Hissing Sound

They do hiss. The pet store got one heck of a deal out of you, though. Pueblan milk snakes are currently selling higher than normal ball pythons, so that was a most uneven trade in their favor. They most likely paid 20 to 25 for the ball python, so they got an adult Pueblan for free.
Hatchling Pueblans are going for 35 to $40. Of course an adult would be much higher.
They made a substantial profit out of THAT deal. (And in my opinion, seriously took advantage of you).

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

They do hiss. The pet store got one heck of a deal out of you, though. Pueblan milk snakes are currently selling higher than normal ball pythons, so that was a most uneven trade in their favor. They most likely paid 20 to 25 for the ball python, so they got an adult Pueblan for free.
Hatchling Pueblans are going for 35 to $40. Of course an adult would be much higher.
They made a substantial profit out of THAT deal. (And in my opinion, seriously took advantage of you).

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Meh, I doesn't matter to me. I didn't like my milk snake anyways, and I've gotten a ton of free stuff from that store anyways, so it all evens out in the end. But yeah, it's cool, and the fact that I only spent $25 on the BP when they cost $70 + everywhere else in town. So no biggie.

"Air being let out of a tire" is an excellent description. The bigger the snake, the more air and deeper the hiss sound is. Our burm is a great hisser...when he's really upset and hissin' up a storm, he even sticks his tongue out a bit. So cute...oh wait "oh noes, so scary!" :P ;)

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Originally Posted by WingedWolfPsion

They do hiss. The pet store got one heck of a deal out of you, though. Pueblan milk snakes are currently selling higher than normal ball pythons, so that was a most uneven trade in their favor. They most likely paid 20 to 25 for the ball python, so they got an adult Pueblan for free.
Hatchling Pueblans are going for 35 to $40. Of course an adult would be much higher.
They made a substantial profit out of THAT deal. (And in my opinion, seriously took advantage of you).

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Pet stores only make trades that are profitable, thats how they make $. Why would they make a trade that wasn't profitable? It's not taking advantage it's business 101.

And another thing I forgot, is the guy who bought him from me said he's 90% sure that he's going to keep it for himself, and hasn't put it out on the floor yet. I go in there a lot and haven't seen the snake yet. I think he said he's gonna try breeding them. He has a male already and mine was a female. So hey if he breeds them and makes a killing, more power to him.

does anyone else think it's ironic that an animal that is deaf hisses when it's mad??

I never thought of it that way, but that's pretty funny.

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Originally Posted by nevohraalnavnoj

does anyone else think it's ironic that an animal that is deaf hisses when it's mad??

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They're deaf, but they can still hear (vibrations). And it's for everyone else's benefit that they hiss, not their own. And it works!

One thing that amazed me was that our BP has no smell (I guess all "clean kept" snakes are scentless to humans?). As a "sensitive smeller," I am glad to have a stink-free pet (other than easy to clean up poops). I guess they don't need a strong scent since they can still find each other come mating time due to their great sense of smell.

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Originally Posted by MelissaFlipski

They're deaf, but they can still hear (vibrations). And it's for everyone else's benefit that they hiss, not their own. And it works!

One thing that amazed me was that our BP has no smell (I guess all "clean kept" snakes are scentless to humans?). As a "sensitive smeller," I am glad to have a stink-free pet (other than easy to clean up poops). I guess they don't need a strong scent since they can still find each other come mating time due to their great sense of smell.

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Yea, its almost like they are made out of plastic.

My theory is that they have this sort of sealed, scentless body to make them better hunters. They rely alot on steath and surprise and that's hard to do if you're skin is pumping out loads of fragrant chemicals. That's why predators like cats are smart enough to approach from down-wind.

I think some snakes smell more than others, depending on what they eat maybe? I seem to recall that garter snakes can be kinda smelly since they eat fish? Still nothing compared to the stink of a large and/or wet dog, or the cat's litter box.