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Do corn snakes like thunderstorms?

Alli_Draggy

Alli_Draggy

Wadjet's family
We're in the midst of a big one, and Wadjet is really, really active-more so than I've seen her. I know my frogs respond to rain with increased activity and vocalizing, but I hadn't realized that non-amphibious animals might respond similarly!
 
It's a hit or miss with mine. Sometimes during heavy storms they'll be out an about moving around. Or they wake up and poke their heads out of their hides like what's going on out there!! I think they sense it.
 
Sometimes a thunderstorm during breeding season triggers mating activity. The air pressure change associated with the storm is though to be affect the snakes.
 
What's a thunderstorm? Sounds like something I saw before in my childhood...

Haven't seen one where I live since I was a kid, so I have no idea.
 
From biology point of view, thunderstorms cause differences in air pressure, moisture etc. that can be triggers for mating behaviour and such in animals - they can occur during certain months so signify correct time of the year to start reproducing. Snakes also are sensitive to vibration, so a thunderstorm can affect them through hearing. It's also possible it's beneficial them to be out hunting, if rodents behave differently during thunderstorms. All kinds of possibilities!
 
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