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Originally Posted by bigsnakegirl785
None of my snakes care a single bit for me from what I can tell, they're just as quick to go running off as they are to climb on me.
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My snakes actually seek me. Not all of them, though. The Brazilian rainbow boas are very independent. They are very content when I hold them, but they will rarely come to me. But the pythons and the other two boas are different. Missy, my Dumeril's boa, will spend hours around my husband's neck, and she pokes him with her nose if he stops rubbing her back. Dante, our het ghost Colombian red tail boa, is behaving like a spoiled brat when we put him back in the enclosure. He becomes crazily anxious and desperately tries to climb back up. He actively seeks my husband's touch, opting to stretch at his side and fall asleep there, even though there are many other enticing hiding spots around. As a matter of fact, we always leave a backpack nearby, as the snakes love it, but more often than not they will come to us instead of hiding in or under the backpack. Every now and then, one of them will choose the backpack, but it's rare. We also have two ball pythons, a normal and an albino. Zoey, the standard ball python, has been around the longest. She is crazy jealous of the other snakes, and attempts to intimidate them when they try to come close to 'mommy' or 'daddy'. Mojo, the albino, is still very shy, but getting closer to us every day.
All our snakes have different personalities. My husband and I spend a lot of time with them, rub them and even kiss them. All of them, without exception, enjoy the kissing on the side of their head. If I stop kissing them, they turn their head and look inquisitively, then move to my lips, pressing against them. This is so funny.
Call it what you want: being docile, submissive, calm and trusting, I call it affection.
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