Re: Suddenly A Homosexual Male Snake??
Its amazing how little info, except rather generic basic info, there is on the internet about snakes. Its a significant pet/hobby yet not too much aside from basic (and often opinionated) husbandry and basic care and breeding.
I didn't want to offend anyone by my comments above, but I was just looking for some real info, not separate snakes advise (which I had already done). Thanks!
Re: Suddenly A Homosexual Male Snake??
To beat a dead horse with this: it probably is a dominance/territory scenario. As an example I will use dogs. Male dogs will hump other male dogs to claim dominance over another, not to get their jollies off. I have also seen female dogs hump male dogs which I do not fully understand why. I assume it is a type of dominance or possibly a way of telling the male she is not interested. Which seems feasible as we were trying to breed our female dalmatian but she didn't give in to the males we paired her with. She humped their heads or growled/barked/ran from them.
Along similar lines: the older male is getting up in years and perhaps needs to reestablish dominance over the territory. Previously it may have been understood the older one was the dominant one, but now feels he needs to do so again.
An out-of-the-box-theory: Perhaps one of the snakes has an illness and the older one is either infected and going nutty or the younger one is infected while the older senses it and is attempting to push the younger away to save the other 2.
In general: The middle one is staying out of the "fight" because he isn't involved and it isn't his fight, IMO.
As much as we know or think we know, how many people keep 3 BPs together in the same enclosure for as long as you have? So there may not be a lot of knowledge out there for this particular topic.
Re: Suddenly A Homosexual Male Snake??
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sho220
Marriage counseling?
HA!
Made my day. :D
Re: Suddenly A Homosexual Male Snake??
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Pyrate81
As much as we know or think we know, how many people keep 3 BPs together in the same enclosure for as long as you have? So there may not be a lot of knowledge out there for this particular topic.
Agree I probably don't have much company with having kept 3 males together for 16 yrs without previous problems. But I was looking up dominance in snakes and also the homosexual thing on the internet, and that is what I was referring to with lack of info. If its dominance, then the old guy is doing a poor job of it. The little snake got in his punches (including bites and shoves) while the "dominate" snake just took it and kept rubbing him. Hmmm.
Re: Suddenly A Homosexual Male Snake??
Re: Suddenly A Homosexual Male Snake??
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DooLittle
lol...even has bits of snake handling footage...:gj:
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DooLittle
That literally made my night. I applaud you.
