I think my snake loves me

[Kota Mystique]

If they can express aggression, become defensive, or become calm, something has got to be going through their heads. I agree that they dont love tho

[daniel1983]

you seem to be asking two different questions....

Is it either...

From your poll question you are asking:

Does your snake love you or does your snake not care about you?

From you post it seems like you are asking:

Do you believe snakes feel emotions?

Which one is it? Try wording your poll a bit better

[Kilo]

I apologize Im a sucky pollster (**Kilo goes and sits in the corner**)

I was aiming for do you think your snake understand emotion.

[Shaun J]

Snakes don't understand emotion other than "I'm gonna eat you!!!"

[daniel1983]

I apologize Im a sucky pollster (**Kilo goes and sits in the corner**)

I was aiming for do you think your snake understand emotion.

I edited your poll. Let me know if that is what you were aiming for.....if not, I can always change it back.

[SamuraiZr0]

no,snakes don't have feelings they're mindless.

snakes are not mindless they are void of the emotions that mamals have that's all... snakes are actually quite smart.I mean not teachable smart but in their own right..

[Sanova]

no,snakes don't have feelings they're mindless.

LOL what!?

Everyone keeps saying they are instinctive, but can not think; however, they do have the ability to survive. Every living thing has the ability to survive, not every living thing uses it. Hence untimely death. so theres some type of decision making involved.

anyway.. a snake could be thinking the same way of humans. just my 2 cents.

[Crazy4Herps]

anyway.. a snake could be thinking the same way of humans. just my 2 cents.

I agree. It's possible. Maybe they lack the greed for power us humans have and are content to lay low.

[Diamond_1028]

no,snakes don't have feelings they're mindless.

Everything has feelings. If they didn't have feeling why would a Ball Python "feel" threatend and go into a ball? So yes they do have feelings

[retic720]

I posted WAAAY back that one particular retic of mine (the one in my avatar) is a genuine "freak of nature"; she NEEDS handling or else she's going to push her face raw and her food acquisition is so "mild", my ball python has a more aggressive feeding response than her.

She's not so perfect though; if my hand smells like food, she's just like the "stereotyped" retic.

Anyhows, does anybody else observe this "freaky" syndrome (aka, known "mean species" suddenly behaving like lambs)? I read somewhere in this forum that there is this Yellow anaconda owner (was it Neal?) who describes an even more "benign" yellow annie; iirc he could even hand feed her.