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Nervous Corns=Nervous keepers???

Does handler's confidence affect snake disposition?

  • Yes, in a big way

    Votes: 18 58.1%

  • Somewhat affects the snake

    Votes: 11 35.5%

  • If at all, very little

    Votes: 1 3.2%

  • Not at all, a snake would react the same to anyone

    Votes: 1 3.2%
  • Total voters
    31
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Was thinking about Wolfman's problem. Anyone ever notice people's fear being picked up by their snakes? As a kid, I caught a black rat and gave it to a neighbor kid. It rattled it's tail and got very defensive when he would open the lid. I even saw it strike through the glass. I picked it up without a stir, every time. Not saying I'm the "snake whisperer" or anything, he was just so tenative, I'm certain it picked up on his vibe.
Now years later, I see the same issue with a corn I sold my brother in law. I don't think it would bite him, but it has a very different reaction to his opening the cage and lifting the hide than me doing it. Tail rattling and whipping around for one person, pretty calm for another. Anyone else seen this reaction?
 
I think that in general, animals can definitely sense our emotions to some degree.
I know that I have experienced very different behaviours from the same animals depending on whether I went in nervously or confidently.
 
Also if you are nervous about holding the snake you are more likly to hurt it while proving to yourself that you can pick it up.
 
Snakes schedule and handling

I think the snakes react more to the stimulus than the handler. For example, disturbing the snake by removing it from its comfortable house, in the middle of the day vs. picking it up during the snakes normal active times has a tendancy to upset it more. I equate this to waking up a human from a deep sleep. We all get grumpy now and then! Put yourself in the snakes shoes, so to speak. ;)
 
Sorry folks!

I really thought this poll would be found interesting and get more replies than it has. I figured some of you had sold snakes to folks that grew somewhat afraid of them and been through this scenario.:(
 
I thought this poll was interesting and i was surprised that not very many people responded ???


I was one of the ones who said that the handler's confidence only somewhat affects the snake. Some snakes are more high strung and will react the same no matter how you handle them.

One of my corns is very high stung and it doesn't matter who picks him up he will always act the same by flipping out and sometimes biting. I never have this problem with my other corns or any other reptile i've owned(with the exception of snapping turtles LOL) and i am definately not the slightest bit worried about his bites, it is actually pretty comical when he tries to devour my hand even though he is so small :) I also believe that a handler's confidence affects the animal the most when that animal is a mammal or avian verus a reptile, amphibian, or fish.

Just my $0.02 :)
 
my snake acts somewhat differently according to who`s hadling it... in nervous hands it tends to get jittery and want to be put down to hide somewhere....
 
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