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am i bout to get bitten?

First time ever I heared about that.... has it been discovered very recently? I do know they feel vibrations, but I think you mean something else?
 
I've heard that, too--that they can hear--but they don't hear very well. Either way, I don't see how human baby talk would comfort the snake any. We can't replicate their mother's care because their mother didn't care. :) I would think we'd have more effect on them by playing to their strengths, to the senses they rely on.

Having said which, I talked to Severus all the time. It's anthropomorphizing--it probably doesn't have much effect on the snake, but it makes us feel better. :)
 
rushrulz said:
I've heard that, too--that they can hear--but they don't hear very well. Either way, I don't see how human baby talk would comfort the snake any. We can't replicate their mother's care because their mother didn't care. :) I would think we'd have more effect on them by playing to their strengths, to the senses they rely on.

Having said which, I talked to Severus all the time. It's anthropomorphizing--it probably doesn't have much effect on the snake, but it makes us feel better. :)
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I do that too, my b/fr thinks it is very silly.... :rolleyes:
 
Well, in two minutes of Googling, I have found three sources that state snakes can detect airborn vibrations.

Nanci
 
Nanci said:
Well, in two minutes of Googling, I have found three sources that state snakes can detect airborn vibrations.

Nanci
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Weird, I've seen a show on Animal Planet about the senses of snakes and they never mentioned this.... was it discovered recently?
 
From what I have researched snakes CANNOT hear! I have read though that they can "hear" vibrations, but it is at a frequency lower than most human voices can create. Most often they are not reacting to the sound of your voice, it's your smell that they recognize. I believe this is accurate, but I still sweet talk my babies all the time!
 
KornKrazyKrissi said:
From what I have researched snakes CANNOT hear! I have read though that they can "hear" vibrations, but it is at a frequency lower than most human voices can create. Most often they are not reacting to the sound of your voice, it's your smell that they recognize. I believe this is accurate, but I still sweet talk my babies all the time!
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Perhaps you should research again. Studies have shown that snakes can hear, and at certain frequency ranges their hearing is better than that of a cat. I guess I'm really going to have to bookmark that site, since I can't remember the URL. It is on Melissa Kaplan's site, though. Search these forums, it has been linked many times.

Blutengel, I've tried to find again the book in which I read that snakes can hear human voices, but I can't. I remember reading it, though. The last sentence said, "be careful what you say, because the snake may be listening."
 
Seejay said:
ok thanks. although he's not a hatchling he was born in 2005
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Seejay said:
his size of about a foot and a bit
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I can garuntee your snake is bigger then a foot and a bit. Mine was born in August and its 1 1/2 feet.

You should measure it.
 
On the subject of snakes being able to hear or not. I, personally, believe they can to some extent. If I cough as my snake is out and about cruising around in his viv he will stop for a few seconds and carry on going. He will do this even if I am at the other side of the room.
 
where i work there is a baby kingsnake which when you put your hand out side the viv, will strike and strike and strike, but when you put your hand in and pick him up he is very nice. I know your is a corn but persaveer and it will start to tolerate you. Good luck and may the force be with you
 
Blutengel said:
Stroking sides is nor reassuring, is it the opposite. Snakes are different form furry pets.
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I think it is less about reassurance and more to do with getting the snake accustomed to being touched. Connor HATED being touched when I first got him - even once he was out and in my hands, he would flinch and jump if I so much as brushed him with my fingers. I wanted to sort that out, obviously, so I used side-stroking on him. After a few times of my gently stroking his sides, he calmed down and no longer flinched when he realised it wasn't going to hurt him. It does help to get the snake used to you.

He's a honey now. I can touch him any way I like and he's totally okay with it.

Also, I believe snakes can hear. I sing quite a bit, and sometimes if I start singing when my snakes are around they will stop dead for a minute as if to say, "what's that noise?" They have both done it, and more than once, so I do not believe it is coincedence. You can't tell me that a high girly voice like mine makes huge vibrations, either. ;)
 
My snakes do that too. I've never seen any website or anything that says that they can, but I know they can. Just like I know that my fish blink. All signs point to no, but I know they do. I don't know how they do it, but they do.

They.
Just.
Do.
:D
 
Plissken said:
I think it is less about reassurance and more to do with getting the snake accustomed to being touched. Connor HATED being touched when I first got him - even once he was out and in my hands, he would flinch and jump if I so much as brushed him with my fingers. I wanted to sort that out, obviously, so I used side-stroking on him. After a few times of my gently stroking his sides, he calmed down and no longer flinched when he realised it wasn't going to hurt him. It does help to get the snake used to you.

