CamdeJong
Well-Known Member
Hey hey.
Today I took a few of my snakes who were due for defecation out to the yard and let them do their business and one of them did something very odd. My het for albino darwin Theia (close to 3 yrs) hasn't seen a great deal of grass as her outside time is usually spent in fruit trees and it seemed to freak her out a little bit. I was crouched down and as soon as I put her down she swung around and crawled back up my hand and arm and coiled firmly around my neck. A bit perplexed I took her off and put her back down. I took a few steps back and she made her way quickly over and crawled up my leg. My great aunt, from whom I rent a room up here, commented that she was "scared and wanted to stay with daddy" =) which I couldn't exactly deny.
This brought to mind another event, with my big coastal Bree (9 years 2.6m). While cleaning her enclosure I put her in the yard, under the supervision of my 17 year old brother who isn't much of a snake person but is comfortable enough with her to keep an eye on her. It was a big job (2 XL rats worth) and I sprayed down the whole enclosure which took me around 20 minutes. Bree was about 6m away from the snake room, but within around 10 minutes Abe followed her across the yard, through dad's vehicle andfarm paraphernalia (without stopping to look at anything) and into the snake room where she curled straight up inside the hollow log that is her hide.
And now I'll come to my question fairly bluntly: what odd experiences have you had with your snakes that lead you to anthropomorphise them? I'm specifically interested in snakes here because with monitors and dragons the list I've seen is endless. And should I add that I study herpetology and I realise it's probably all a product of instinct and blah blah blah self defense routine? Well I suppose I just did. Anyway, STORIES:
Today I took a few of my snakes who were due for defecation out to the yard and let them do their business and one of them did something very odd. My het for albino darwin Theia (close to 3 yrs) hasn't seen a great deal of grass as her outside time is usually spent in fruit trees and it seemed to freak her out a little bit. I was crouched down and as soon as I put her down she swung around and crawled back up my hand and arm and coiled firmly around my neck. A bit perplexed I took her off and put her back down. I took a few steps back and she made her way quickly over and crawled up my leg. My great aunt, from whom I rent a room up here, commented that she was "scared and wanted to stay with daddy" =) which I couldn't exactly deny.
This brought to mind another event, with my big coastal Bree (9 years 2.6m). While cleaning her enclosure I put her in the yard, under the supervision of my 17 year old brother who isn't much of a snake person but is comfortable enough with her to keep an eye on her. It was a big job (2 XL rats worth) and I sprayed down the whole enclosure which took me around 20 minutes. Bree was about 6m away from the snake room, but within around 10 minutes Abe followed her across the yard, through dad's vehicle andfarm paraphernalia (without stopping to look at anything) and into the snake room where she curled straight up inside the hollow log that is her hide.
And now I'll come to my question fairly bluntly: what odd experiences have you had with your snakes that lead you to anthropomorphise them? I'm specifically interested in snakes here because with monitors and dragons the list I've seen is endless. And should I add that I study herpetology and I realise it's probably all a product of instinct and blah blah blah self defense routine? Well I suppose I just did. Anyway, STORIES:
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