I finally got it on camera! I got Crowley giving me a hug on camera! He does it often but I just now finally got it on video. He'll go on my nose and stay there for a while like he's giving me a hug. To me this is my ball python being affectionate towards me, we can't know for sure what he's thinking nor can I confirm it's a sign of love/affection but regardless it makes my heart melt every time. He does it at least once a month.
I remember back when the basement apartment I lived in flooded and I had to relocate Crowley to my parents place for a month till I found a new place. I rarely got to see him during that time but would go over as often as possible to clean up after him and feed him, I never had much time to take him out and handle him as my parents went to bed shortly after he'd get up. Once we moved to a new apartment and got Crowley moved in with us, that night he went on my nose just like in the video and he held that position for at least 5 minutes. It was like he was so happy to be back together with his family. I cried with joy that night as I was reunited with my baby, was out of that dank basement and Crowley gave me a nice long hug.
I very rarely show my face on the internet but I found it worth it this time to show that (to me) snakes can be affectionate. You may choose to believe it or not but to me it is Crowley giving me a hug. He is different than most snakes as I give this little guy tons of attention compared to the average snake gets from a human. He is usually out with me for an average of 3 hours a night and at least an hour of that time he is around my neck or in his hide right beside me on the couch when I watch TV after he's done his missions in his room.
https://youtu.be/llSqoZc_6Vw
Here is a picture also:
https://ball-pythons.net/forums/cach...om/HKG7rl1.jpg