or chicken as well. I did get food poisoning once (from bad mayo in a potato salad), and have just become paranoid about cleanliness and germs.

Plus, because sometimes the snakes track through their poop before I can clean it out of their vivs... it just helps me to "be satisfied" that I'm "clean"... or at least "cleanER". LOL. :puke02:

Yesterday we grilled hamburgers... which were delicious. You should have seen how many times I washed my hands THEN. LOL.
 
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