Does Your Snake HATE The Spray Bottle?

I was just wondering if y'all's snakes hated the spray bottle as much as mine?

When it's time for a humidity adjustment, I try not to bust out the spray bottle. But when the humidity gets too low I just have to.

My Ball just recoils and pulls away. It is really sad, I feel like I am teasing and taunting him.
I know, to him that spray sound, sounds like another snake hissing, and he doesn't want to be vulnerable out in the open per se.

Any other "spray" experiences?
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oh yeah. quite a few of mine curl up into balls and try to hide from it, but out of all my snakes, my retic truly HATES the spray bottle. but instead of trying to get away from it, he'll actually lash out and strike at it. even if a few drops land on his tail he'll whip around faster than i've ever seen him move just ready to kill whatever the hell just sprayed him. it got to the point where i'll just take him out of his cage first, mist it down real good, and then put him back in. lol

Some of mine are the same so I usually take them out, mist, then put them back in or cover them with one of the little feeding towels I have and mist so the water doesn't directly spray them.

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Originally Posted by Daybreaker

Some of mine are the same so I usually take them out, mist, then put them back in or cover them with one of the little feeding towels I have and mist so the water doesn't directly spray them.

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lol...so thoughtful...I just pull open the tubs and spray away...and they all hate it. It's a small price to pay for being pampered 24/7...:D

Mine hates it! If she's out and about, I'll take her out first and then spray. If she's in her hide, I'll spray away. She usually pokes her head out to see what I'm doing and if any drop of water gets near her hide, she almost violently pulls back inside, lol. Poor girl.

Mine also do not like it. They tend to recoil.
Now, I just spray the bedding up close so it doesn't hit the snakes...

Haha!

Good to know I'm not alone. ;)

My Retic hated spray bottles.

yep, they all hate it.

Am I the only one who realises that snakes can't hear?

As a matter of fact I always have to remind my other half of that fact lol

Lex just sits there lately like "are you done yet???" Lol she used to coil up tho

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Originally Posted by The-Jame

Am I the only one who realises that snakes can't hear?

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Well they pick up vibrations awful fast!

It is NOT the water from the spray bottle causing my Ball to recoil. He is on the other side of the cage. And, it is Immediate!

Also, he moves just as I open the door, which makes a fairly loud sound- even though from a distance.

If the door is already open I can walk right up to cage at times and he is undisturbed- until I speak to him.

They may not have auditory nerves, but they "hear" via vibrations through their tummys on the ground and their pits and other bone structures in their skulls.

Just how deaf folks can hear/feel vibrations through their mastoid bones in the skull and feel vibes with feet and body.

2 out of 3 of my snakes will actually come out of their hides when I am done spraying down their tanks and move about "smelling" at the water droplets on the sides with their tounge on the tank for a little and after investigating they go back in their hides. It is the only time I really see them besides feeding day!

Hmm... my male BP recoils if spray gets on him, and my female does a little bit too but not as much. I mostly focus on spraying the substrate and the air/walls of their enclosure so it gets a humid feel throughout... I feel safe enough to place my spray bottle on the floor of both of their cages and spray, so I don't have to hold it up xD They don't see it as prey fortunately

Mine hates it too! I took her out today to see if she had shed yet, and she hadn't, so I put her back and she was slowing sliding back into her hide. Then I started misting and she shot into her hide so fast, opps, I guess I should have waited, I don't want her to see me as a threat or anything.

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Mine hates it too! I took her out today to see if she had shed yet, and she hadn't, so I put her back and she was slowing sliding back into her hide. Then I started misting and she shot into her hide so fast, opps, I guess I should have waited, I don't want her to see me as a threat or anything.

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I don't think this will affect your relationship with your snake/her trust towards you, she probably didn't even connect that it was you who was causing the spray. I hope this isn't offensive to anyone, but I'm not even sure if snakes can tell humans apart very well if at all (PLEASE tell me if I'm wrong I'm not trying to spread false info)... it's more like snakes can tell if a person is confidently, comfortably handling them vs. handling them in a way that scares or hurts them

Tali isn't crazy about it. If she's out when I spray, she recoils and zooms into the nearest hide and peeks out.

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My balls seem to hate it, but my Rufous Beaked aren't bothered by it unless it hits them directly. Though my little one will actually come to me while I spray. I have a video of it somewhere.

http://ball-pythons.net/forums/showt...t-in-peace-lol

My ball hates it with a passion, but my corn will come out and bask while I'm spraying.

I try to avoid spraying my BP's directly as they obviously don't like it. OTOH my BRB's all love to be misted, and the BCI's don't seem to care either way.

Oh yeah, I mist my hatchlings when they are still in the egg tub and they go nuts!

Mine hate it, too.