He's a honey now. I can touch him any way I like and he's totally okay with it.

Also, I believe snakes can hear. I sing quite a bit, and sometimes if I start singing when my snakes are around they will stop dead for a minute as if to say, "what's that noise?" They have both done it, and more than once, so I do not believe it is coincedence. You can't tell me that a high girly voice like mine makes huge vibrations, either. ;)
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Of course petting helps to accustome them to being touched, but I think it never turns to being comforting...
 
Blutengel said:
Of course petting helps to accustome them to being touched, but I think it never turns to being comforting...
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I guess I have to agree. The more you handle them, the more tolerant they seem to become of it, but I don't think they ever really enjoy being handled. A good test is to loosely cradle a corn in your hands on the floor. If your touch is truly comforting, they should prefer it to the unknown dangers of the rest of the room. But 99 out of a 100 times, they'll likely try to get away from you.

My sisters like to "pet" their snakes. Their snakes tolerate it. I don't pet mine, and my sisters have been struck at by a few that have never shown me the least bit of aggression. :shrugs:
 
Roy Munson said:
I guess I have to agree. The more you handle them, the more tolerant they seem to become of it, but I don't think they ever really enjoy being handled. A good test is to loosely cradle a corn in your hands on the floor. If your touch is truly comforting, they should prefer it to the unknown dangers of the rest of the room. But 99 out of a 100 times, they'll likely try to get away from you.

My sisters like to "pet" their snakes. Their snakes tolerate it. I don't pet mine, and my sisters have been struck at by a few that have never shown me the least bit of aggression. :shrugs:
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Most of mine accept it if I somewhat 'unknowingly' strike my thumb along their sides when they are hanging around my hand and I am behind the computer, but it does calm me down more then them :rolleyes: Others just try to get away like they usually do... lol
 
Plissken said:
I can touch him any way I like and he's totally okay with it.
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That just sounds really funny. Yes, I know I am a warped child.

My corn tries to get away at every oppurtunity and if I touch her tail, she flips insane. It's okay if I touch her neck. It's okay if I touch where all her internal organs (that just so happen to keep her alive) are. But it is NOT okay to touch the tip of her tail (which happens to not do that much). I don't get it. She doesn't like to be touched on the head, either, but that makes sense. I mean, if your head was gone, you'd be dead. But if you miss the tip of your tail, you don't die. I know, Rose is missing about 3/4 of a centimeter off the tip of hers. Still, she just completely goes crazy if you touch her tail. She'll literally whip her tail at your face, arms, etc.
 
Roy Munson My sisters like to "pet" their snakes. Their snakes tolerate it. I don't pet mine said:
I must take exception to this, brother mine! I don't like to pet the snakes, I just let them run through my hands, and go hand over hand. It seems to calm my MBK down to think he's getting away. Petting makes me think of what you do to a cat.

This might be overkill since a lot of people have already talked about techniques for picking up, but I've noticed that my snakes act different to different approaches. The easiest way to pick up my baby MBK, (who can be a tail-rattlin', musking, pooping, twitchy little bugger), is to come at him from the side, and then pick him up with no hesitation. If I hesitate or jerk my hand it just makes him more nuts.
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Blutengel said:
Of course petting helps to accustome them to being touched, but I think it never turns to being comforting...
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Yep... that was the point I was making...

chibitamalove said:
My snakes do that too. I've never seen any website or anything that says that they can, but I know they can. Just like I know that my fish blink. All signs point to no, but I know they do. I don't know how they do it, but they do.
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It's physically impossible for the majority of fish to blink. They don't have eyelids.

Fish have highly moveable eyes and sometimes they flick the eye back for a second that gives the illusion of blinking.

Sorry to get :-offtopic ...
 
Roy Munson said:
I guess I have to agree. The more you handle them, the more tolerant they seem to become of it, but I don't think they ever really enjoy being handled. A good test is to loosely cradle a corn in your hands on the floor. If your touch is truly comforting, they should prefer it to the unknown dangers of the rest of the room. But 99 out of a 100 times, they'll likely try to get away from you. :shrugs:
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But, is the snake leaving your hand because he doesn't want to be there, or is he leaving because he wants to see what else is out there?

Nanci
 
Plissken said:
It's physically impossible for the majority of fish to blink. They don't have eyelids.

Fish have highly moveable eyes and sometimes they flick the eye back for a second that gives the illusion of blinking.
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Hehe, I know. I was just kidding. But it really does seem like they blink sometimes.
 
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