does your snake yawn?

[arkuden]

So here i am sitting at my computer on hour 5 of my homework and i look over to see that echo; my Ball Python has emerged from his daytime hide and is now stretching out at the back of the cage. I watch him for a few minutes and he goes into the biggest yawn ive ever seen. I was kinda worried at first but then i burst out laughing becuase echo is such a lazy little guy that i can just imagine him doing that more often.

Remember that saying that most pets will resemble their owners in one way or another well.... i yawn a lot too!!! Is that scary or what?

[TexasAggie04]

Last night my Carpet python was being aggressive with me from inside his enclosure (he doesn’t like it when I touch or move him inside of it and don’t take him out), so I was waiting his aggression out. This way he would see that my hanging around was not a threat to him. Anyway, he was in the double S and weaving his head back and forth for a while, had struck the plexiglass once, then got more still, then.... BIG YAWN. Went back in his hide. It was like he got bored with me, hah! Made me laugh.

[Invictus]

I've seen pretty much all of my snakes yawn at least once. It's kinda cool to watch. It reminds you sometimes of how much you so DO NOT want to get tagged by them.

[Linds]

All my snakes yawn... lol... Invictus hit it right on the nose... when the big guys bring on the yawns it DEFINITELY reminds you how much you don't want to take a hit from them

[Samba]

I love it when my animals (not just my snake) yawn... it's too cute!! =) Maybe I'll post some photos later!! =)

[LdyDrgn]

Didn't you know? They are silently singing their favorite opera!



hehehe

[arkuden]

that was almost exactly how mine looked lol. He took a big yawn and then gave that extra push. hahah thats awesome

[SerpentLust]

*giggles* Mine yawn all the time. They're both lazy! lmao

[lostwithin]

Hey all my snakes yawn as well, but I do not believe it is for the same purpose as a human yawning. Snakes will sometime yawn too get a good perspective of what is around them. The same olfactory receivers that are found on the snakes toung are also found inside the mouth, By taking a "yawn" the snake gets a good/better perspective of what is around them. they also will "yawn" after dislocating there jaws in order too re-align them .

Devon

[mykee]

Bingo Devon! I was waiting for someone to come up with the right answer. Ball pythons especially sleep like 16 hours a day, what have they got to be tired over? LOL...

[JD@reptiles]

its not really yawning... just adjusting its mouth... you will notice it do that alot after it takes down a meal. they dont like there needle sharp teeth poking there mouth.

[Invictus]

How do you explain them doing it completely out of the blue then, even days or weeks after a meal? You cannot tell me they are still adjusting their jaw. Almost all creatures on earth have some kind of yawning mechanism to increase oxygen flow to the body.

[Removed_2815]

I have an old Leopard Gecko that yawns every evening just as he comes out from whatever he was hiding out under during the day. Since he doesn't have any 'unhingeable' jaw bones to reallign like a snake, nor does he have any specialized vomeronasal organ like a snake, it stands to reason that it is merely a yawn as we humans do - as Ken points out, to increase oxygen flow to the body...
Cheers,
Ryan

[Samba]

I agree, yawning has multiple purposes. My boxies yawns a lot, but I believe he's in brumation right now... =)

[arkuden]

i like to think he just my very own lazy little guy that i get to hang out with.... if he wakes up before i sleep lol.