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Are darker morphs more "aggressive"?
I've heard this same story already from a couple of different people that have bp's (including reputable breeders), but I wanted to check here too, just for curiosity - - I've been told that some morphs, particularly darker ones, tend to be more "aggressive" or defensive, or just overall a bit more challenging to handle at times, how many of the ppl on this forum have first-hand experience, or what do you guys think if this is true or false in general?
I have a spinner, and he has never once hissed at me, or been in a defensive or striking position, he's usually a bit tense the first couple of seconds after picking him up, but relaxes almost immediately during handling. He did not display any signs of being defensive or high-strung, even when he was off feed for 4 weeks and stressed out due to being in a tank that was too big for him (he's in a 15qt tub setup atm, and has been eating well close to 5 weeks now).
A day ago, I picked up a dark morph from an expo (1.0 Super Chocolate Pewter), and he was extremely hissy when I got home and took him from his container, this could easily be travel stress and also the fact that he's still a baby - - he's a month younger than my spinner. I understand stress is a contributing factor, all he did was hiss when I opened his container, he stopped after I actually picked him up and held him, and he did not continue hissing after I put him in his tub, though he did "puff up" at me because I had to move him gently to place his water dish into the tub. From what I could tell, though, he was not in a striking or bite position. According to the breeder, he's aggressive during feeding, but otherwise manageable, I held him at the expo before I decided to buy him, and he was totally chill.
Obviously, I've had more time with Solidus to build trust and "bond" with him, and I understand Liquid was stressed out from travel, but how many of you can say darker morphs have more of an attitude than other or lighter morphs? I don't really care about being tagged, I figured that's something you have to accept if you want to keep and handle snakes, I'm just really curious if this "rumor" about darker morphs is true or not?
1.0 SPINNER.
"SOLIDUS"
1.0 SUPER CHOCOLATE PEWTER.
"LIQUID"
1.0 ENCHI FIREFLY.
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