Quote Originally Posted by mark and marley View Post
word miko.word.marleys herp vet has a slew of snakes in tubs done minimilistacly.he keeps his reptile room 78degrees and uses uths and aspen substrate and just a water dish.he doesnt even use thermos or hygros and his snakes thrive and he has one snake in a super enclosure with everything on display.i just put myself in the snakes mindframe.where is my jungle jim at night ahhhhhh?????my bp goes on adventures during the night in her enclosure its funny.then she watches me play cod black ops for a bit then goes to her nightly business.i wish i got into this earlier in life.the bond between a snake and caretaker.i think an old fashioned navajo would frown on all of us keeping snakes.they believe its taboo to handle em or watch them eat.
Personally, I like to hold my snakes, it's very calming and therapeutic to me. One of my ball pythons, Ghost seems very indifferent or he likes to be out. Perhaps he's just curious, but he seems to roam and stick his head up in the air to look around. While my other ball python, Lucy seems to be quite the scardy cat, lol. She is usually really timid at first but then becomes a bit more social, but not as social as Ghost. I think it depends on the snake and the owner whether or not they handle their snakes more than just checking on them and cleaning. Bonding isn't necessary, but I personally like handling my snakes and it doesn't seem to bother them.
I personally think a thermometer and a hygrometer are necessary, because if I didn't have either I would probably be a bit confused on where my husbandry is, but that's just me.