Definitely no love for my snakes. I do enjoy them immensely and value all life from ants to humans but I can not say that I love them. I'm not even sure that I've loved any dog that I've owned, though I have been closer to emotion with dogs than I have snakes. I believe that the reason for this is because I don't interact with my snakes the way that I do with my dogs. I never talk to my snakes like I do my dogs, and this is also likely the reason that I never named them until my kids got older.
Don't take this to be me not caring about my snakes. I take excellent care of them and I would very upset if I ever lost one that hadn't lived a long and healthy life. Again, I just don't feel that I can get emotionally attached to something that doesn't interact with me aside from slithering around in my hands/chillin' on my neck.
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