I think my snake loves me

[snakey68]

I voted yes my snake loves me! Even though I dont think snakes are capable of such a complex emotion as love .

you lost me there , you voted yes my snake loves me even though you dont think them capable of such a complex emotion:eek:

this thread seems to have moved from a grey area to another dimension but it does make some interesting and amusing reading

arajara , how do you know your snake "loves" her privacy ? how does she show this emotion to you ?

How do you know she "loves" you for providing that privacy or indeed allowing it in the 1st place ?

Also without trying to sound too pedantic here as I am genuinely interested in your thought process, how do come to the conclusion that snakes express their love towards places in their environment that provide warmth and safety ?

Is this not a reactive imprint ( utilising warmth and their environment ) through years upon years of development and evolution.

Primitive and instinctive behaviour I would not class as showing love IMO.

[sho220]

pedantic

Only Peter Griffin uses that word...

[gant77]

I really would like to know what leads people to believe these things. My favorite though is when people refuse to separate their snakes because "One misses the other". When I see these and other statements it makes me very angry because that is basically saying the research and time put in by breeders and those with Herp degrees is all a lie. If they say that a Ball Python is a solitary animal and being with others can cause undue stress and ill health I am inclined to believe them, I am sure that if they had any scientific proof that snakes can become "heart-broken", or "depressed" im sure it would have been published by now.

[recycling goddess]

Oh let me wade in here LOL. I would say I agree mostly with Judy's thoughts on this matter and strongly disagree with some of the posts calling snakes "mindless". Typical human belief system that we are this totally superior being and anything that isn't just like us is therefore "mindless".

Snakes may not have the capacity to show love as humans do, not because they are mindless but simply because nature didn't require they do so to thrive. They are perfectly developed for their place in our world and have a brain/mind just as fully developed for that place as we do for ours.

Do my snakes love me. Not likely and not in any way I could ever perceive so that's a moot point anyways. They are reactive to me in the only way they can be. I appreciate and honor their interactions with me for what they are, not trying to read human emotion into a non-human yet fully functional and developed creature of this world.

oh ya baby!!!!

[Kilo]

Oh let me wade in here LOL. I would say I agree mostly with Judy's thoughts on this matter and strongly disagree with some of the posts calling snakes "mindless". Typical human belief system that we are this totally superior being and anything that isn't just like us is therefore "mindless".

Snakes may not have the capacity to show love as humans do, not because they are mindless but simply because nature didn't require they do so to thrive. They are perfectly developed for their place in our world and have a brain/mind just as fully developed for that place as we do for ours.

Do my snakes love me. Not likely and not in any way I could ever perceive so that's a moot point anyways. They are reactive to me in the only way they can be. I appreciate and honor their interactions with me for what they are, not trying to read human emotion into a non-human yet fully functional and developed creature of this world.

Preach it!!!

[twh]

...dangle a thawed rodent from your mouth and insert head into snake enclosure,report back if you can "feel the love". have fun !

[Kristy]

I have never thought my snakes love me. I do believe they recognize my scent as not being a threat and thats about it.

As far as emotions go for any reptile, I believe the are non exsistant. I do think they have some sort of intelligence though, in their own little way.

[stangs13]

I have never thought my snakes love me. I do believe they recognize my scent as not being a threat and thats about it.

As far as emotions go for any reptile, I believe the are non exsistant. I do think they have some sort of intelligence though, in their own little way.

I agree with you on everything, but this. If snakes don't have emotions then why do they ball up or coil back when scared or mad?

[Sausage]

I don't know if my snake loves me, but I do know he does not see me as a threat and seems more relaxed around me than with other people. So, I voted yes, as it can't really be proved or disproved.

...with all that poop I've cleaned up he'd better love me!!

[Brandon.O]

I agree with you on everything, but this. If snakes don't have emotions then why do they ball up or coil back when scared or mad?

Instinct.....