different behavior in different morphs?

[ultimuttone]

I was just sitting here surrounded by my little ones and it struck me that my amels are much more active than the rest. They seem to be the first ones to come out and explore their new surroundings, first to eat, and the fiestiest to handle. They are from 4 different clutches and parents and range from May to August hatch dates. So its not just one.
My snows will come out when all is quiet and check things out, but are more cautious and don't spend as long nosing around.They are alot more mellow when being handled and settle right down.Also range in age and parentage.
The butters(Peanut and Apple) are just lazy. They don't really hide or nose around. Get water, look on the way, curl up someplace.
Is this typical or just mine? :shrugs:

I must have too much time on my hands.

 

[ultimuttone]

I realize that this may seem like a silly question. Its just that I always had different kinds of snakes(BP, Red Tails, Burmese, Kings) so of course they acted differently-but my normal kings were pretty similar to my albinos.
It just struck me as odd that the ones who are always out and about-day and night- are the amels.Right now all but one of the amels is out carousing-everyone else is chillin'.
So I was just wondering and thought I'd ask.

 

[cka]

Definately not a silly question, U...2 years ago I had a clutch of amels and snows, and they were kept together in a ten gallon tank...either the amels would all be out, or the snows...almost never, in fact i dont ever remember a time when both morphs were out together...

I think there may be some truth to different morphs having different temperaments...Sunkissed (type B hypo's) are generally said to have nasty dispositions....Rich Z has said in his descriptions of his Amber morphs "Now I always have people asking me "What's you favorite corn snake?" And I always hem and haw about an answer. But recently it dawned on me that the Ambers have to be my favorite. The coloration is subtly beautiful and the personalities are incredible"...

Definately something to be examined :*)

 

[viktoria333]

I don't know if this helps but my amels are out nearly all the time after 6 at night,unless they are in shed.V

 

[hana]

It is an interesting question. My butter mot is kinda a spaz. He's not mean, and never offers to bite or even rattle his tail, but I always have to chase him around the tank when I get him out, and when out he's always on the move. It's very rare to catch him sitting still. Now, the coral snow is far more relaxed. I can actually sit and type a while before he gets bored and wants to explore. He's just really 'chill' . Now, thursday I have two more comming; a sunglow mot, and a reverse, so after they get their settling in time I'll let you all know if I see a difference in their personalities.


hana

 

[SnakeAround]

My amel likes being caught the least, she always tries to get away more then my butter and amel stripe ladies (same sizes). Both my amel and butter are out and about more then my amel stripe. When handled my butter is the calmest, she just curles up around my hand most of the time. The others like to crawl around. Funny thing is, that the butter used to be the most wriggly of them all the first weeks I handled them.

 

[daufoi]

I think it's true, different morphs have different personalities. I work with several strains of mice and each strain has its own personality. Of course, those are mice and not snakes :shrugs:

 

[ultimuttone]

still observing

Well, I have been on a forced vacation for about a week now(work truck is down) so I have had time to watch everyone and handle at different times of the day almost 24/7. And truly- the amels are out on and off pretty much all day from about 10 am and do better with handling in the late afternoon. The snows come out when there is little commotion in the house and spend more time in one spot watching than actually nosing around, they are all readily calmed down after I get them out at any time of the day. My girls have no problem handling the snows, but the amels are a little too squirmy for them to handle comfortably most of the time. The butters are not too anxious to be handled and spend most of their time curled up in their hide or just under the aspen. They are the smallest of the group so may get more adventurous as they get bigger.
I would like to hear more about others experiences with the different morphs temperaments and behavior. It may influence what would be the most suitable pet for different people. (like the being handled by kids)

 

[scalesnthings]

Hmm.. our Amel Stripe is BY FAR the fiestiest of our group.. he 'waves hello' everytime you pass his cage, and always strikes everytime we go to pick him up or change the water... We've tried handling, we've tried leaving him alone.. he just won't tame down.. and one of our new Butter's (Possilbe het. stripe or motley) is looking to be the same way, but it's too early to tell. We're planning on pairing her with Racer (the evil one), and we'll see what kind of temperment their offspring have ... Other than that, I havn't really noticed much personality differences.. Bob our normal is the sweetest snake, and will actually come out and greet you if you open his cage.. (He'll come stright to you rather than run away).. and Beebs, our little unknown guy, loves nothing more than to crawl through my hair.. though he did rattle at me once.. :shrugs: .. Guchi, our Albino Jungle, is really sweet, and only sometimes spastic, and Rosey our Amel is calm as can be... All our Creamsicles seem to care about is eating (and they're always in shed it seems.. )... And our group from SerpenCo (1.1 Lavender h. Amel and 1.1 Amel. Motley h. Lavender) are all about the same, though if I had to notice any differences, the Amel. Mots are slightly less spastic and 'mean' (If you can call a corn, besided Racer and Daffodil mean..)... oh, and our normal girl h. Lavender is a bit of a bit.. well, you know what I mean, sometimes.. :shrugs: normaly after we get a corn in our hands they'll stop striking, but she bit the hand that was holding her (mine) twice... though she has calmed since then a bit.. jeeze, this is getting long and probably boring.. lol.. I don't really know, there seems to be no rhyme or reason in my coloney.. I think I need more to get a better idea lol

Laine

 

[colinmcc]

Actually, you might have something there.

