Snakes ARE affectionate

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Originally Posted by sophiedufort

Yes, I did. And this is correct. Far from your 'anal probe' example.
Just because you never experienced something like the 'massage' I am talking about doesn't make it irrational or farfetched.
Please note that I did not insinuate that you're crazy, even though I disagree with you.

Let me put it this way. You're not The Snake Whisperer. Everyone here has experienced the same behaviors in our reptiles. Many of us, like myself, have kept, literally, hundreds, some even thousands through the years. Yet, we attribute these behaviors to other factors. What do you think you've seen that we haven't? Judging by your first post, you seem to believe that you have some talent of reading these behaviors "the correct" way, while the rest of us are misinterpreting them as something else. Our view is that the behaviors are attributed to factors that would make sense to a snake as we understand them. Your view is that you know differently, and that snakes actually possess emotions that would not make any sense to have evolved in a reptile. What makes your more extraordinary view right, other than your personal experience?