Out Of Curiosity..

[Billy305]

I have all types of different attitudes with my snakes. Some I believe have a certain temperament because of age but others I believe its because of human contact. My first snake I ever got was given to me at about 150 grams. I held her often and she is currently the sweetest snake I have. She has never hissed and doesn't mind being touched on the head.

My girls mojave as a baby was a nightmare. Extremely aggressive and always striking any chance she could get. She is now 400+ grams and has significantly calmed down with only light handling.

I just picked up a 2000 gram breeder girl and she is extremely defensive and will strike occasionally. She is way out of the "baby" stages obviously but still acts ski-dish, probably from not being handled.

In my opinion snakes have different temperaments and while I do believe they get calmer with age and handling. Some will just be nice or nasty regardless.

[mues155]

Dangle a rat in front of them and then see what direction they look

They have pupils that move. Not sure if they just dilate or move, but they definitely see forward.

In the world of predators, whether mammal or reptile, we have forward facing vision to judge depth perception.
Prey animals often have the opposite so they can get a wider field of vision to protect themselves by seeing danger around them.
So yes a BP would have forward facing vision, they need to be able to see what their striking at. They may have a small blind spot right in front of their nose but that would be minimal.

As far as snakes personailites as they age....I guess it depends on the snake. But mine sure seem to mellow out a bit as they get older.
Until they think its feeding time, then watch out! My lesser has always been grumpy and a striker. Ive had him since 400g and hes now pushing 1k and hes always been Mr. poopy attitude lol.

[Mike41793]

another angle to this question that I have wondered about:

Are there any BP morphs that tend to be more aggressive/nippy/grumpy than others?
And conversely, are that any morphs than tend to me more calm/placid than others?

Darker morphs tend to be more aggressive from my experiences.

So yes a BP would have forward facing vision, they need to be able to see what their striking at. They may have a small blind spot right in front of their nose but that would be minimal.

Yea but wouldnt their heat pits make up for said blind spot?
Since they can use both at the same time i think. Or are they like boas who can turn it on and off and flip between the two?

[covah-pariah]

Mine are all pretty much the same, Pariah has always been skiddish and timid, the other two are calm yet bold and always friendly.
When I got CovaH and Sajah as babies, they would crawl around the cage during the day and I would just stick my hand in there and they would come up to me, smell my hand, then crawl up it so I could take them out and hold them; they wouldn't leave my hands for the hour I held them either, and when I put my hand back in the cage they would crawl off. They don't do that anymore I miss my babies...