Are snakes that smart?

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

LOL Amazing how anyone could be scared of a BP.

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Well, I'm still pretty cautious of my big snake that gave me a feeding bite and coil. Even now when I look at her, it seems like she's just waiting for me to let my guard down. :hungry:

I know what you mean, though. Usually I'm trying very hard to prevent them from flinching.

Today my female was curious enough to check if I was the one who got home. I guess the good sense of smell did it or maybe it was just curiousity.My male could care less who get's home.

LoL yea my mom calls me every day to tell me how crazy I am for having a snake and sends me emails on pet snakes that attack their owners (none of them are ball pythons) and if I don't answer her calls in the morning, she comes over at lunch and bangs on my door, afraid that the snake has escaped the cage, climbed up my bed, and strangled me!

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

You're not happy to have a female? Most people are thrilled to find out a male or unsexed BP is actually a female.

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But why would having a girl be better than having a boy? I like boy pets better I don't know why, plus we just got so used to calling her 'him' it's weird now.

Female BPs are very desirable and valuable for breeders.. they are considerably more expensive. They also grow larger.

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Originally Posted by xdeus

Well, I'm still pretty cautious of my big snake that gave me a feeding bite and coil. Even now when I look at her, it seems like she's just waiting for me to let my guard down. :hungry:

I know what you mean, though. Usually I'm trying very hard to prevent them from flinching.

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Well not to minimize the potential for a darned good bite from a good sized BP. I know when Brannagh was at her worst, she was a sight to see and she wasn't playing. An aggressive 2,200 gram female BP is a bit intimidating but to be scared of her......nah. I can't imagine what some of the really big female BP's are like if they are ticked off or don't want to come off their eggs. LOL

well does breeding play a factor in their value? because mine came from a flea market and thats ALL i know. she cost all of $100. she's healthy though. so how do you breed them, besides the obvious buying a male? lol new topic...

There's hundreds of threads on breeding BPs.. just do a search or browse through the BP breeding forum and you'll learn a lot.

A breeding age normal male BP is of minimal value.. females can be quite pricey.

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Originally Posted by frankykeno

Well not to minimize the potential for a darned good bite from a good sized BP. I know when Brannagh was at her worst, she was a sight to see and she wasn't playing. An aggressive 2,200 gram female BP is a bit intimidating but to be scared of her......nah. I can't imagine what some of the really big female BP's are like if they are ticked off or don't want to come off their eggs. LOL

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Yep, I can't wait for my first try at pulling a mama from her clutch. :O Even so, I think the worst Ball bite imaginable still wouldn't be THAT bad. It's funny, I'm probably the most calm around my BCI, yet he probably has the ability to inflict the most damage. I just know he's lulling me into a false sense of security for when he gets really big. :evileye:

I have an interesting tale about my little girl being fairly intelligent.

When I first bought her...maybe five months into having her, we'd bought some mice, and I kind of take to the little guys every once-in-a-while. Anyhoo. I picked one up, pet it, let it crawl on me for a bit and then I threw it in the tank. She wouldn't touch it. Both my boyfriend and I realized that it smelled like me. Stupid Mel. O_O You learn, right?

Another time, one of the mice had bitten me, and that was actually the first one she went after. Funny how that happens!