Weird Habits?

What weird habits does your snake have? Mine likes to watch tv with his neck up, jerking back and moving his head when things on the screen move. (didnt thing they could see tv for some reason) he does it for long periods of time. *shame on me i'm letting the tv babysit my child*

Mine like to stick there heads out of the hides and stare ( I call it Turtling because the hide looks like a shell) When hold the big ones sometimes they look straight up, Why? I dunno, cuz they can I guess. I think they are trying to get you to look at something that isn't there just to see if they have control! LOL

I love it when they do the turtling. It's sooo cute.

That, and Ophelia LOVES to give kisses and she constantly flicks her tongue on my ears. Ack. Uhm...

Ody's taken to burrowing under his aspen.

Oh. And Ophelia, from time-to-time will actually end up taking a nap with me. She coils around my chest and we fall asleep together. She usually wakes me up with a face in mine.

Bauhamat pushed about half her body into the corner of her tank, straight up the corner, it's kinda cute when you walk in and see her head at the top of the tank, and her belly wedged into the corner, that and she bonks her nose on the glass. :giggle:

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Originally Posted by Melicious

Oh. And Ophelia, from time-to-time will actually end up taking a nap with me. She coils around my chest and we fall asleep together. She usually wakes me up with a face in mine.

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This sounds like a good way to lose a snake. :( You doze off and the snake decides to wander away...... Snakes should always be in secure enclosures, or under 100% very close supervision if out of the cage.

Normally I'd agree with you, and I wouldn't suggest this for just anyone, but she's never moved. One night, when the 'rents were asleep and I didn't think it polite to change the apartment thermostat, I pulled her into bed with me so she'd stay extra warm. She slept the entire night with me. Eight hours of sleep.

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Originally Posted by Melicious

Normally I'd agree with you, and I wouldn't suggest this for just anyone, but she's never moved.

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Well, I could say that I normally ride around with the kids unbelted in the car and have never had a problem...so while I wouldn't recommend it for just anyone, it works fine for my kids. ....I hope you get my point and don't think I'm picking on you. That is just extremely risky behavior for someone who obviously loves her snakes.

DISCLAIMER: I NEVER ride around with my kids unbelted in the car! I know y'all would know that, but there's always someone who would try to make a stink about it if I didn't spell it out.

I realize and I appreciate your concern. I've actually only done it a couple times, and prefer to put her away before I go to bed even with so much fussing.

I'm guilty of this too- I'll take him out when I get home, about an hour before the heat light turns off and he's still sleeping, and put him in the bed to sleep with me while I wacthing tv... but he just crawls under my shirt or next to my leg and goes right back to sleep.

i always leave a little cloth carrier that i bought to take him to the vet on the end of the bed with both ends open, and he ALWAYS goes to it and sits on top or inside facing the tv. and no matter what he won't leave it! so i leave that there for the times i fall asleep and if he wakes up first then he's always on top of there.

When I put Gomez's new hides in, I deliberately faced them toward the back to give him more darkness and privacy. His favorite hide he's managed to turn around to face the front so he can watch us and see what's goin on. Curious boy! That's probably about the weirdest thing he does other than cling to my watch with the end of his tail while he's out and cruising, which is just the cutest darned thing :)

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Originally Posted by JLC

Well, I could say that I normally ride around with the kids unbelted in the car and have never had a problem...so while I wouldn't recommend it for just anyone, it works fine for my kids. ....I hope you get my point and don't think I'm picking on you. That is just extremely risky behavior for someone who obviously loves her snakes.

DISCLAIMER: I NEVER ride around with my kids unbelted in the car! I know y'all would know that, but there's always someone who would try to make a stink about it if I didn't spell it out.

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well i dunno about you but i ride with my kids unbelted...whats growing up if you dont have a few skull factures and a ruptured spleen...didnt your parents keep you unbelted....hunh? oh god please tell me they did.....
lol....just kidding guys!

My Nag (pronounced like "log") has this weird habit of stretching all the way up in the corner of the tank, leaning his head backwards, putting the bottom of his head (chin and underbelly facing the ceiling, and stretching out till he falls over, then moves on to the next corner and does it again and again. For some odd reason, he seems to enjoy having his head upside down fairly often.

My biggest male Havoc(900+grams) has this habit of always putting his face in mine whenever i hold him...i mean he slithers right up an practically puts his nose on my lips or nose. its cute, but annoying at the same time.

Vash is now to big to spiral up the thermostat cord, but she used to climb it all the time. She tends to stretch out on her big branch all the time though.


I have another ball python, who will strike, coil and constrict. Wait. Let go. Hide. Wait. Come back out and eat food. :confused: Anyway, I try to keep her cage as snug and as close as it can be to make her feel as secure as possible.

Usually when I do a quick clean of my black blood's cage, I just put her on the floor in the room. I've seen her try to squeeze under the closet door, again and again...there's no way her big fat body is going to fit through the crack there....

I actually posted a tread about the strange habit of my snake..I wasn't (and still not) sure what he's doing and if it's just strange and not a problem. H e twists his head, like bending up and down its really weird...I have a couple videos I find him very strange but I love him

As soon as I take little Vlad out he climbs up my shoulder and down my shirt. Doesn't matter what i wear he ends up down my shirt. He usually settles around my shoulder and licks my neck.

All my snakes do very weird things, like no matter what when i replace the bedding in my normals cage as soon as she gets back in she poops, this is the 8th cleaning in a row she has done it makes me so mad but makes me love her more, my pastel apollo watches TV, from the rack, my spider watches my girlfriends corn snake from the rack wont take her eyes off it still the corn goes back into its hide, my het albino male loves to poop on clean sheets that i just put on my bed!!!!:rage: hes done that 3 times, and me female het albino is just funny she will lay right between my legs as long as i let her will hold her head up and watch TV with me, she likes the discovery channel :D:D

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Originally Posted by Syka

As soon as I take little Vlad out he climbs up my shoulder and down my shirt. Doesn't matter what i wear he ends up down my shirt. He usually settles around my shoulder and licks my neck.

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Aw I wish I was that comfortable to let Kojack out. I haven't had him very long (since about February) and between going to classes and work I don't get to take him out as often as I want. I'm afraid he hasn't adjusted to me yet so I'm nervous about him trying to escape or bite me :( He seems friendly and I try to hold him or pet him as often as I can so he can get used to me. Is that what I should keep doing?

Guys.. This thread is from 2006!!

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Guys.. This thread is from 2006!!

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Wow hahahahahahaha, My BP loves to try to coil up ontop of my head and when he realizes he cant he gets comfy somewhere on me and takes a nap =]. My boa loves to sleep and play with the plants and ivey in her cage she also likes to burrow and she does it well =]

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Guys.. This thread is from 2006!!

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Ya for some reason I keep getting into these old threads haha...It's not my fault I have questions!

lol kojack. What can ya do? I love snooping through the old threads. Interesting things out there for us newbies with snakes so we have questions that most of these people had 2+ years ago...:P

Exactly!