Snake Activity and Frequency of Handling

[mackynz]

To me it is condescending, because that was not what I was talking about at all, and your patronizing me by talking to me like I am an idiot. My comments more or less pertained to my interpretation of what I see in my animal with my eyes. I see a soul in every living thing. It is my interpretation of his body language, and when I use the word "love", I am not using it its literal sense. I am using it as an expression of enjoyment. By enjoyment, I mean my interpretation of his body language. I can totally tell he is not threatened or upset, and is having a way better time than just roaming his cage. It may be anthropomorphizing it, but it's better than sucking the life out of it. Isn't that human nature? Isn't that why we have pets? I totally understand everything you guys are saying; however, I just see things differently. You guys just take the fun out of everything...and that sucks for you.

It really doesn't suck for me. It allows me to take better care of my animals because when I see my animals freak out I don't think it's dancing. When I see them moving around quickly I see them looking for cover and not playing. When I see them breathing hard I don't think their excited, because I know they're stressed. Viewing your animals like people can absolutely be detrimental to the animal. So either you actually don't get it or you just don't care. You may love your animal, and that's all well and good. I love mine too but I realize that my snake simply doesn't have the capacity for it to be mutual and as such I try not to let it cloud my vision.

There is no logic in affection.

There's none your argument either.