yeah same with my hermit crabs. I have to lug thier big rubbermaid (its bigger than roxy's thirty gal) out of my room on most nights becuase of the constant clanking of thier claws and shells against the glass, its not somthing i really like to fall asleep to..........as far as the snakes, they dont make to much noise.Roxy sometimes falls off of her climbing tree/branch thing but thats about all the noise she makes.I only hear the crinkling of the newspaper when ruby comes out from under and goes back under it.