name your snakes?

do you name your snakes? i do not, at least not on purpose, ive had many snakes and a few were called by a name, one was called hollween but only because thats the day he was born one. the rest or most were call by the type they were. ie.. albino male.
steve

I do! :3 I name all of my fish, too. I only do it because I don't feel like they're mine until I name them. That, and it's fun trying to come up with something creative playing the 'name game' :)

Most of mine have names but it's mostly because I have a 5 year old.

3 of my five have names, I'm just corny like that. I have a mojo I've yet to name and a big normal female which I did name but decided I didn't like the name, lol.

Male Pied
Female Pied
etc...
If this is what you mean, then yes I do. :rolleye2:

No, I do not name my snakes. I would only name a pet if I expected it to respond to my commands.

Jim Smith

Yes - I shamelessly name most of my snakes. Some don't have names, but most do. It's easier for me to identify a snake by a name, rather than by a number.

Yes, I name all my Pets

Caboose
bella
Bones
DB
Rasputant
Elisa

Geckos are the hardest cuz you have to pick gender neutral names

As a few others have mentioned, with 3 kids, it is about imposible not to name them :rolleye2:

All of my "keepers" are named, I havent named any of my hatchlings, no reason to name them if I am gonna sell them. 2 Reasons they are named First, so that we can refer to a specific snake without having to say something like yellow belly 4 or normal 2 etc. Secondly for us, the snakes are pets and all of are pets are family and deserve a name IMO. I got a little one in the house too but the snakes were being named before he came along.

Yes. Having snakes is about regressing and having the childhood I couldn't have because my Mom was afraid of reptiles. So absolutely everybody has to have a name.

See signature. I always have a name for my animals. Kinda makes them a bit more than "just another pet".

Yep, my snakes name is Leon. =)

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Originally Posted by rabernet

Yes - I shamelessly name most of my snakes. Some don't have names, but most do. It's easier for me to identify a snake by a name, rather than by a number.

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I name my snakes also. At first the names where just names but as our collection grew I began to catagorize the snakes with their names. For example all of our pastels names start with D like Daphne, Daisy, Delta, Dahli, Donna and Debbie. All of our male spiders names start with W like Wilbur and Walter. Our het Albinos and albinos start with A and so on.

So while we do not use alphanumeric codes to catagorize our snakes we use names for the same purpose. Plus it just feels more personal to me than using numbers to identify them.

i was thinking of a name and my gf said to name my snake princess sophia lol and i said no i cnt name the snake that, thats not a snake name so i told her ill tell everyone the name when i think of it and tell them a.k.a. princess sophia. i havent thought of a name and i found out my bp is a girl so it kinda stuck :P a.k.a. princesssophia lol

Yes, mine are named...

I only have 1 or 2 here and there that have nicknames, I use identification numbers.

I tried to name mine at first, but ended up just calling them "female ATB" or "that carpet I got at the show" etc lol

Yeah I name mine, Some even have nicknames beyond there regular names. My Spider I also call "little guy" cause he's a baby. *shrugs*

If I have an animal, it gets named. Part for accurate reference when telling people about them/feeding/playing and part just because if I kept an animal, reptilian or mammalian or whatever, I'd feel weird if I didn't. Just how I was brought up I suppose.

I do, I have a few that need names including a few geckos too, and yes my fish have names. I have over 50snakes so names can be a challenge. A few favs are:
F hog Island boa - Twilight
F pastel boa - Eclipse
F gueatamalan boa - Infinity
F normal boa - Aurora
M jcp - Stang
F pastel bp - Isis
M spider bp - Zoltan
M cinny bp - Apple
F banded normal bp - Desire
M het pied bp - Savage
M motley stripe corn - Howie
M snow corn - Lex
F miami corn - Magic
M albino jungle corn - Tarzan
M black mexican King - Angelus
F crested Gecko - Splat
M bearded dragon - Nitro
and 2 betas one is tough guy the other is Chicken ****.

theres lots more but these are some of the cuter ones.

Samson, lily, and twixie

I call mine Kittie. Mostly just to confuse people when they ask what her name is.

There's really no point though. Imposing human characteristics or names on an animal is pretty silly, particularly if the animal has no way of communicating or responding to a name.

I suppose that wouldn't stop most people, though. It's a rather interesting demonstration of the human ego. We personify everything, whether animal or deity.

My normal female is named Solara.
After Mila Kunis' character in the movie The Book of Eli :D
Off topic but my car is named Mikaela. After Megan Fox's character in Transformers.
See where I'm going? lol

I like to try to put a name to all of my animals. But I find it harder and harder to think of them let alone remember them all as my collection seems to grow and grow... :rolleye2:

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Originally Posted by jxk

I call mine Kittie. Mostly just to confuse people when they ask what her name is.

There's really no point though. Imposing human characteristics or names on an animal is pretty silly, particularly if the animal has no way of communicating or responding to a name.

I suppose that wouldn't stop most people, though. It's a rather interesting demonstration of the human ego. We personify everything, whether animal or deity.

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I agree. I named my snake Bones. My cars even have names. No definitive reason that I did it. I guess the best way I can say is that it is just my way of making things mine.

wow, i would not have thought that this many people name there snakes, if i had one or two ide be more likely to name them, or if i was younger i most likely would. but i have a hard enought time remembing my own name, but it is nice to know that people think of there snakes as pets,

I just can't name something that doesn't have a personality, it's like naming rocks. I did a pole on this a couple years ago, and I think I was one of three people that didn't name their snakes :cool:

Boring
Lays There All Day
Hidey Hole
Sleeps With Eyes Open
Grumpy
Bump on a Log

Those are the only names I can think of, so I just don't bother :rofl:

I do name all my breeder rats though :P They are cute and cuddly and they LIKE to see me and be pet.

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Originally Posted by SlitherinSisters

I just can't name something that doesn't have a personality, it's like naming rocks.

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Geckos definitely have a personality. I know this was originally just a thread about snakes (I think they have personality too, but it's more obviously evident with geckos), but I couldn't let that one pass. Our leopard gecko pretends to be grumpy, but she's really a big softie. Our crestie has, um, "personality" as well. She's kind of a hyperactive court jester, and also likes to watch football (which my GF watches, but I do not; clearly it's her fault the gecko likes it).

They both have names - the leo is Tigger, and the crestie is Poohbear (her head is definitely stuffed with fluff, plus she's just about the right color). When we eventually find a leachianus a home with us, it's almost certainly going to be named Fezzik, because we both love that movie, and well, it's not the leachie's fault being the biggest and the strongest. :) I'd also like to get a rainbow boa or carpet python at some point, and while I haven't got that name figured out in advance like the leachie, I'm sure it'll come to me at some point - usually it's based on traits the animal displays for me.

I just can't see not naming an animal, even if it doesn't respond to commands...