Quote Originally Posted by kitedemon View Post
...This is the interesting part that somewhere along they way they over come the fear that I will eat them. That I want to say trust for lack od a better term, is what is being discussed here. There is a point where my snakes no longer see me as a threat but as something else. I wish I had a word for what that is but I don't really.
Is it "trust" if their perception shifts from you being a potential predator to simply being a big warm squishy tree they can climb on? I believe we become nothing more than non-threatening parts of their environment. But...I'm very happy to be that part!