Are snakes ticklish?

I read the entire thread and I've YET to see Adam being rude. He offered good, honest, well-educated responses.
Try not to be so sensitive. I think if Adam had wanted to be "rude," he could very well do so.

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Originally Posted by Adam_Wysocki

I'm actually fortunate enough to be able to work with an observe a very large number of ball pythons on a daily basis and have done so for the past 10 years give or take ... Personally, I'm quite convinced that ball pythons are not "ticklish" ... but hey, maybe I don't know what I'm talking about. ;)

-adam

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Maybe you have rough hands (idk) and have you tried just using one finger and moving you finger around the coils on the curvy "s" part of the curve? I also have been handling snakes for sometime (just got a Bp however) but have redtails, amazon boas, burmese and corns, and ofcourse my first Ball. And well all my snakes move as though they're ticklesh when I use a gentle finger and and slide it aorund the coils near the back bone (like when you slide a finger down someones back near the spine)(Diff. from regular petting) and they seems to be a bit ticklish. But I guess out prospectives about "how they move" when you pet them may be diff. Like from what I think my snake may be ticklish you may think you snake is trying to move the coil from the finger, lol. Or maybe you dont knwo what your talking about:rolleyes: ;)

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7

Or maybe you dont knwo what your talking about:rolleyes: ;)

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Yeah, that's probably it. :sweeet:

FWIW, I've been handling ball pythons for 25+ years and have touched them in every way imaginable :twisted: ... Again, in my opinion, they're not "ticklish".

-adam

I guess this is one of those question that cannot be answered just like the one with "snakes dont love or have emotions" Everyones emotions are diff. And who knows whats outside the regular human emotion. Maybe the snake isnt ticklish maybe its just never felt this weird sensation that throws shivers down its spine. lol (Or maybe after snakes have been domesticated for 10000 yrs they;ll show more emotion like a dog or cat?) lol:confuzd:

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7

snakes dont love or have emotions

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Well actually, they don't.

Love and emotions are distinctly human characterisitcs ... crack open google and do some searching, there is great info out there on the subjet! ;)

-adam

Yes but that controversial. Just like when some scientists say dogs cannot see color and others say they can, and some people say cats see perfectly well at night and other say they do not but rely on hearing and sent. Also some say that when a pet dog is wagging it tails and showing so call affection, it is actually acting like a wolf when in the pack and being submissive towards you. We as people always try tp read and think we know animals thoughts and how they think. But in fact, we really don’t. Maybe when a mother snake is with her young or maybe even during mating. We just cannot read their emotional faces because (also another fact.) A lot of animals cannot show expression on their faces but they show it by body movement and etc. But I believe all being are capable of love and affection even if we cannot see it, it is there.

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7

Yes but that controversial. Just like when some scientists say dogs cannot see color and others say they can, and some people say cats see perfectly well at night and other say they do not but rely on hearing and sent. Also some say that when a pet dog is wagging it tails and showing so call affection, it is actually acting like a wolf when in the pack and being submissive towards you. We as people always try tp read and think we know animals thoughts and how they think. But in fact, we really don’t. Maybe when a mother snake is with her young or maybe even during mating. We just cannot read their emotional faces because (also another fact.) A lot of animals cannot show expression on their faces but they show it by body movement and etc. But I believe all being are capable of love and affection even if we cannot see it, it is there.

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It's a FACT.

My snakes are not ticklish, but if you scare them (touch them all of a sudden), they will jerk

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Originally Posted by Sapphire7

But I believe all being are capable of love and affection even if we cannot see it, it is there.

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Pretty much every person in every aspect of mainstream science, herpetology, and biology would disagree with you ... but hey, ROCK ON! ;)

-adam

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And lizards don't swallow whole foods.

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monitors do. i know that for a fact.;) :)

I'm am still wondering where in this thread Adam was rude, I'm just not reading anything he said as rude.


I know this movment that people are talking about, it's a response to being touched, like when you touch a dog that doesn't know you are there, they turn around and look to see what it is. It's all a response to touch, I have never heard any one of my snakes laugh anyway.