Quote Originally Posted by Redneck_Crow View Post
I think most animals who rely greatly on their sense of smell perceive various products we use as something added on to our own personal scent.

They've done dog studies that showed dogs can identify a particular person with various different colognes and chemicals slapped on. It's pretty tough to fool an animal that hunts by scent. In the wild many snakes track down rodents by scent.
Yeah, that's sounds logical! In addition to my snakes, I have a dog and 3 cats... I frequently change products (rarely use anything "smelly" due to allergies), and they've never had a problem recognizing me. And despite what some people think, the snakes definitely know who I am. Maybe they don't know me in the same way as a dog or cat, but I know they react differently to strangers. My Hognose, for example, is the sweetest little girl when I hold her - but she'll puff or hood at anyone else, at least for the initial meeting.