The yellow rat snake that may enjoy some human contact.

[Cory]

I would like to thank those of you who have posted appropriate responses to my initial question. They have been valuable to read and I now see patterns of behaviour that are similar to the ones I posted about.

Sadly, many of these same posts bear personal attacks and all too frequently insults have come up. I was under the impression that such invectives were not to be tolerated on this website, but evidence to the contrary is ample. There is no cause for me to address each one, particularly because there are so many. Hopefully, though, this situation can be addressed and corrected so that a sense of community and information sharing can be enhanced. I have asked the administrators for their assistance in this matter.

I continue to encourage anyone who has any reports of behaviours or interactions that snakes seem to experience in a positive way, and/or interpretations of these phenomena, to share them on this thread, please. My goal is to make the captive lives of snakes less stressful and more pleasant for them and to encourage those people who keep snakes to have a higher rate of behavioural success with them. If this is from a viewpoint of "love, fine. If it is from the perspective of classic conditioning, fine. The same goes for any viewpoint. The evidence, anecdotal or not, is much appreciated and I hope will go toward improving the lives of snakes and their keepers.

Thank you,
Cory