Quote Originally Posted by zantedeschia View Post
I'm kind of in the camp that snakes defnitely have preferences. While yeah, some of mine don't like being handled (tho they do tolerate it), some of them seem to prefer being wrapped around my hand rather than being put back in their tank.
true, i don't agree with "snakes don't have feelings" my snake was hurting when i touched her tail tip after what happened, so they have pain. my snake loves and relaxes when i pet her back and she even likes when i pet her head altough i heard people saying they don't like when you touch their heads. snakes are one spicies that is not yet fully understand, like when people used to say they shed to grow and now scientist have their doubts on it, and when they used to say they don't heard cause they don't have external ears, now they discovered they have internal once and there's 2possiblities, one that they hear less then normal and one that they have an advanced hearing system more then other animals.

so i wouldn't say they don't have feelings. again im amazed by that burmese python that is let loose in the house with a small kid and they play with each and the python has his own room.