Balls with attitude

[frankykeno]

From what i've been reading, it seems as if the females are little meaner than the males?

I think that's a bit too much of a generalization. Any snake can be nippy or strike for a variety of reasons - some of which we humans will never figure out. Some are like that a lot, some rarely, some grow out of doing it all the time, others don't. I doubt gender has much to do with it other than as mentioned above, females on eggs.

That's usually how it is in the human world right?

Maybe female snakes are like female humans and are just more picky who we're nice to.

[Texas Dan]

I think that's a bit too much of a generalization. Any snake can be nippy or strike for a variety of reasons - some of which we humans will never figure out. Some are like that a lot, some rarely, some grow out of doing it all the time, others don't. I doubt gender has much to do with it other than as mentioned above, females on eggs.

Haha, I was actually just saying that because of my observations. From what I've seen, people that have snippy snakes, it usually is a "She". But that's just from what I've read here.

[cutemouse]

I think that's a bit too much of a generalization. Any snake can be nippy or strike for a variety of reasons - some of which we humans will never figure out. Some are like that a lot, some rarely, some grow out of doing it all the time, others don't. I doubt gender has much to do with it other than as mentioned above, females on eggs.

I agree. My little girl was mean when I first got her, but if I'd been thrown in a sack and shipped in a bumpy truck for a few hundred miles I'd be a bit irritated, too. She's sweet now and likes to curl up in my hoodie pocket and watch me play videogames.

As for the eggs, if some giant hand came out of the sky and tried to take my (nonexistent) child from me, I'd be IRATE.

Also, if the numbers are skewed towards females being meaner (I don't think they are) it may be because often times people have more females than males for breeding purposes. More snakes = more different personalities and more chance of some being mean, especially when eggs are involved. So if I had 5 males and 1 was mean and 25 females and 5 were mean, it would seem like females are meaner but it's really the same amount.

[Texas Dan]

Also, if the numbers are skewed towards females being meaner (I don't think they are) it may be because often times people have more females than males for breeding purposes. More snakes = more different personalities and more chance of some being mean, especially when eggs are involved. So if I had 5 males and 1 was mean and 25 females and 5 were mean, it would seem like females are meaner but it's really the same amount.

Thanks for the math lesson. I never did understand what a ratio was.

If you just look at this one thread, the only people that said their snakes were mean said they were girls. Same with some other threads, just led me to believe that was the case.