Great topic! While I don’t have depression issues, I do have job related stress. Handling the snakes is calming. You have to be slow and easy with them, and as they gently move around it is very soothing, so you both end up calm. I like to watch their movements and feel them crawl around, plus the texture of their scales is cool. Some of my young bp’s feel almost silky, while the larger snakes feel kind of slick, and then there’s my Solomon Island ground boa who has keeled scales and is almost like sandpaper.
I found the same thing with the cats I used to have, both older and happy to cuddle, so very relaxing to pet. Plus their warmth and purring was soothing. My brother’s dog on the other hand keeps me on my toes. He’s a cute teacup poodle (rescue). He’ll mostly sit by you for pets until he gets bored, then you constantly have to watch him to make sure he doesn’t run amok and pee on anything. Not relaxing with whole house carpeting.
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