Personality?

[snakelet]

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[Stalabros]

Speaking of my brothers snake, he will just chill if you pull him out of his enclosure. He will coil himself around your neck and just sit there until someone else comes along, then he will move to that person and do the same. I trust him fully since he never tightens up and that he has been doing this since he was a little baby. He started on the finger, then moved up to the wrist and finally the neck.

[daver676]

Yeah, my bp will stick her head out of her hide when I get up in the morning and am walking around the room. I think she is thinking "Get out of here so I can get back to sleep!"

Dave

[Jeff_Favelle]

I don't know, I'm not a snake and I can't communicate with mine. They act like Ball Pythons. Not sure what to tell you.

They never bite though. I'll give them that.

[Ron]

Never Jeff?

[sapphire_moon]

My female will also stick her head out of her hide and watch me in the mornings. My male will cruise at night, and sometimes during the day........

[Tim_Cranwill]

Jeff..... come over, man. I have a bp that will bite you! ;) He thinks he's a pit viper or something! :D

[mikem]

my herman is very curious and loves exploring while dexter is very shy and only comes out of his hide when he thinks no one is around.

[mykee]

My balls act exactly like balls. Lucky too, 'cause they're balls.

[Jeff_Favelle]

Fancy that. :D

[AnniesMom]

Mine is very curious, and makes at least one serious attempt a week to escape her cage. She appears to *enjoy* re-arranging her cage, knocking her hide upside down and pushing it to the other end of her cage.

[mykee]

Jeff, who woulda thunk it?!

[Solid Snake]

my ball is a wimp...

[bytheshore1]

my female is about 3 yr old and loves me to get her out and hold her. if i go more than 2 days without she cruises back and forth till i do. she crawls all over my head and face as if to greet me then she settles down around my neck for hours. very pleasant snake. i have alot of diff breeds but she loves me the best. maybe cuz i've had her longer. i handle the others but i can't keep them out as long w/o them wanting to wander. i even mow the yard with her. it keeps the neighbors away! well with all the critters we have we don't get alot of over night guests.

[mykee]

I really don't want to pop your bubble, but your BP could give a rat's a$$ (pardon the pun) as to whether you exist or not. Your ball is not waiting for you, nor is it happy to see you. Definition: anthropomorphism. Look it up. If you want a pet that cares if you are alive or not; buy a hampster, dog, cat (no, not cats, cats suck), guinea pig, prairie dog, rat, potbelly pig, horse, ferret, beaver, aardvark, goat......

[emroul]

LOL... it's nice to think it though, isn't it? :-D

[MontyPython]

Sigh, this topic again? Snakes have no emotion one way or the other, all they know is how to eat and sleep and keep themselves alive. Their little brains don't know anything else, and never will.

[mykee]

Emroul; I guess, if you're that insecure.......

[snakelet]

Oh boy, well I wasn't trying to start an argument here, i know the anthropomorphism is a beaten to death subject around here. Believe me, coming from a background in the world of horses, where anthropomorphising an animal will most likely cause injury or death, I know that is not a good thing in most cases.

Anways, I probably should've stated my question differently, and using the subject "personality?" didn't help, seeing as snakes are not people. I obviously fired off my message a little to quickly:) However, I don't think considering a snake to be watching me is considered anthropomorpism. I never said he was watching me because he was "interested" in me. Anyways, I guess, if you want to get technical, I was just wondering about the behavioral habits of BPs, but since I have met a few this past week, I now know first hand. They seemed to be a lot less "spastic" than colubrids, and more inclined to just "hang out" than have to be moving... I guess they don't seem to be as inclined to think of humans as a threat, which is a real good thing in my book, as I like to handle my snakes. Of course, this is my experience from handling a couple of adults, and I know there are exceptions (like the "pit-viper" BP baby that I met -- right Tim? lol) I really enjoyed my first BP experience, and I'm going to be getting a couple in the near future. Thanks for the input all.

Leanne

[emroul]

Whoa, no need to be getting crazy Mykee... did you happen to notice the "LOL"? Obviously not, unless you don't know what it means... I was JOKING. I KNOW snakes don't understand. I'm not a moron, and no need to say something like "well, you sounded like it from that post", I was KIDDING, you know, haha Laugh Out Loud? Whatever....