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Originally Posted by snakelover91

I don't think this will affect your relationship with your snake/her trust towards you, she probably didn't even connect that it was you who was causing the spray. I hope this isn't offensive to anyone, but I'm not even sure if snakes can tell humans apart very well if at all (PLEASE tell me if I'm wrong I'm not trying to spread false info)... it's more like snakes can tell if a person is confidently, comfortably handling them vs. handling them in a way that scares or hurts them

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It's my opinion based on personal experience that they can tell people apart, at least when it comes to their main caretaker vs anyone else. My boyfriend is far more confident with handling my snakes than I am, but while most of them seem to "like" him, some of mine will strike out if he gets close to them while always perfectly gentle with me. Some of those he's handled and some of them he hasn't. My babies have always seemed comfortable with him, but my new black pastel baby bit him twice the first time he handled him and will strike his tub if my boyfriend walks by. However, he's completely relaxed with me and has never offered to strike at me. Now, my fire female is a different story. She doesn't like being handled at all, but tolerates it from him while she hisses and coils up if I so much as open her tub. So yeah, I think they can tell us apart. Now, I don't think that they can tell one of my friends from another or at least I doubt they can retain memory of random people who don't interact with them often.

Show of hands who like getting sprayed with a garden hose un-announced??

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

Show of hands who like getting sprayed with a garden hose un-announced??

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:D:):D:P

Touche'

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

Show of hands who like getting sprayed with a garden hose un-announced??

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LOL, awesome point. Hell I don't even like getting sprayed announced.

As a matter of fact I used to love playing in the rain, now I rather dislike it. Though the main reason probably is due to the fact my cell phone stays with me. Dang technology.

My super sweet girl actually struck at me yesterday when I misted. I had just fed her 30 min before and wanted to put the hide back so I was kinda shooing her along (she was half into a tree hide, but her tail was in the way) and once she was out of the way I put the other hide down, but her back half was still out. I figured since the humidity was down to 45% and I was there I'd mist and she didn't like that one bit and swung around and struck at me! I was shocked, she's apparently (I just got her recently) never bitten or struck at anyone. She actually stayed there for about 5 min hovering and ready to strike again. She has nearly doubled her weight since I got her and she's doing so well, I think she was too tired and cold with her last owner and now that she's growing and warm, her feisty is coming out LOL

Steve doesn't seem care as long as he doesn't get wet. If he gets wet, he heads inside away from the 'rain'. Once it stops he peeks out to check and goes about his business.

There's no reptile that I've seen that seems to really automatically, immediately, every-single-time love getting sprayed with a spray bottle. Some figure it out after a few squirts that it's water coming at them, and they start to drink, but most will at least twitch if not bolt and try to get away from being sprayed.

Chameleons are a good example. They NEED to be misted; they don't drink from standing water. Every single time water hits the cage, they are completely surprised and hate it up until the moment they realize it's water they're being sprayed with, and proceed to start drinking. Many species of chameleons have casques designed to direct water down into their mouths (Veiled Chameleons being one), so misting them and getting their body wet is a good thing - however, that does not mean they are going to enjoy any part of it.

-Jen

Medusa is not a fan either. She usually makes a beeline for her hide, should she be out when I'm spraying.

You can totally erode trust between you and your ball python. Or between your ball python and "humans in general"--my male black pastel hisses every time I pick him up now, because I once tried to rub off a stuck eye cap when there wasn't one. :( And that was two or three years ago. And my enchi did something similar after being dropped. But if I hand them (or most any of my other snakes) off to someone else, they'll immediately try to get back to me. A lot of them do that "mooooommmm, don't leave me...!" thing, where they reach towards me as I hand them off.

I actually used a spray bottle as negative reinforcement with Mr. Nibbles when he was a baby. Mr. Nibbles was kind of a spiteful biter, and he could make me really angry... but that's really dangerous, when I weighed, what, a hundred times more than he did?

So if he bit me, I squirted him. I doubt it did any good, but it meant I wasn't tempted to pop him angrily on the head for it.

I generally don't spray for humidity, I just dump out some water on the aspen when I see they're in shed. Even doing that, sometimes I get the water on them, and they're clearly not thrilled. But I also do mean things like wash them off in the faucet or toss them in the bathtub if they've gotten mouse guts on their heads or rolled in poo. I can't imagine misting is any meaner than baths.

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Originally Posted by LLLReptile

There's no reptile that I've seen that seems to really automatically, immediately, every-single-time love getting sprayed with a spray bottle.

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My crestie actually really seems to like his showers: he'll sit there and lick up rain drops. He won't bat an eye. :)

I'd be willing to bet most snakes hate the spray bottle because they're all toasty and you mist them with some cold water. Simply put.

