Talk to you snakes?

yep, all the snakes get spoken to, from my girlfriend and me both. tell them how awesome/beautiful they're gonna look after they shed. Convince them that it really is time for them to deficate. Ask 'em how they like their new home, etc etc.

I never talked to my snakes, but I just got sick of all of the arguments stemming from the "lack of communication in our relationship."

Rick

Originally Posted by Tegucentric

I never talked to my snakes, but I just got sick of all of the arguments stemming from the "lack of communication in our relationship."

Rick

LOL if they answered back I would be worried!!
I find myself saying "That's a good boy" sometimes to the difficult feeders when I get them to eat.
I also say "I am not a mouse" when I open the cage to my snake with the feeding response issues!

Originally Posted by Gintha

Then again... I talk to my cats, and my ferret, and my parrot, and my dog... and the family fish too LOL

I just can't help but picture the Sergio in Deuce Bigalow: Fishyyyyy fishyyyyy!

I talk to my snakes. Not in the same way I talk to the dog or cat... I know that the dog and cat at least recognize their names and certain words and tones, and they do know when you're talking to them. (The cat talks back, LOL.)

I doubt that the snakes recognize any of it or that it's directed at them, but I still talk to them.

Every day I come home from work and Clinton will be sitting coiled on his branch. I say "Hey how's it goin?" And he looks at me like "_________".
And then I say "hey, 3 poops in one day. wow!" and he looks at me like "_______".

What do you think snakes would say if they could talk? I think Clinton would be saying "wheres the mouse? wheres the mouse? wheres the mouse? gotta get out. gotta get out. gotta get out. wheres the mouse? wheres the mouse? Got any food? Hey! Don't touch me!"

I always talk to my babies, when i hold them, when they come out their hide, when i feed them! they are so cute that i cant resist!

Originally Posted by Slippery Ernie

What do you think snakes would say if they could talk? I think Clinton would be saying "wheres the mouse? wheres the mouse? wheres the mouse? gotta get out. gotta get out. gotta get out. wheres the mouse? wheres the mouse? Got any food? Hey! Don't touch me!"

If Clinton could talk we'd need another poll answer: "My snake lies to me."

LOL, Serp...that was so bad. =D

I admit, I do talk to my snakes when I have them out more or less. Makes it feel less clinical as I'm examining them after a shed or post meal.

Although June-bug, my first 2003 hatchling who isn't much of a hatchling anymore, I talk to her quite a bit as her viv is in the computer room. I think she's attracted to the movement of my mouth when I talk, so she'll come out to 'greet' me when I peer into her cage. And when I open the door she's happy to come out and coil around my neck while we go to new places around the house or yard.

I think its just human nature to communicate, and since we can't body jerk or tongue flick without looking like an absolute retard...talking is our way, even if they don't fully understand it.

It's silly to talk to snakes when they don't even have any ears - I wish I would stop doing it, lol!

Guess I have gotten too used to talking to cats over the years and can't help myself. At least the cats answer! Meow!

I talk to all my snakes. Mostly to Ozzy goes like this "please don't bite me again" bite "I knew you would do it. I knew you would do it again". Ozzy is not a Corn he is Cali king. I will tame him one day or be bitten to death by him. The rest I tell how pretty they are or how nice they shed. Just stupid stuff like that.