Don't want to peeve my snake... a few questions

[sheena]

Have a few more questions, tried to search as best I could, but didn't really come up with anything. Here goes:

1. I bartend/waitress, so I sometimes work late shifts, and keep strange hours because of this. How annoying/bad is it for my snake when I'm coming home at 2 am, turning on lights and rummaging for food? Which leads to question...

2. I like to work-out/clean/dance around my apartment, usually with loud-ish music. Besides disgusting snakie with my lack of co-ordination, is this going to seriously disrupt him/her?

I know these are strange questions, but seriously...

[Drew87]

ok well they are mostly active at night, so that part shouldnt do much harm, the loud music might, snakes cant hear but they can feel the vibrations from the music so might want to keep that down, or move the snake to a different room away from your dancing, ext. hope this helps

[sheena]

That's what I was thinking... I might have to wire my speakers into my bedroom. Prob is my computer is set up in the living area, my dance/workout area is in my bedroom.

[blackcrystal22]

This really depends on where your snake is.
Its an extremely bad idea to keep your snake in the room where you dance around and work out. A better place is in your bedroom, or closet, where theres not much traffic or action to stress him out.

Definitely one of the main problems that causes stress in snakes is from too much traffic and noise. They are much more sensitive to vibrations than we are. If they have a hide, the light shouldn't be TOO much of a problem unless your constantly in and out of there.

So basically, it could cause stress, which can cause a bad shed/difficulty eating/weight loss/ect.

[Jenn]

I wouldn't worry abuut the loud music too much. I've visited breeders with hundreds of snakes where the music is blasting all the time.

[frankykeno]

1. I bartend/waitress, so I sometimes work late shifts, and keep strange hours because of this. How annoying/bad is it for my snake when I'm coming home at 2 am, turning on lights and rummaging for food? Which leads to question...

They are nocturnal so it's keeping about the same hours as you likely are. Taking it out to handle it at noon is more likely to tick it off since it's likely snoozing then.

2. I like to work-out/clean/dance around my apartment, usually with loud-ish music. Besides disgusting snakie with my lack of co-ordination, is this going to seriously disrupt him/her?

I know these are strange questions, but seriously...

No question is strange if it helps you and your snake better deal with each other.

The good thing to note here is snake's rarely burst into laughter at our antics (a rather good thing when it comes to me checking snakes in my ugliest sleepwear let me tell you!). Don't park the snake's enclosure right on or beside your speakers and it will likely be fine. You might want to keep the traffic/vibrations to a lesser degree on feeding day and the day right after when snakie is digesting and really does need some quiet time.

Basically just observe, pay attention, the snake will tell you what works and what doesn't for it's unique needs. It's just a matter of knowing what to watch for and being observant to it's natural routines. If it acts out of character, stops eating, acts nervous (constant patrol of it's enclosure during daylight hours for instance), starts striking at you and it's enclosure sides a lot - things like that - then you know you need to adjust things.

The best questions are those you ask because you care so never hesitate to ask.

[sheena]

No question is strange if it helps you and your snake better deal with each other.

Thanks everyone for understanding....

Got the tank put in the living room, and moved my computer/speakers into my bedroom. While *I* don't like computer the setup, hopefully others will appreciate it!