Can a pet snake have a preference for male or female humans?

[Ginevive]

I think that it is more related to how the person/handler acts. If someone, male or female, is full of tension and nerves, then the snake is going to pick-up on that and be tense. My BCI is particularly sensitive to this type of thing. If a nervous person is handling him, he tends to grasp tightly with his tail in the hopes (I guess) that he won't fall or be dropped.
I do think that snakes can differentiate between people, definately. Everyone has their own heat signature (that pythons can differentiate) and style of moving and standing (that snakes such as boas, snakes without heat pits, can sense.) These are my thoughts

[Moriar]

if i was a snake i would have a preference to women. you cant slap a snake for constricting a boobie and you can't really be angry should it lay around with a hemipene out!

[Hardwikk]

Not really, but Charon (my Hognose) always hisses at my sisters but a little bit less to my brothers.

[herpmajor]

I think its just how you handle them and how much. I dont think your sex has anything to do with it.

[Blu Mongoose]

I feel it has to do with how comfortable they are with the actual handler. Such as how secure they feel. If you are to nervous they feel it. My snakes are all great with me, but Bob will strike at other people. He was the nervous one when I got him.

[spix14]

Yea, I agree. It is more about how calm you are and how secure the snake feels. My fiance and I were looking at a grumpy Carpet Python the other day at a pet store, and it kept snapping at him when he was trying to get it out of the cage. Finally he told me to give it a shot if I was so high and mighty (I was kinda giggling at him for jumping around like a little girl) and I reached right in and picked him up. No snapping, no biting. I've also noticed that sometimes my snakes will act a little more flighty if someone not too familiar with snakes is holding them.

[MelissaFlipski]

Yea, I agree. It is more about how calm you are and how secure the snake feels. My fiance and I were looking at a grumpy Carpet Python the other day at a pet store, and it kept snapping at him when he was trying to get it out of the cage. Finally he told me to give it a shot if I was so high and mighty (I was kinda giggling at him for jumping around like a little girl) and I reached right in and picked him up. No snapping, no biting. I've also noticed that sometimes my snakes will act a little more flighty if someone not too familiar with snakes is holding them.

Interesting. How did your fiance react when you picked up the jungle carpet? Are you thinking of getting one? They are all like that when they are young. We got one off Craig's List and are working with him.

[spix14]

Oh, he just played it off, he doesn't like to admit that he is usually more afraid of getting bitten than I am. We actually already have a Jungle/Diamond Carpet (who was a snappy little thing when he was younger, but sweet as can be now). The one we were looking at wasn't a hatchling though, he was probably about 4 feet.

We thought about buying him, but then I saw the baby Spotted Python they had and fell in love.