Quote Originally Posted by John1982 View Post
Whichever snake is your favorite, you're probably going to perceive more personality through personification. It might be easier to have folks list off specific behaviors/traits of some of their critters, then you can decide the degree of personality for yourself.
totally agree. that said:

the most or best personality is very subjective. i own mostly BP's. in general, they're the most chill snakes. alotta herpers are attracted to this quality. b/c a snake is a couch potato, it doesn't mean it lacks personality. i have kept BP's along enough and have enough of them to notice differences in personality between the ones in my collection.


maybe half of my BP's are the stereotypical couch potatoes. they hide most of the time, they like to ball but they come around when they're out. they're just chill animals and easy to handle.


then i have the friendlies. BP's that will hang out and scoot around in front of their tubs. i can pull the tub forward and they will periscope out of it, move towards u, seemingly begging to be picked up and handled. they're like lil puppies.


i also have a few killers. they will track your movement, always ready to strike. they're fight or flight and it takes awhile to get them going for handling. they're like temperamental cats.


i have in-betweenies that are always on the move. they seem to do well in all situations. they love to climb and explore, always shifting their attention like lil squirrels.


it seems like i can spoon feed my Corn Snakes. they will gently take prey off my tongs, no heat required. i used to be able to hold my Albino Milk Snake and "spoon feed" her when she was little, but now she wraps prey. anyway my Colubrids show the least personality. they're aquirmy and flight when outta their enclosure.


i think my fav is Ruby Red, my vibrant all white Lesser Pied (poss. Cinny) girl. she's got the balance of all the personalities of i described above regarding BP's and she's also very confident. i have plenty of BP's that are not head shy but i like to think that part of her personality is that she know's she's gorgeous and she flaunts it w/ confidence.

Quote Originally Posted by John1982 View Post
I personally attach more personality to defensive snakes because they're showing me more than a relaxed animal. Likewise, an animal that comes zooming out of it's enclosure to snatch prey from me(or latch onto my person if I'm not deft enough) gets higher marks than one who waits patiently for the food to come within strike range.
yep, i do enjoy my snakes that "hunt and kill" their f/t prey.