Do Ball Python to like back rubs? - Page 2

Phoenix446 · 02-02-09, 09:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Chu'Wuti

BPs don't hiss or try to jump off someone, and they rarely bite. They simply push away or, if they are really frightened, ball up. That's why they're called ball pythons.

We're not saying that you're crazy, herpocrite. You're just anthropomorphizing your snake, which is actually very common--lots of people want to believe that their snakes love them. But they're snakes, not people or even mammals who can feel an emotion like love.

My Ground boa loves me...doesn't he? Sniffle...

citysnakes · 02-02-09, 10:19 PM

of course he does Phoenix! im sure of it.

Chu'Wuti · 02-02-09, 11:37 AM

Julian, BPs that hiss?! Wow. I've looked at a lot of BPs & never heard one hiss. Rat snakes, hognose snakes, others . . . yes. BPs? not once. So you must have the weirdest BPs!

Just teasing! I'm sure that even BPs can hiss, but I guess it's somewhat unusual?

Julian, what color morphs do you breed?

mykee · 02-02-09, 03:13 PM

Chu: not uncommon for balls to hiss at all! When my females are touched for "no good reason" I get a hiss out of almost every single one of them. Hissing is a pre-cursor to a bite.

**Aaron_S** · 02-02-09, 04:51 PM

My baby pinstripe hisses at me just for lifting her hide! My bumblebee does it as well. The others don't.

herpocrite27 · 02-02-09, 10:28 PM

Thanks Chu'Wati I appreciate the input.
I was just trying to relate her actions to my observations of when she is rubbing her head on the edge of her hide (and no, not during shedding cycle). I assume she does this when she has an itch. I know snakes dont have feelings, I guess I was just misreading her body language for something else. Thank you all for your help, I appreciate it.

Chu'Wuti · 02-03-09, 02:48 PM

All the disappointment is almost more than I can bear! [wipes a tear away]

Sorry, Phoenix & Herpocrite! I really hate being the bearer of "bad" news.

oh, phooey . . . i feel like such a meanie . . .

Phoenix446 · 02-03-09, 07:39 PM

Don't feel bad...I always wondered why Severus (my ground boa) was always more interested in what I was doing when I was holding a mouse.

Chu'Wuti · 02-03-09, 07:41 PM

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I always wondered why Severus (my ground boa) was always more interested in what I was doing when I was holding a mouse.

Oh! FOOD! LOL!

GoodSmeagol · 02-05-09, 08:23 PM

Who holds the snake near its head?
Mine will back off or pull their heads away if I even come close to the head.
Simple solution, dont hold their heads.

Chu'Wuti · 02-05-09, 10:25 PM

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Who holds the snake near its head?

Not I! All of mine have always been really leery of hands coming near their heads.

Will0W783 · 05-07-09, 11:12 AM

I had to work with my male BP about the head thing, because he had gotten an eyecap stuck that got infected and I had to rub ointment on it twice a day for a month. Now he doesn't even flinch if you pet his head, but I'm sure he doesn't "like" it. I know snakes don't form an attachment to you or even have any emotions beyond scared, angry, hungry. But I would swear some of mine actually ask to come out and enjoy attention. My male carpet python, Voodoo, will start rubbing up against the screen of his cage as soon as he sees you come in the room and when I bring him out he gets so excited he breathes heavily (not a hiss, just a "talking" that carpets sometimes do when they're "excited"- hard to describe without plugging in a mood?. He really seems to enjoy being out of his cage, while others I have freak out and just want to be left alone. Snakes can have different temperaments and "personalities" (for lack of a better word) just as any animal can, but they are much more simple than cats and dogs.