he needed his nightlight

[hex a holik]

I have a 3 yr old ball, his name is syanide. he's my baby boy. recently we have installed a system of temperature rehostats to control the heating pads and night lights. before we were just turning the lights on at night to help with a little extra heating. our herp family has grown in the last year so we got a little more professional. WELL, since the lights have not come on as often, my ball has become depressed. he likes to lay under the light and he seems to be more active when it is on. he even started not wanting to eat.

so, ... i played detective and tried a few things to see what would make him happy. it just seems that he likes his night light.
the good news?..... he's happy now. lol. this is why he is "mama's baby".

[The Snake Guru]

What a cute story!
Happy he's doing well!

~B~

[Lorelei]

aww, spoiled little boy lol That's always good to customize to your individual snake - makes for happier snakes! :)

[mykee]

That is cute, but untrue. Lighting, or more specifically nightlights for ball pythons are completely unnesessary and non-productive. You may like them to see your little babies at nighttime, but they do not benefit your snake in any way. Sorry to burst the bubble, but there's a really good chance that you're anthropomorphizing your snakes.
Snakes do not benefit from a photo cycle as rodents or humans do.

[The Snake Guru]

Just so no one gets nuts....."anthropomorphizing"
Isn't a disiese...Just means you are attributing human traits to a "non-human" object.

Snakes do not benefit from a photo cycle as rodents or humans do.

One thing I would like to say is I completely disagree with this statement. Photo Cycles can be augmented to induce a breeding cycle in many species....so obviously they do have some value or benefit right there. Also I have found that snakes kept in rack systems when moved to an enclosure even with a low level UV source I.E Full spectrum Fluorescent Light, brighten and show their best colors within about a week of the change. I have noticed this in many snakes in fact. More recently a Yellow Anaconda that was kept in a "rack" for about 2 years until I got a hold of her....about a week later instead of being a muddy greenish/brown she is now a beautiful bright canary yellow, seems to me such a little change with such big results is in fact a benefit to having a photo-period present.

Not to "burst anyone's bubble or anything" LOL

~B~

[danthony428]

Just so no one gets nuts....."anthropomorphizing"
Isn't a disiese...Just means you are attributing human traits to a "non-human" object.



One thing I would like to say is I completely disagree with this statement. Photo Cycles can be augmented to induce a breeding cycle in many species....so obviously they do have some value or benefit right there. Also I have found that snakes kept in rack systems when moved to an enclosure even with a low level UV source I.E Full spectrum Fluorescent Light, brighten and show their best colors within about a week of the change. I have noticed this in many snakes in fact. More recently a Yellow Anaconda that was kept in a "rack" for about 2 years until I got a hold of her....about a week later instead of being a muddy greenish/brown she is now a beautiful bright canary yellow, seems to me such a little change with such big results is in fact a benefit to having a photo-period present.

Not to "burst anyone's bubble or anything" LOL

~B~

lol

[hex a holik]

Just so no one gets nuts....."anthropomorphizing"
Isn't a disiese...Just means you are attributing human traits to a "non-human" object.



One thing I would like to say is I completely disagree with this statement. Photo Cycles can be augmented to induce a breeding cycle in many species....so obviously they do have some value or benefit right there. Also I have found that snakes kept in rack systems when moved to an enclosure even with a low level UV source I.E Full spectrum Fluorescent Light, brighten and show their best colors within about a week of the change. I have noticed this in many snakes in fact. More recently a Yellow Anaconda that was kept in a "rack" for about 2 years until I got a hold of her....about a week later instead of being a muddy greenish/brown she is now a beautiful bright canary yellow, seems to me such a little change with such big results is in fact a benefit to having a photo-period present.

Not to "burst anyone's bubble or anything" LOL

~B~



lol brad. i completely agree w/ u. i dont know about anyone elses snakes, but mine deffinatly show simple "emotions". my 9 yr old boa LOVES my fiance. my boa waits for him every morning at the door of his tank, waiting for my fiance to come in and say good morning and scratch his chin. on the mornings that my fiance doesnt come and see him, that boa will stay and wait ALL DAY untill he scratches him under the chin. i could say "good morning" to him and scratch him and it doesnt matter. he waits for my fiance. it may be routine, it may be he likes his chin scratched in the morning. i dont know, but that snake waits for a certian person. if thats not some kind of "emotion" or reaction to us, then i dont know what its.

[The Snake Guru]

On the extreme side of this coin, my 15 foot Reticulated python is a perfectly okay with me handling her. However if anyone else is in the room she rears up, mouth gaping, hissing and striking at the other person.....when they leave she goes back to being her normal self, we've tried it on several occasions with different people, at different times....the results have always been the same. There is at least some sort of recognition going there.

~B~

[danthony428]

ya i believe they have more emotion than given credit for

[The Snake Guru]

I'm not sure if I would go as far as to say emotion, but I do believe they can tell difference between their keeper and strangers, though I've noticed it more in the larger species.

~B~

[SnakeGirl]

I think that even though they don't hear very well, they tend to sense the vibrations a certain person's voice makes and the smell of that person. That's why when I get ready to hold one of mine, I always reach in and lay a hand gently on their back for a brief moment and say, "Hey sweetie, it's just me," before I actually pick them up. I think it calms them because they can get my smell and "hear" my voice. But that's just me! ;) But for whatever reason, it seems to work for me!

[hex a holik]

I totaly agree !!!!!