humming to your corn!

[charlie1]

I have noticed that when I hum to my corn in a low tone when I approach its vive and as I am getting it out, it does not go through the initial squirmy flighty reaction. I continue to hum in a low tone while holding it for a few seconds and he gets nice and calm. I don't know if it is the low tone of my voice or that he understands that when he hears me he does not have to be scared when I enter his viv because he knows I am not a threat. This even works when I am getting it out of its feeding tub a time when he gets more flighty than usual.

 

[Kronos]

Snakes don't have ears, so they can't hear you humming. They're good as feeling vibrations, but not sound transmitted through the air. I would guess that the humming has a calming effect on you, and if you're calmer, the snake may sense it. You're motions around the snake may be a little less startling. Plus, snakes can get a little nervous when we approach them tentatively or nervously.

 

[wstphal]

Low enough pitches probably generate vibrations they can feel, so if you are a bass your corn may be ~feeling~ your humming. Anyway, it's working, and that's neat! Mine like music with some drums in it, or at least I think they do, they all poke their heads out but they don't act stressed by it. Of course, I don't play it loud. Almost anything with percussion, played at a low to moderate volume, from classical to classic rock seems to work.

 

[Bartholomew]

I think that pretty cool!. I'm going to have to try that one time. I also like the low pitch sounds in a song. I play the bass guitar at church and I just love hearing the low pitched sounds it makes. It usualy relaxes me when I play the bass. Thats neat. Thanks for sharing :wavey:

 

[charlie1]

actually guys I too used to think that snakes could not hear but I learned from this site that snakes can in fact hear. They hear sounds through internal structures in the sides of their heads.

See the below link for more:
http://www.anapsid.org/torrey.html

 

[Pal-O-Mine]

I don't hum but I find myself purring to a lot of animals to soothe them at work while restraining them for the vet. ( Although I must check that the dog I'm holding doesn't also like to EAT cats first! ) I end up doing it to the snakes too. I realize how ridiculous this sounds but I do think it has a calming effect on many creatures. So as long as I find it to work, I'll keep doing it.

Devon