Do you ever feel bad for your bp?

As I am typing this, my adult male is exploring every inch of his 30 gallon tank as he does most nights. It is kind of cute how he bumps his head up against the glass while flickering his tongue trying to find an escape to freedom. I know many of you use tubs, so I am not quite sure if this applies to those of you but, do you ever see your bp exploring their tank/tub over and over and feel slightly bad that they are stuck in there?

I don't feel that way often but, every few weeks I do feel slightly bad that my bp is confined to a life in a tank. A pretty good one at that but still.

nah i don't feel bad. he's fed every week, never has to worry about finding heat sources. he's got it made, his brains just not big enough to figure that out. lol

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Originally Posted by decensored

nah i don't feel bad. he's fed every week, never has to worry about finding heat sources. he's got it made, his brains just not big enough to figure that out. lol

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I agree and he/she doesn't have to worry about being eaten

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Originally Posted by decensored

he's got it made, his brains just not big enough to figure that out. lol

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I always say my bp is living the high life... I mean in terms of a snake. aha
Especially in the winter when his tank is at a way more comfortable temp than my house. :P

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Originally Posted by deto360

I agree and he/she doesn't have to worry about being eaten

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This poses another question. I don't want to use the term "joy" but Does the ability to be able to explore, as they would in their natural habitat, contribute to them being content?

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Originally Posted by Generationshell

This poses another question. I don't want to use the term "joy" but Does the ability to be able to explore, as they would in their natural habitat, contribute to them being content?

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Well u gotta think they explore from one hiding spot to another mostly on search of food cause I know when my bps eat I won't see them for days

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Originally Posted by Generationshell

I always say my bp is living the high life... I mean in terms of a snake. aha
Especially in the winter when his tank is at a way more comfortable temp than my house. :P

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Sooooo true. The other night, we had a cold spell and I woke up shivering. I jumped up to check on the snake, and she was curled up nice and tight under her warm hide, and when I checked the temp, it read 89. I have the thermostat set to 90, so I think it's doing it's job. Just for giggles, I pointed the temp gun into the middle of my bedroom. 56. My snake has it good.

There are some people that get very sensitive about animals in cages, but to me, you really have to look at the natural life of the animal. Birds in cages disturb me greatly, but snakes, no. Mine has plenty to hide under and explore, she is nice and warm, she has no predators, she is fed plenty and she doesn't even have to kill her food herself.

Honestly, I am not so sure that they are consciously trying to escape when they nudge the glass. They sure can be GREAT at escaping, but I don't necessarily think they mean to. I think the glass is just extremely confusing. My vision cage only has a glass front, and I only ever see her nudging the front, never the sides or top, so I think she just sees that there is more world and naturally wants to explore it, but has no understanding of what glass is and is therefor completely baffled by her inability to go beyond it. Add to that, I very often slide open the glass and put my hand out to let her crawl to me on her own, so SOMETIMES the invisible forcefield vanishes. Poor thing, she has no idea what to make of that. So no, I don't think they nudge glass because they are unhappy and want to escape, I think they just naturally want to explore now and then. When you take your snake out and let it crawl around, I think you are more than satisfying that need. :)

I felt bad for my male lesser when I was introducing him to one of my female pastels, and she tagged him in the face.

( He's fine, by the way, and didn't hold any grudges against her as a couple hours later they were locked up :rolleyes: )

I ll have to try that．Thanks for the info..