I ended up with three clutches this year:

Clutch 1 - Amel male (mellow) x Anery female (friendly and inquisitive)

All normal hatchlings were very easy to handle, not all that wriggly and not aggressive at all. No rattles and no strikes.


Clutch 2 - Same male x Snow female (mellow)

All amel hatchlings. Very wriggly, very fast. Not aggresive but desperate to escape CONSTANTLY. The most active of the three clutches by far. No rattles or strikes.


Clutch 3 - Same male again x Normal female (very shy and sometimes aggressive/defensive)

All normal hatchlings. Didn't like being handled but not especially wriggly once in your hard. It was the getting them that was the tricky bit. Did their best to avoid you and I got bit by 3 or 4 of them. Most of them rattled at me.


I still have one from clutch one who is growing up into a lovely snake. Really mellow, easy to handle. Never the slightest sign of aggression. I also have one from clutch three. Much more skittish. Never been aggressive (in the minority in that clutch) but noticeabley much more skittish than the other youngster.

I blame the parents myself .....

 

[Nichademus]

my brighter snakes burrow / hide more than the dark ones.
and are more active as well.
maybe they just know that in the wild they'd be easy pickins

 

[SnakeLuvrs]

1.0Amel- Chill, hides a lot, never out much
0.1Ghost- Always out, always climbing
0.1pastel- hider
0.1normal motley- hider
0.1snow- she is skiddish when i pick her up but she is sweet
0.1 anery- she is the sweetest one i have
1.0diffuse- awesome, loves to explore, loves being handled
1.0 butter- skittish
1.0 pastel stripe- nasty little bugger, getting better

 

[Slippery Ernie]

Hmmm...

Snakes are skittish and defensive when they're in shed. People say it's because they can't see very well.

I've heard that albino people often have vision problems. Maybe some forms of albino snakes can't see as well as others and are more skittish because of it. :shrugs:

 

[Bobo's Mama]

I've heard that albino people often have vision problems. Maybe some forms of albino snakes can't see as well as others and are more skittish because of it. :shrugs:

This is also true of Albino rats and mice as well. Very interesting topic. My amel is active sometimes and a lazy bum other times. Of course I have no one to compare her to yet, but I still think its all fascinating to think about.

 

[blizz]

I don´t believe, that the charakter of an animal go with his color.
I am breeding mices, some variations, chocolate, some colors in tan and fox, black, silver, variegated and so on...there are no great differences in acting, some like handling, some not...some are very shy, others are very trusting.
When some of this more shy mice are black (at my breedingstock) it doesn´t say, that all black mice round the world are shy.

Some traits are hereditary, but not absolute with a color- or patternvariantion.
So i have some very shy mices, and they inherited the shyness to some of the babies, but the color was different.

When you have 1.1 amels (or something else), and they´re shy or agressive, they perhaps can bequeath that to the hatchlings.

My cornsnakes are different in behavior too:

1.0 Bloodred - like to present himself, often active
1.0 Aneryblood - likes that too, very often activ
1.0 Blizzard - sometimes hide, sometimes active - think "normal"
0.1 Blizzard - most of the time hide, nervous
0.1 Bloodred - normal active but shy
0.2 Classics - often activ, little bit restive
1.0 Classic - like the girls ^

Animals have different characters, but not because a color...my opinion.

 

[ultimuttone]

What originally made me curious about it is that I have snows, amels, and butters from the same parents and they all behave differently. Almost all the amels, even from different parents, tend to be more active and fidgety. All the snows, even from different parents, seem to be more mellow. And the butters are the most shy to handle, but don't hide that much. It may have nothing to do with their color, or their parentage, just how their particular personalities are. I just thought it was interesting that all of my group had these morph/behavior sectors. :shrugs: I have read on here about certain morphs tending to be more aggressive or cranky. Thought maybe some of the rest of you had noticed it also.

 

[Kvlt]

What originally made me curious about it is that I have snows, amels, and butters from the same parents and they all behave differently. Almost all the amels, even from different parents, tend to be more active and fidgety. All the snows, even from different parents, seem to be more mellow. And the butters are the most shy to handle, but don't hide that much. It may have nothing to do with their color, or their parentage, just how their particular personalities are. I just thought it was interesting that all of my group had these morph/behavior sectors. :shrugs: I have read on here about certain morphs tending to be more aggressive or cranky. Thought maybe some of the rest of you had noticed it also.

my snow seems pretty mellow as well, my normal is a little more fiesty though and kind of shy. When is it they start to calm down a little...about how old?