Snakes and other pets

How do your snakes react to your other pets? Completely oblivious is the response I get, even when my Rottweiler mutt is around.

Well... I dont have my rats anymore :oops:

But in all seriousness, I moved my snakes to a friends and have had them out around her pets (2 cats, a dog, and bird) and neither of them pay attention what so ever.

They are slightly interested, but if they get close or investigate the snake they usually get uncomfortable and ball up or try and "run" away.

I handle my king on the bed and my dog gets on her hind legs to look at the snake, as long as the dog doesn't cause the bed to shake when she gets on it the snake is fine. I have not "formally" introduced them yet since I don't trust the dog and definitely not cat!

My cats FREAK when the snakes come out. I have to be careful when feeding because 1. The cats love boxes and 2. I don't want the cats to hurt the snakes.

The dogs just get jealous because they aren't the ones getting the attention.

I should be careful though... from what I hear BP's will eat my cats HAHA!:rolleyes:

I don't even allow my cat in the same room as my snakes. As for my dog, she is very curious and just licks the snakes.

I have 3 cats and 1 dog, who all react differently to the snakes. My dog is fairly protective of them, as he's a herding breed (Cattle Dog?) who wants to guard anything smaller than himself. But if the snakes get too close, he'll simply get up and walk away - mostly because I gave a firm "leave it" command the first time they met.

As for the cats, let's just say it's not a good combination... particularly with my youngest one, who would most definitely think they were toys. On the flip-side, once she strolled past while I was filling a corn's water dish, and the snake SPRANG out of her tub & bit the kitty! Scared the heck outta me, but the cat barely noticed - and the snake got a mouth full of hair from the "attack." I do try to keep all mammals away from the snakes, but it's tough since they live in my bedroom. :cool:

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Originally Posted by python1024

I don't even allow my cat in the same room as my snakes. As for my dog, she is very curious and just licks the snakes.

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You let your dog lick your snakes?

My snake doesn't acknowledge the dog or the lizard, and the lizard doesn't acknowledge them either. I've put both of them on the dog's back while she's laying down, and she just looks at them, gives them a sniff, and lays back down.

Our male BP couldn't care less unless he's shedding and our husky [or anyone for that matter] gets too close to his tank then he'll just hiss in complaint. Our female BP however gets into staring contests with our husky. Our bearded dragon and husky just like to inspect each other occasionally though we have to watch the husky because she has tried to eat each of our reptiles.

When my BP comes in contact with one of my dogs, she usually just slithers on them:D

Our dog is pretty tolerant of the snakes. :D

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