I'm pretty convinced that our snake knows who I am and correlates my smell with care and recognizes the vibration of my voice when I come in his room at night and talk to him.

If humans have human emotions, isn't is possible that snakes have snake emotions? That when temps and humidity are right - when they're healthy and well fed - aren't they generally calmer and therefore happier in snake terms?

If they had nothing, their behaviors wouldn't change when uncomfortable or not well cared for. Behavior and feelings and/or emotion go hand in hand, I believe, in all living creatures.

It might not be love as we know it - but there's definitely something there otherwise how would we know when we're doing the right thing?