Quote Originally Posted by Vipera Berus View Post
Well when I was younger I figured trying classical operant conditioning on my corn snake and Mediterranean spur thigh tortoises would be interesting. From what I saw it takes a lot of patience for snakes to be taught complex behaviours and it can be used to create interesting reactions I had the most luck with conditioning a modification of the usual behaviours. I eventually managed to get a specific pattern of behaviour involving the active nature of corns and a specific place on the chair guests would sit on. Quite entertaining seeing the shock of visitors and the how did you do that. As for Bp - have conditioned mine to know that if I do a specific set of actions she is getting fed, much easier in the long term than anything else.
Ha, ain't that something! I don't suppose you have any video?

Mine might starting to pick up on his feeding routine too. I weigh him and then feed out of enclosure every week (I know, I know), and I noticed this week when I put him in the weighing bowl that he immediately went into hunting mode. Dinner was still defrosting in another room so it wasn't rat smell, I think he just recognized the sequence of events. Conditioning in action!