Snakes with the most personality

I thought of doing a vote here, but too many possibilities to list.

My thought here is what snake species do you feel, or own, that has the most "personality." Not favorite, not most beautiful, but most "personality."

I have three snakes, a BP, a BCI, and a Corn Snake. I love them all and they are all beautiful and tame. However, my BCI, recently acquired, seems to be the best combination of docile, but inquisitive. She's interested in her surroundings, and when being handled, likes to move around, but in a seemingly focused and purposeful manner.

So I would have to say that my Boa has the most personality of all my snakes.

Would be interested to see what other people think.

I don't own one, but I know that Retics are known for being very smart and there are even reports that they can recognize their keeper....don't know if that's true but I've heard it on more than one occasion.

Mines a toss up with my spider and lesser. My spider loves to be out once you get your hand to her in her tub, docile and calm. My lesser, when i open the tub will come out of his hide if he's not already out and proceed to come right out on my hand that i opened the tub with and on to my arm. He's probably the "sweetest".

I've handled corns, BCIs, and ball pythons and I would definitely say BCI seems to have the most personality. Corns seen to just dart all over the place, too active for me and ball pythons don't really want to explore, it seems like the motive for them is looking for a place to hide.

BCI are actually curious to me at least. The one I held was very sweet too, and although he was the biggest snake I ever held, I didn't feel threated by him at all. They're not too fast and not sluggish like a ball pythons either. Can't wait until the day I can own one!

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Originally Posted by PythonBabes

I've handled corns, BCIs, and ball pythons and I would definitely say BCI seems to have the most personality. Corns seen to just dart all over the place, too active for me and ball pythons don't really want to explore, it seems like the motive for them is looking for a place to hide.

BCI are actually curious to me at least. The one I held was very sweet too, and although he was the biggest snake I ever held, I didn't feel threated by him at all. They're not too fast and not sluggish like a ball pythons either. Can't wait until the day I can own one!

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I have no complaints about my BCI. She's awesome. Beautiful, docile, a great eater, etc. She will be big though! She only 3 feet now, but I have a 6'X2' on order now with Boaphile.

I am actually having a reptile condo/apartment built so all my animals will be in 6'X2.' She is the only one that will need something that large though.

However, I did pick an incredibly docile animal and she will grow with us and should stay that way. I wouldn't want a 7 foot snake that weighed 10 pounds plus to be anything but sweet!

Lots of snakes have "personality" I think ;) I have had Red Tail Boas, Brazilian Rainbow Boa, GTP's, Sand Boa, Blood Python, Rubber Boas (yes, there is such a thing), Ball Pythons, Carpet Pythons, Russian Ratsnakes.

Personality seemed more like an individual thing.

But if you want one that has not only personality but also watches what you do, is a "nosy" nelly, always up for an adventure, out and about, a good ole' buddy and so on, hands down the Russian Ratsnake !!!

Have yet to meet another snake that is so curious, nosy, fun, lets go have an adventure such as those snakes. I can't believe they aren't more popular..They are also more heavy bodied then most colubrids (once adults) and not as flighty.

BCIs have a great personality. They make awesome pets, too

I was going to vote for Russian Rat Snakes (even though I only just got one!) but zina beat me to it! I've heard all those things about them from everyone who owns one.

Out of my older snakes, my scrub python has the most personality and awareness... of me, her surroundings, curiosity on what I'm doing and if I'm going to kill her/if she should bite me, active and alert, and the most intelligence on learning how things work as well as my schedule and behavior.

She's also really fast! Sometimes when I open the door to change her water, and she's on the other side of the cage chilling, she will immediately wake up and bolt toward the crack in the door and I have to shut it quickly! As if she was waiting for me to do that, and she clearly knows exactly where the door opens from. 0 to 100 LOL

Similarly, she also clearly understands where everything in her cage is located. My ball pythons and dumeril's boas often seem to forget where their hide entrances are when I put them back, slithering around in the corners... you guys know what I mean. :P But Pixie bolts straight back into the hidey hole, even from far outside the cage.

Plus, she exhibits an understanding of her cage as her "safe space" and understands the location/direction of it, somehow recognizing it from the outside... even when I am handling her somewhere else in the room. She sees it from afar and tries to reach back toward the opened door. While my ball pythons seem like they can't see past one foot in front of their noses LOL.

Now it just sounds like I'm bragging :D

Hands down, retics. I love my boas and they do all have their own personalities but none are as pronounced as Caesar my retic. He pushes the door when he wants it open so he can hang out. When i pet him, he will literally put his head on my arm or lay his head next to my arm lol. If i boop him on the head, he will lay down right where he is like a scolded dog. Never seen a snake do that before. And when he gets cranky or i 'tickle' him and he isnt in the mood, he will push my hand away with his body. If i keep bugging him, he looks at me and then wanders to the closed door side of the cage haha.

I can't imagine anything with more personality than a Western Hognose. One of my favorite parts of the day is waking up to see my biggest girl, Maybel. Her tank is right by my bed and she's always got her head sticking out of the hide entrance in the morning to peek around, wating for the sun to come up. I often see her slithering around her cage during the day too. Western Hogs are active and they do a lot of exploring. If I don't see her out and about it's either the day after her feeding day, or she's in shed.

