Is it strange that ...

[Samuel]

I have a young male BP who seems to like being handled. I will open his tub, and if he is out and about he will imediatly move to the front of the tun and crawl out and look at me. Not in a defensive way, but curiosity or saying Hello.

I can move my hand and touch his chin or anywhere without him flinching and he will slowly try to crawl up my arm and onto my shoulder.

Is that weird? I mean, I know that they have small, simple brains.

1. Eat
2. Survive

Rinse and repeat .... but this guy seem to have more going on up there. The rest of my collection are friendly, and I can touch them and hold them, but none of the others do this.

(and yes .. temps and humidity are correct .. )

anyone seen this before?

[Pandora]

I have a young male BP who seems to like being handled. I will open his tub, and if he is out and about he will imediatly move to the front of the tun and crawl out and look at me. Not in a defensive way, but curiosity or saying Hello.

I can move my hand and touch his chin or anywhere without him flinching and he will slowly try to crawl up my arm and onto my shoulder.

Is that weird? I mean, I know that they have small, simple brains.

1. Eat
2. Survive

Rinse and repeat .... but this guy seem to have more going on up there. The rest of my collection are friendly, and I can touch them and hold them, but none of the others do this.

(and yes .. temps and humidity are correct .. )

anyone seen this before?

Everybody keeps saying snakes don't get emotionally attached or anything but it's weird because Pandora INSTANTLY lets her guard down when I handle her as apposed to everybody else. It takes her longer to warm up to my boyfriend or anybody else. She seems to know my scent or something. I don't care how weird that sounds.

[bimmer]

i really do think that they can recognise there owner and be friendly to certain people. i dont understand why eople say that they cant. there is no possible way to prove that they cant.
i think that once they know the scent of certain poeple (their owners) they recognise that they are not an enemy. i'm sure that they know that they are locked up in a little cage all day and once there owner takes them out they get to move around and explore. just my opinion

[FloridaHogs]

Out of about 60 animals, I have two that are like that. A western hognose and an MBK. The MBK is really bad though because he litterally begs for you to take him out. If you are in the room, he comes out, gets as close to you as he can, and lifts his head to the lid and just waits. Watches you and waits for you to open the lid. Then he comes out to you and just hangs out with me. If you don't open the lid, he just stares for a long, long time, and then goes back into his hide like he is pouting. It is actually very sweet.

[jknudson]

While I don't believe snakes can feel complex emotions of those like humans can, I do believe that they still have explicit individual personalities.

Where one snake may be more reserved and stay balled up, another of the same species may be more apt to explore their surroundings, and perhaps through routine "learn" that the huge godzilla-like creature reaching into the cage provides food, water, and is NOT a threat to their life. I don't think they are simple-minded, I do think that they CAN learn.

Several snakes I've purchased were very shy, and very very fight-or-flight driven. They did NOT tolerate having their heads or tails touched. Given time, and a stable routine, they now let me touch wherever I want (which is nice when checking out the animals during breeding season). On feeding day, all of my snakes sit at the front of their tubs waiting for their dinner, without prescenting the room on my part.

The only way I need my snakes to show me love are by, eating, pooping, shedding/growing, and eventually reproducing. To me THAT is love.

My guess is you got the animal from a hobbyist/breeder who actually handled the animal a bit, and had a great husbandry routine, so the snake associates people with good things, but I'm sure you still have to watch out on feeding day.

[xanaxez]

i see it like this, dogs,cats,birds,sugargliders and alot of other can and do so why is it impossible to think snakes cant? i have a carpet that basically tells me when she wants out and to be held. she comes to her door and lays her head up on it and when i see her do it i open her door and she almost literally craws up my leg and hangs around on me untill shes tired of it. once shes ready to go back in she gets restless if you wanna call it that and she goes back down to the floor and over to her cage and gets back in it if the door is still open which it usually is because her cage is 6ft tall 4 ft wide and 2 ft deep. oh and its home made and i got it very cheap thats why she has such a huge enclosure to hang out in lol.

[Bettacreek]

I handle the snakes all the time now (besides when they're digesting), and they seem to be much more calm around me than they are around my husband, who hardly ever holds them.

[jknudson]

I've also noted that around hesitant people the snakes will act differently, it is probably like most animals that can to some extent read hesitation and fear.

[Bettacreek]

I've also noted that around hesitant people the snakes will act differently, it is probably like most animals that can to some extent read hesitation and fear.

All except for cats, they tend to go for the people who aren't "cat people". Lol. But, I could definately believe it.