Proof that snakes can be affectionate

[Cheesenugget]

I think it is possible, but proof is a big word. Lack of evidence does not mean it does not exist though. Who really knows, domestication started with an animal who had genes to be potentially tame to people, and it builds from there. Some people say that cats are cold, aloof and not loyal pets, or that they are wild animals. Some even theorized that cats see us as big cats like their own, or that we are just a food source to them, or that we are there for them to own. Yea, that may all be true to some extent but I know my 3 cats love me the way a cat knows how to show affection to a person. I know that they care because they would show signs of stress when I went out of town, Gizmo would leave his favorite toy in front of my bedroom door, Happy loves to cuddle and sleep next to me, Freyja sitting on my lap over my husband's, or they would come running if I call their names. Even if someone was to tell me that they do all this for no reason other than I am there to meet their demands and needs (As one would expect from a cat slave, I mean, owner), so what. I don't need to proof anyone anything (I do have hundreds of pics but still...). With that said, I am not yet convinced that pet snakes can even reach that spectrum of affection and love. Not yet. At least, not enough to say there is actual proof. But that is what they initially said about pet cats decades ago.

P.S. yes, there are wild/feral cats out there. They are not the same as the ones you keep at home. Kittens that were not socialized properly by people within the first 3 months of their lives can gradually grow fearful of people, and eventually becoming feral, making taming afterwards very difficult to impossible the older they get. It takes so little effort and time to tame kittens when given the chance and make them into loving pets. So fostering baby kittens do more than just save lifes!