Generalized Snake Behavior By Sex

[Gio]

so, i realize this could just be me but feel it is an interesting question which idk how to phrase exactly but i have noticed that out of all species in my collection it’s always the males who are more friendly, docile, immediately tame, etc comparative to my females and i was just wondering has anyone else had similar experiences or is this like “a thing” or what?

This is a nice topic and I find it rather interesting.

We'd have to collect an enormous amount of data to reach even a general conclusion.

At face value, if I were to answer your question, I would say I have almost the opposite experience here with males. My Male retic was awful, my male Bredli is decent but nowhere as chilled out as the late coastal female carpet I had. The new female is young, so she'll get a pass however she may break the "nice streak" the females have had here. The female royal is very easy and docile and was from day 1.

My male boa is great which brings up the "individualized" behavior subject. Nothing is clear cut.

Other differences I've noticed here and have read about, at least with the species I keep are as follows for the males.

The males here are more arboreal. I can't call that a definite conclusion because I have had/have males of different species.

Nick Mutton's field work does point to male carpets of many families being more arboreal. It seems they travel greater distances and in the species that combat, they are the larger sex.

I've also read that boa constrictor males travel greater distances and have been spotted climbing more than females.

At my place, the males have always been more active, and been more arboreal.

The male retic and male Bredli were/are the most arboreal animals I've had. The Bredli just edges out what the retic did.

The male boa is in his perches a lot as well but not as much as the previously mentioned snakes.

Most, other than the noted field observations, of this is just my captive experience.

It is an interesting topic even if it is generalized.