I am afraid to ask but here goes, why would he (or you) want to wash a snake?
I should write a bit more on why I like the movie The Sandpipers.
It has been a long time since I have seen it but to my best recollection, our hero, Steve, is a sailor in the US navy. He sacrifices all to rescue do gooder Candice Bergman and her missionary father during the Communist Chinese revolution.
I will gladly tell you why you would want to wash a snake. They need to be cleaned when in captivity to prevent parasites and skin problems. I was washing boa constrictors when he came in to the pet shop I managed to hide from women fans that were trying to find him in the shopping center were he and his then girlfriend were visiting. I didn't recognize him at first because he was short. I'm 5'9" and he was about my height. I had always thought of him as being taller. We had been chatting about 20 minutes when his girlfriend came in then they left.