Have you ever jumped into a swimming pool that was cold as h-e-(double hockey sticks)? It sucks. Its probably worse when you have to warm your blood up manually. :)

I don't try to spray her but if she happens to get misted its a small price to pay for a guaranteed full belly every week. :)

My snake hates the spray bottle, and I don't even spray inside the tank...but I think her previous owner did.

My beardie absolutely loves it. He hates his baths, though. He just tolerates them. Lol

My beardie loves it...My corn comes out of his hide and arches up everytime I spray the tank.

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Originally Posted by The-Jame

Am I the only one who realises that snakes can't hear?

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Actually, they can hear. :) I hear this said so often I actually went ahead of schedule on posting back issues of the Reptile Times so I could link the article for you. After quite a bit of research and digging through studies and scientific papers, turns out...snakes CAN hear. They just don't care what we're saying. ;)

The Reptile Times - Sound Detection in Serpents

-Jen

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Originally Posted by LLLReptile

Actually, they can hear. :) I hear this said so often I actually went ahead of schedule on posting back issues of the Reptile Times so I could link the article for you. After quite a bit of research and digging through studies and scientific papers, turns out...snakes CAN hear. They just don't care what we're saying. ;)

The Reptile Times - Sound Detection in Serpents

-Jen

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That was a legitimate article. Very nice. I wonder if they have an article about their light sensitivity..mhm

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LOL.

I'm actually working on a series of videos and articles about reptile sight and color vision. Here's the link to the first one.

Takes a hot minute to sift through research articles and papers, but I'm hoping to be able to find more info on reptile sight, including snakes, to help us better understand their needs and/or better enrich their lives. Lotta interesting stuff out there :)

-Jen

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Originally Posted by LLLReptile

Actually, they can hear. :) I hear this said so often I actually went ahead of schedule on posting back issues of the Reptile Times so I could link the article for you. After quite a bit of research and digging through studies and scientific papers, turns out...snakes CAN hear. They just don't care what we're saying. ;)

The Reptile Times - Sound Detection in Serpents

-Jen

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Thanks, this backs up what I said in the last half of post #12.

Great info on sight/color detection.

Thanks Jen!

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Originally Posted by Reinz

Does Your Snake HATE The Spray Bottle?

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Mine are just frustrated because they have such a hard time trying to operate the trigger!

my bp hates it she recoils and hides, where as my RTB could care less.

I don't understand why people need to spray BP's in the first place?? Call me nuts, but I've never misted anything other than a hatchlings tub and that's only before they shed for the first time.

my bp hates being misted, i try not to spray her directly but if some gets on her she darts for the whichever hide is close to her lol my albino male burmese dont really like it either but he dont try to hide, he just hisses at me xD my female burmese likes it, and everytime i open the door or turn the light on in the room shes always at the front of the cage looking at me. i just give her a small mist and she lays there without hissing and enjoyes it. my retic was awesome when it came to misting, he loved it and would even drink from the bottle too :D

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Originally Posted by coreydelong

I don't understand why people need to spray BP's in the first place?? Call me nuts, but I've never misted anything other than a hatchlings tub and that's only before they shed for the first time.

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On the surface we're trying to get moisture in the air rapidly(humidity). However, in actualality the droplets are too big and fall downward. It may give a very short term effect who knows, maybe a study should be done.

On the flip side, spraying does a better job covering a the substrate for hydration over pouring. And that WILL work better than just pouring to humidify because you have your water more evenly thinned and spread out.

I do both, pour and spray, that way I'm using both, short term and long term treatment.

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Originally Posted by Alexiel03

my bp hates being misted, i try not to spray her directly but if some gets on her she darts for the whichever hide is close to her lol my albino male burmese dont really like it either but he dont try to hide, he just hisses at me xD my female burmese likes it, and everytime i open the door or turn the light on in the room shes always at the front of the cage looking at me. i just give her a small mist and she lays there without hissing and enjoyes it. my retic was awesome when it came to misting, he loved it and would even drink from the bottle too :D

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Awesome!

Funny stories

Lol it's funny my female hates it at first then likes it my males are the same xD they all will be like "Wtf is that Oh wait its rain. . " so far all my bps are 50/50 on spray bottles haha


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Mine actually doesn't seem to mind it very much. Granted Ive had him for 4 weeks and 2 were just spent shedding. I've found he spends a day or two just hangin out in one of his suction cupped plants once in a new environment, then when he gets used to it he goes in his hide and never comes back out hahah. I've not once had him hiss at me though when misting the cage (and I had to do it a LOT the past couple weeks) or changing the water, even while in shed. I think my guy is just scared by everything.. Never really defensive, though... Just a whimp. :rolleyes: Today to really see how he felt about it though I actually sprayed the back half of his body with some tropical mist as he was mosying about his tank and nothing! Didn't even flinch.

Yes they both do..the rare times there out,if I spray,they run for cover..well slither for cover