Will this decor item stress my Burm?

[Valyrian]

Ok at first this is going to sound dumb as hell but Siamese Crocodiles are endemic to similar regions as Burmese pythons and evolved alongside them so I just want to check.

Do you think adding this resin croc head for aesthetics is going to cause stress? Will a Burm see this as a 'predator'?

Sounds dumb but I'd rather know if I'm doing something negative.

Cheers.

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[Craiga 01453]

I can't imagine it would stress the snake. Assuming it doesn't have the smell or heat signature of a croc...

[Kcl]

This question is so great. But with the size, shape, smell, and heat being wrong, I’d bet it’s way more likely to be interpreted as an oddly shaped rock than a crocodile. Burms have been known to interpret smaller crocodiles as food anyway, so clearly their decision on them is flexible. Basically no way this ends up being interpreted as scary predator.

[Valyrian]

I can't imagine it would stress the snake. Assuming it doesn't have the smell or heat signature of a croc...

This question is so great. But with the size, shape, smell, and heat being wrong, I’d bet it’s way more likely to be interpreted as an oddly shaped rock than a crocodile. Burms have been known to interpret smaller crocodiles as food anyway, so clearly their decision on them is flexible. Basically no way this ends up being interpreted as scary predator.

Thanks guys. I know it's a bit of a stupid question but it's marketed as something that will 'scare' herons away from a pond which is why I wanted to ask. I just think it would look cool in a tank with some plants around it ha ha.

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[Momokahn]

Burms leave stressing out up to other species of snakes. With no movement and the smell of resin of the croc head, worse I can see happening is your snake doing a #1 or #2 on it.

[Valyrian]

Burms leave stressing out up to other species of snakes. With no movement and the smell of resin of the croc head, worse I can see happening is your snake doing a #1 or #2 on it.

Ha ha 🤣

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[CALM Pythons]

Nope Burms dont stress hahaha. On a side note Resin items are bad. When they crack or bust they are sharp as glass.. I found out the hard way cutting myself luckily not the snakes and so have others...especially when people have had to break one on purpose to get a stuck snakes head out.. They are a disaster.


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[Valyrian]

Nope Burms dont stress hahaha. On a side note Resin items are bad. When they crack or bust they are sharp as glass.. I found out the hard way cutting myself luckily not the snakes and so have others...especially when people have had to break one on purpose to get a stuck snakes head out.. They are a disaster.


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Yeah i guess when Burms get heavier they can smash hollow resin pretty easily ha

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[CALM Pythons]

In my case I broke mine when I was washing it ..there's been a couple other instances two months ago on here we're two different people had to break there's in order to get their snakes heads out of them and that's whats dangerous.


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[Kcl]

Thanks guys. I know it's a bit of a stupid question but it's marketed as something that will 'scare' herons away from a pond which is why I wanted to ask. I just think it would look cool in a tank with some plants around it ha ha.

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Eh, I don't think it's a stupid question, just a funny one. I appreciated the question deeply. Herons are WAY more sight oriented than pythons and hunt using primarily eyesight vs most pythons' primarily using scent and heat signature. Herons' eyesight is excellent in order to see the movements of the fish in the water. As such, I'm sure that the herons would identify the fake crocodile head as potential predator since it is reasonably accurate to their primary method of identification. Using the right sense always matters, like how researchers use bird calls of the same species to bring in birds with mist netting vs using fake birds or similar. The birds respond to it because that is how they identify other birds for mating (male/female) or to defend their territory (male/male) - they listen for the calls and call back to them.