[mykee]

Emroul, I apologize, this topic has been beaten to death, but still manages to rear it's ugly head every so often.
Snakelet, Bp's, compared to other snakes, are fairly docile and laid back. That does not mean that they are less easily stressed. They tend to be aware of their surroundings, but aloof to the whole thing. I think they have the best "personalities" of any snake. Big enough to satisfy that 'snake need' yet docile enough to allow a child to handle it.

[lilyskip]

Mykee, it only rears its ugly head when somebody personalizes their BP in a totally harmless way, and "professionals" jump down their throats about how their BP has no emotions. Sorry if this is mean or off-the-mark, but as a recreational snake owner, I don't see anything wrong with giving your BP a false personality as long as your still taking care of it.

By all means, Mykee, if someone is clearly neglecting their snake as a result of anthropomorphism, speak up. Tell them off. But I don't see how it's constructive or even worth your time to "beat the topic to death" with posts like your previous ones about your BP not caring about you, blah blah. It's true, but what's the point? That's not what we're talking about.

I found your most recent comment in this thread to be much more constructive, and much more representative of the type of community at ssnakess that encourages me to continue posting. I'm not suggesting that you should cater your comments to please the masses, but why be so obstinate about forcing your professional attitudes about snakes upon those of us who are small-time owners?

[BoidKeeper]

LOL... it's nice to think it though, isn't it? :-D
Sure, and it's nice for me to think the voices in my head aren't really there either. lol Just kidding.

mykee,
Please try not to take this personally, but I think you're starting to lose your paitients just a little bit here on the site. I know where you're coming from, look at my number of post and my sign up date. I too get tired of the same topics and some of the same uneducated questions over and over again. So what I do is try to pick and chose. If I know that a thread is going to drive me batty and make me post something I may wish I hadn't then I often don't even read it. This post is a prime example. I looked at this thread for days saying to my self, "Don't even read it cause you know what you'll find in there." Well I read it anyway and here's what I think about the whole thing.
I agree wish lilyskip, it's only out of control and ungly when people come on to these threads and try and burst peoples bubbles. Have your beliefes and let others have theirs as long as they aren't hurting the animals who cares if they think it talks to them or loves them. When someone wants to buy a ball from me and it's their first snake and they ask me what kind of personality they have, I won't correct them. I'll tell them that balls have wonderful personalities AND that they are docile and secretive. And if they want to know what kind of music they like I won't tell them that they don't have ears. I'll tell them to play the Lion King soundtrack and they'll love it as long as it's not too loud.
My point is if you don't like the topic and you think it's an ugly one don't take part if the information given and the topic it's self is harmless.
Cheers,
Trevor

[mykee]

Trevor, you have a point, it does get monotonous answering the same uneducated questions over and over and over again. I'll pick my battles.
Lilyskip; touchy today, aren't we?..., I, by no means am a professional, nor have I ever misrepresented myself as such. I just do as much research as I can, learn all that I can, and allow my snakes to teach me what they can. I am a 'recreational' ball python owner. I love each and every one of my snakes, but I am just lucky enough to have the resources at hand to have a few more than the average BP owner.

[lilyskip]

Originally posted by mykee
Lilyskip; touchy today, aren't we?...,
Sorry. Oftentimes I read your posts and they come off very combative and arrogant. That might not be how you mean them to sound, but it frustrates me to see people's questions answered that way. Like Trevor said, get used to hearing the same questions from people that haven't searched the entire message board for the answers or whatever. I just resent the attitude. (again, perhaps there is none, but this is the way it comes off to me...I doubt I'm alone in that.)

[BoidKeeper]

Ha! You want to talk attitude just look at your avtar! lol Just kidding! I love that look on your face actually.
mykee,
I'm glad my post was well received as I meant no disrespect.
Cheers,
Trevor
PS
"uneducated question" is code and I think you know what for.lol

[mykee]

Trevor, there are VERY few people on this site who have responded to as many posts as you, and at the same time, appear not to get frustrated and remain cool by "uneducated questions" (yes, the code) tens of hundreds of times. I commend you on your self-restraint. I can only hope to have the self-control that you and a few select others posess. *Chanting* Ummmmmmmmmmmmm..........

[lilyskip]

Originally posted by BoidKeeper
Ha! You want to talk attitude just look at your avtar! lol Just kidding! I love that look on your face actually.

Hehe, thanks Trevor. :D

[BoidKeeper]

mykee,
I teach core french in two rule schools one of which is a k-8 school. Self-restraint is a very important part of my personality these days!lol
Cheers,
Trevor

[tHeGiNo]

LMAO! Now I know where you get it from :)