Happy Ball python and loud music?

Happy Ball python and loud music?

I’m on a roll today so this is definitely one question I must ask as I plan my next move and Roxanne’s next enclosure.

I’m a big dood with a big laugh and I love loud music. I know with other pets I’ve always condition them young to deal with myself, studio sessions and usually crank noisy underground music and the television whenever I can. I’m loud.

When I finish my house refurbish project I’ll definitely be able to keep her somewhere she’d feels quiet and safe I started- But with so many issues it will be a while before I am in a large comy home when my music comes out!. I’ll have plenty of room to keep her away from the equipment and turntables if I must are but do BP’s, Even the really happy mellow ‘do whatever you want with me’ kind do they find this torturous?

Since she’s so young I’ve been keeping very chill but if I wanted to display her in a semi social vinyl listening room can that be conditioned to ignore music vibrations and whatnot.

When I play loud music, especially stuff that has more bass, the snakes will be looking around like "what's up?" They're mostly deaf, but they're thought to have limited "hearing" & definitely are able to FEEL vibrations from music. (If you put your hand on their enclosure, glass or plastic, you'll feel the vibrations too. ;) )

I suspect that your snake pals will learn (in time) to ignore your noise, but if I had a new snake- especially one that hasn't eaten for you yet, I'd be most careful about that until they're settled in, & if you can, expose them gradually so they learn there's no big deal. I would not house snakes right next to any electronic equipment or speakers. (Also avoid keeping them near windows, partly for drafts, but especially for sunlight coming in with the potential overheating at some times of day.)

I'd be very cautious with exposure to loud music, especially anything at the lower soundwave ranges. Snakes are sensitive to vibration transmitted through the ground, as this helps them locate prey. But they also hear soundwaves transmitted through the air FAR better than most people originally believed - including being able to hear our voices. They have a complete (and complex) inner ear structure similar to ours. They just lack external ears.

A musician/composer was kind enough to make a video for Lori Torrini demonstrating what human voices likely sound like to snakes based on what we know about the soundwave range they can perceive. He recorded human voices, then added a filter set for the frequency range known to be audible to snakes. Video linked below. The segment on snake hearing starts at 5:59.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akse...el=LoriTorrini

I read somewhere that snakes don’t ‘hear’ as such but hear/feel certain vibrations ?!

Oddly enough years ago when I used a portable nebuliser to get some diluted F10 into a snake tank to treat an respiratory infection …. at the end of every 20 session the Royal Python was always tightly wrapped around the vibrating nebuliser !!


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I’ve had reptiles in the past that were very vibration/sound sensitive. Since BP‘s are pretty docile and I got her when she was a baby I’m being cautious to introducing what will eventually be our norm. But there is no doubt she hears me coming, I’m sorry there’s no doubt she feels me coming. Interesting about the nebulizer. I should get her own little subwoofer maybe she wants to boogie- lol

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Originally Posted by D-.No

I’ve had reptiles in the past that were very vibration/sound sensitive. Since BP‘s are pretty docile and I got her when she was a baby I’m being cautious to introducing what will eventually be our norm. But there is no doubt she hears me coming, I’m sorry there’s no doubt she feels me coming. Interesting about the nebulizer. I should get her own little subwoofer maybe she wants to boogie- lol

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On the other hand, maybe his snake was trying to kill the nebulizer? We'll never know for sure. :rofl:

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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

On the other hand, maybe his snake was trying to kill the nebulizer? We'll never know for sure. :rofl:

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They be like “Will this thing ever die? I’m gonna need some time to figure out how to swallow this thing!”
😂😂😂

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They be like “Will this thing ever die? I’m gonna need some time to figure out how to swallow this thing!”
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:)


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Originally Posted by Bogertophis

On the other hand, maybe his snake was trying to kill the nebulizer? We'll never know for sure. :rofl:

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Fair point :)


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