She sometimes gets an attitude if I disturb her at the wrong time, and she made a fuss when I fed her live. She was raised on f/t, so live mice move too much for her liking. She ate them eventually though. Typical female Western Hog appetite. That said, she's usually pretty docile when there isn't food around.

They're more of a display snake than a handling snake, unless you like handling active snakes. I prefer the slower/more reclusive ones for handling, since I can sit and watch TV with them. If I tried that with Maybel she'd probably slither off while my head was turned and get halfway to the mouse room before I realized she was gone.

No guesswork with Western Hogs, that's for sure. If you upset them they will let you know.

Of all the snakes I've owned or known very well (pets of friends), my Tanimbar scrub is just next level. I've had a Ball Python, BCI, Burmese, and now a Dumeril's and they are all simpletons compared to this guy! He's super intelligent, super fast, and super fierce. Everything is on his terms. He comes out to play when he feels like it and gets put away when he feels like it. Metaphorically and physically speaking, he can't be forced to go anywhere; he must be led. He watches and learns like no other snake I've encountered. He also hunts like a demon hell-beast! My BP could barely catch a mouse that you dangled on top of his nose. My Dumeril's would rather hide from her food or sleep on top of it. Apophis once slithered out of my hands, down my leg, up the bed post, across the bed, and to the top of his enclosure to snatch a mouse that was thawing by his heat lamp STILL IN THE PLASTIC BAG! Another time, I was thawing dinner on top of his cage and he kept reaching up to put his nose by it, then stretching out to me and opening his mouth. Then back up to the mouse. Back at me. Open and close mouth. As if to say, "Mommy, that's mine!!!!"

Definitely not a pet for everyone, but super feisty and super fun.

Personality , inquisitiveness ..

Screams out Retics , Burms and Woma pythons in my experience anyways ..


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Whichever snake is your favorite, you're probably going to perceive more personality through personification. It might be easier to have folks list off specific behaviors/traits of some of their critters, then you can decide the degree of personality for yourself. I personally attach more personality to defensive snakes because they're showing me more than a relaxed animal. Likewise, an animal that comes zooming out of it's enclosure to snatch prey from me(or latch onto my person if I'm not deft enough) gets higher marks than one who waits patiently for the food to come within strike range.

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My Sonoran gopher seems to be the most alert. The Trans-pecos rat watches me the most. Not sure what that is about. Definitely personifying, but I just love those big eyes, and cute Kermit shaped head.

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My Sonoran gopher seems to be the most alert. The Trans-pecos rat watches me the most. Not sure what that is about. Definitely personifying, but I just love those big eyes, and cute Kermit shaped head.

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What !?

Another TransPeco owner :)

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Whichever snake is your favorite, you're probably going to perceive more personality through personification. It might be easier to have folks list off specific behaviors/traits of some of their critters, then you can decide the degree of personality for yourself.

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totally agree. that said:

the most or best personality is very subjective. i own mostly BP's. in general, they're the most chill snakes. alotta herpers are attracted to this quality. b/c a snake is a couch potato, it doesn't mean it lacks personality. i have kept BP's along enough and have enough of them to notice differences in personality between the ones in my collection.


maybe half of my BP's are the stereotypical couch potatoes. they hide most of the time, they like to ball but they come around when they're out. they're just chill animals and easy to handle.


then i have the friendlies. BP's that will hang out and scoot around in front of their tubs. i can pull the tub forward and they will periscope out of it, move towards u, seemingly begging to be picked up and handled. they're like lil puppies.


i also have a few killers. they will track your movement, always ready to strike. they're fight or flight and it takes awhile to get them going for handling. they're like temperamental cats.


i have in-betweenies that are always on the move. they seem to do well in all situations. they love to climb and explore, always shifting their attention like lil squirrels.


it seems like i can spoon feed my Corn Snakes. they will gently take prey off my tongs, no heat required. i used to be able to hold my Albino Milk Snake and "spoon feed" her when she was little, but now she wraps prey. anyway my Colubrids show the least personality. they're aquirmy and flight when outta their enclosure.


i think my fav is Ruby Red, my vibrant all white Lesser Pied (poss. Cinny) girl. she's got the balance of all the personalities of i described above regarding BP's and she's also very confident. i have plenty of BP's that are not head shy but i like to think that part of her personality is that she know's she's gorgeous and she flaunts it w/ confidence.

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I personally attach more personality to defensive snakes because they're showing me more than a relaxed animal. Likewise, an animal that comes zooming out of it's enclosure to snatch prey from me(or latch onto my person if I'm not deft enough) gets higher marks than one who waits patiently for the food to come within strike range.

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yep, i do enjoy my snakes that "hunt and kill" their f/t prey.

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Sweet! That bamboo rat snake is SICK! In a good way, like a custom Dodge Viper kind of sick.

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Sweet! That bamboo rat snake is SICK! In a good way, like a custom Dodge Viper kind of sick.

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It's a pure display snake . It can be handled for viv cleaning but I wear a leather jacket and leather gloves :)



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