Snake on lap.

Tracy33 · 02-04-13, 05:46 PM

Hi guys , this is me sitting with my snake , he seems to like laying there without a care in the world .When he was younger , he would go past me , and now he would lay there all day if i had time .I know that snakes are not that kind of pet , but wondered , is there anyone here that sits with there snakes . Tracy.

Tracy33 · 02-04-13, 05:51 PM

As you can see , he has complete run the sofa ,when i am gone.

Tracy33 · 02-04-13, 05:56 PM

bcr226 · 02-04-13, 06:02 PM

Yep, we have lap snakes. Most of ours love to just hang with us. Our pythons especially though.

That's a beautiful snake you have! Love the coloration.

Tracy33 · 02-05-13, 05:58 PM

Thank you . Nice to know that there are other snake owners that pet there snakes too . Mine laps it up , and they say snakes dont like affection .

Tracy.

**Aaron_S** · 02-05-13, 06:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Tracy33

Thank you . Nice to know that there are other snake owners that pet there snakes too . Mine laps it up , and they say snakes dont like affection .

Tracy.

How do you tell he does like it or just doesn't care and tolerates you? How do you know what your snake does isn't just him being a snake?

Honestly, this stuff needs to be reported scientifically if it's TRUE because you'd win a nobel prize guaranteed.

Tracy33 · 02-05-13, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

How do you tell he does like it or just doesn't care and tolerates you? How do you know what your snake does isn't just him being a snake?

Honestly, this stuff needs to be reported scientifically if it's TRUE because you'd win a nobel prize guaranteed.

yea i know what you mean , but he would soon snake of if he did not like , thats what reptiles do.

**Aaron_S** · 02-05-13, 06:18 PM

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yea i know what you mean , but he would soon snake of if he did not like , thats what reptiles do.

I don't quite understand the bold part.

Tracy33 · 02-05-13, 06:23 PM

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I don't quite understand the bold part.

I just think he`s cool with hanginy around , as where some reptiles i had were not.

Kettennatter · 02-05-13, 06:30 PM

I don't pet mine. There is the BCI who doesn't mind my lap. I don't have to restrain her, she just rests there, body relaxed and breathing slowly. But I think I'm more or less the next convenient basking spot.

The rest of my snakes would be all over the place. My CA king does a cloverleaf pattern with me in the center if I let him go. A few times he returned to poop on me. Not sure what that means. I normally don't let him roam, but he is so active that I just had to try a couple of times to find out what he'd do.

**Aaron_S** · 02-05-13, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Tracy33

I just think he`s cool with hanginy around , as where some reptiles i had were not.

So you're saying because all cornsnakes are docile and tolerate handling that it's affection and they "lap up" attention? You'd be sure to be a nobel prize winner if you can prove that snakes have the cognitive brain function to know and understand such things.

I'm being honest. Write a paper, submit it to be peer reviewed on your findings with your carpet python since you've done what no scientist has yet to do.

Tracy33 · 02-06-13, 03:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

So you're saying because all cornsnakes are docile and tolerate handling that it's affection and they "lap up" attention? You'd be sure to be a nobel prize winner if you can prove that snakes have the cognitive brain function to know and understand such things.

I'm being honest. Write a paper, submit it to be peer reviewed on your findings with your carpet python since you've done what no scientist has yet to do.

Then i shall make myself more clear Aaron . First , i DO NOT think snakes think like humuns , i dont think they think at all , please i am not stupid . I have kept reptiles for 20 years ,and have watched my reptiles up close . I am a animal, reptile lover and DO NOT false my snake to do anything . That is what the thread was about . When he is out of his viv , he will come over to me and rests on me , at his own choice , i pet him and he just lays there relaxed , i`am sure its only for the warmth !! I have had him for 15 years , i`am sure he is relaxed around me by now . Do you follow ?

Tracy33 · 02-06-13, 03:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Kettennatter

I don't pet mine. There is the BCI who doesn't mind my lap. I don't have to restrain her, she just rests there, body relaxed and breathing slowly. But I think I'm more or less the next convenient basking spot.

The rest of my snakes would be all over the place. My CA king does a cloverleaf pattern with me in the center if I let him go. A few times he returned to poop on me. Not sure what that means. I normally don't let him roam, but he is so active that I just had to try a couple of times to find out what he'd do.

I agree , i think my legs and lap are just a nice few logs to rest on.

**Aaron_S** · 02-06-13, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Tracy33

Then i shall make myself more clear Aaron . First , i DO NOT think snakes think like humuns , i dont think they think at all , please i am not stupid . I have kept reptiles for 20 years ,and have watched my reptiles up close . I am a animal, reptile lover and DO NOT false my snake to do anything . That is what the thread was about . When he is out of his viv , he will come over to me and rests on me , at his own choice , i pet him and he just lays there relaxed , i`am sure its only for the warmth !! I have had him for 15 years , i`am sure he is relaxed around me by now . Do you follow ?

Now you're backtracking because in previous posts you've stated he seems to enjoy the petting. Like he actually gets something from it.

I'm serious, if you truly think these things write them all down. I'd like someone to actually prove it for the entire world to see.

Tracy33 · 02-06-13, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Aaron_S

Now you're backtracking because in previous posts you've stated he seems to enjoy the petting. Like he actually gets something from it.

I'm serious, if you truly think these things write them all down. I'd like someone to actually prove it for the entire world to see.

Ok now your really being funny . In previous posts , what then i meant to say was , that when he comes over to me , he SEEMS to not mind, and he SEEMS to take a stroke under the chin .Its all of his free choice , and YES i think his cool with that . Its really not rocket science , if he did not like it , he would move away , its as simple as that !!!